Columnists - The Durango Herald

Long-distance couple craves spark

DEAR ABBY: My fiance and I are engaged to be married soon, but we live (and will continue to live) in separate cities. We are in our mid-50s with children, and it’s the second marriage for e...

DATE: Oct 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Family left reeling when dad fired

DEAR ABBY: My dad is the breadwinner in our family. A few years ago, he got fired for looking at “inappropriate” material at work. When he told us what happened, he described it as a raunchy...

DATE: Oct 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Tropidelic Reggae in Durango.

Tropidelic are road hogs. They also roll at a workaholic pace, which for any working band means write, record, tour, repeat. It’s a solid formula that works for the Cleveland-based band that...

DATE: Oct 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

When it comes to green chiles, can you take the heat?

Forgive me if I’ve said this before, but my dad likes to eat green chile that burns your face off. Or maybe that’s just how I like to remember the story. Or maybe he still like his chile hot...

DATE: Oct 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

So many deaths, so little time left

It’s daunting. So many people I know and care about are dying, it seems like all of a sudden. People I am close to, my contemporaries, my friends. A woman I had dinner with just last month. ...

DATE: Oct 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

History in clearer view for sharper focus on future

This fall, Fort Lewis College opened our campus to 3,425 students, more than 39% of whom are members of federally recognized Tribal Nations. During first-year orientation for students and fa...

DATE: Oct 1, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Hard to imagine trial of greater public importance’ than Trump’s

Yale law professor, legal scholar, and novelist, Stephen L. Carter (“Televising Trump’s Trials Is a Mistake,) argues in Bloomberg and The Washington Post that the criminal trial of former pr...

DATE: Oct 1, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Indian names, caps, symbols and how media should portray them’

Ah yes, Major League Baseball’s post-season. “October Ball” is about to begin, and once again the low-budget baseball team from Cleveland will be absent. In fact, despite an exceedingly smal...

DATE: Oct 1, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

The mystery of the Home Depot sidewalk

Dear Action Line: I’ve lived on the south end of town for the last 10 years and seen a lot of new development along Escalante Drive: Sunnyside Market, Rocket Pointe, Freddy’s, Dunkin’ Do...

DATE: Sep 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Prioritize ‘human life’ on Animas View Drive

Two weeks ago, a young woman full of potential was killed on Animas View Drive while walking her dog. It was 7:45 pm, dark and a sudden rainstorm had popped up. She was walking with the traf...

DATE: Sep 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Daughter refuses to contact grandmother

DEAR ABBY: My 23-year-old daughter, “Chloe,” lives with me and refuses to acknowledge her grandmother’s emails and letters, which are delivered to our home. It has been four years since my m...

DATE: Sep 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Embracing the Night: The importance of dark skies and the rise of astrotourism

Have you ever looked up at the night sky in a place far from city lights and marveled at the sheer number of stars? Dark skies, unpolluted by artificial light, offer a breathtaking and natur...

DATE: Sep 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect