Columnists - The Durango Herald

Never underestimate the value of a well-played timeout

Sometimes a step back is the smart way to go

DATE: Jul 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: This May Take a Moment

Have we lost our sense of humor?

Numerous comedians have stopped performing at college campuses because they have found the students to be overly politically correct and overly sensitive to their jokes. Jerry Seinfeld, Chri...

DATE: Jul 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

After Midnight Jazz Band plays Buckley Park

Swing band music will always be cool. An inability to see its coolness is, well, not very cool. In this writer’s opinion, it’s still one of the hippest things around, a style of music that l...

DATE: Jul 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Plays and audiences

“Why this play now?” Pesha Rudnick, director of the final work at PlayFest 2023, asked in the closing talkback session last Sunday. Rudnick said she raises that question every time she encou...

DATE: Jul 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Man dating ‘estranged’ wife unsure of future

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been together more than 20 years. Our relationship grew stale over time, and a couple of years ago, she decided to leave me. However, over the few years, even t...

DATE: Jul 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Mother-in-law is a menace

DEAR ABBY: I married a wonderful, thoughtful man 30 years ago. His family accepted me and were very kind, with the exception of his mother. She hardly looked at or talked to me. If she did t...

DATE: Jul 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Lack of intimacy puts marriage at crossroads

DEAR ABBY: I’m 55 and have been married to my husband for 22 years. He was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease 12 years ago. He’s mobile but on oxygen and has lost most of his stamina. At t...

DATE: Jul 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Someone rip you off? Whom you gonna call?

Dear Action Line: We really need a Better Business Bureau here. We have everything from plumbers who want $750 to remove a toilet to clock repair shops that charge $165 for no fix. We ha...

DATE: Jul 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Durango needs ‘forward-looking’ housing plan for wildfires

Placing high-density housing in the Wildland-Urban Interface does not make sense economically or socially. Rapidly escalating wildfire insurance rates will reduce affordability in WUI areas....

DATE: Jul 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

If you care about public education, go to the polls

The news media and political pundits are heavily focused on the next “big” election – November 2024, when we will decide who occupies the Oval Office for the next four-year term. Will it be ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Following the Colorado River from Moab to Mexico

With the two largest reservoirs in the nation perilously low, and the Colorado River Basin experiencing the worst drought in centuries, we decided to follow the river by bus from Grand Lake ...

DATE: Jul 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Navigating cholesterol: Insights for balanced health

High cholesterol increases the risk for heart disease – the leading cause of death in the United States. According to recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an ...

DATE: Jul 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition