Columnists - The Durango Herald

An early Christmas present

Early last summer, my friend Sam and I discovered our young friends Kami and Nick had purchased an inflatable AIRE drift boat for their business. The boat is well-outfitted for f...

DATE: Dec 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Flies & Lies

Schultz: Time Magazine gets it right – we have changed

It’s that sleeved elbow in the Time cover photo – the one attached to an unidentified woman sitting to the right – that magnifies the message. Five elegant women – actress Ashley ...

DATE: Dec 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Man faces own mortality

DEAR ABBY: I spent an evening with a guy I’ve been wanting to date for some time. After a few drinks, he confided to me that he has a serious heart condition. He said he doesn’t expect t...

DATE: Dec 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

The fascinating process of olive production in Spain

Olives – wait, what? I write this as I sit on the edge of a canal in Seville, Spain. I am immersing myself in the Mediterranean way of eating. They refer to the olive ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Celebrate the holidays at the Community Concert Hall

Your holiday celebrations begin at Fort Lewis College! We have a fantastic schedule of holiday-themed offerings for the whole family. As is now tradition at the Community Concert ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: View from the Fort

A Sondheim prescription for the holidays

“Not while I’m Around” is one of Stephen Sondheim’s warmest ballads. It arrives in the middle of one of his darkest, coldest musicals, “Sweeney Todd.” The message is that no matter how dange...

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Talk about town: Vote on the best-decorated business in Durango

The Business Improvement District kicked off its annual holiday window decoration competition Tuesday, and 35 Durango merchants are competing for the title of best holiday decorator. ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Talk about Town

Friedman: An obsession with Iran Is driving the Mideast and U.S. crazy

If there is a common denominator explaining so many recent events in the Middle East – actions by Saudi Arabia, the U.S., Syria, Israel and Yemen – it can be expressed in one word: Iran. Eve...

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Goldberg: Why young people hate capitalism

On a Friday night last month, I moderated a debate in Manhattan about whether we should scrap capitalism. It was organized by the socialist magazine Jacobin; defending capitalism...

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Douthat: Living with the Republican tax plan

First, let me vent. The Republican tax reform, now extremely likely to become law pending certain events next week in Alabama, represents a remarkable missed opportunity for a party struggli...

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Non-hugger can’t get close

DEAR ABBY: I am not a hugger. In fact, I pretty much always hate it. But people think I’m rude when I don’t open my arms to hug after they’ve opened theirs. And they also think I’m rude ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Brooks: How not to advance gay marriage

Five years ago, Charlie Craig and David Mullins walked into a bakery in a strip mall in Lakewood, Colorado, to ask about a cake for their wedding. The baker, Jack Phillips, repli...

DATE: Dec 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman