Columnists - The Durango Herald

Age gap complicates teen crush

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 17-year-old girl and a junior in high school. I have a crush on a guy who’s 14 and a freshman. I know age gaps don’t matter as much later on, but the difference between ...

DATE: Nov 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Grab your binoculars to gaze into Cassiopeia

Greetings, stargazers. Queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology was beautiful and knew it. But her vanity turned out to be her downfall. She claimed that both she and her daughter, A...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Stay connected to nature this winter for the health of it

The changing clocks and return to seasonal temperatures have changed the tempo in this town. It’s dark and chilly. That warm bed may seem way more inviting than the cold outside, ...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Durango Nature Studies

Standing strong against violence in our communities

Recently, I volunteered to help with the Transgender Day of Remembrance in Durango. (Shameless plug: the event will be from 5-7 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Duran...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Harrop: Democrats, though not all, learn how to win elections

We hear that Democrat Ralph Northam’s decisive win in the race for Virginia governor was extra extraordinary. Extraordinary in that he was a weak candidate. Voters, the story goe...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Parker: One year ago

WASHINGTON – ‘Tis the season of looking back, which brings us inevitably to Election Day 2016. Donald Trump’s victory places last year as one of the most significant in modern Ame...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Leonhardt: A conspiracy of inaction on sexual abuse

I caught the journalism bug in high school. I was fortunate to be a scholarship student at a rigorous New York private school with a weekly newspaper, and some of the older students I admire...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Sister upset after missed funeral

DEAR ABBY: I missed the funeral of a long-time family friend, “Tom,” because I foolishly relied on one of my relatives to let me know when the service was and she didn’t. I had to go out...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

November brings a cornucopia of entertainment

The month of November at Fort Lewis College has a bountiful harvest of cultural opportunities for you to enjoy. “Everyday Heroes” is the theme for the concerts to be put on by th...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: View from the Fort

Money Savvy What is your budget telling you?

A budget is a spending plan. Like all other plans, it’s possible to make bad ones. To create a budget that gets you more of what you want, it’s important to look at it as an evolving plan. ...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Cooking, baking at high altitude are part science, part art

Holidays are fast approaching, and we tend to spend more time baking, entertaining and making special treats and candy for gatherings. Iâ€™m starting to get more questions about ...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Milbank: Welcome to the new gilded age

WASHINGTON – Corporations are people, my friend. And this is where they feed. Room 1100 of the Longworth Building, with its ionic columns, gilt-fringed curtains and eagle-topped f...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman