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Wife concerned about husband talking to neighborhood kids

DEAR ABBY: I have been happily married to “Roger” for 20 years and have two kids still at home. They are pretty independent now, but my husband was very involved in coaching and voluntee...

DATE: Sep 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Douthat: Right wing books, wrong answers

Normal human beings read thrillers or romances on vacation; newspaper columnists assign themselves political polemics. Judged by their covers, the two books that I chose to spoil ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Mother hasn’t told husband he’s not the father

DEAR ABBY: I am a mother of three and happily married to my kids’ father. I am now seven months pregnant with my fourth baby, but this child is not my husband’s. My husband is a loving m...

DATE: Sep 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Santa Rita pit offers ironic scene for lookie-loos

There’s something odd at the construction site at the new Santa Rita Park sewer plant. At the base of the excavated hole was a lone porta-potty. Is this all we get for our money? Can one por...

DATE: Sep 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Library should represent the diversity of its community

Welcome to the new monthly column dedicated to your local libraries! The directors of the Durango Public Library, Ignacio Community Library and the Pine River Library will be reintroducing y...

DATE: Sep 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Shelf Life

Young woman falls for new man during boyfriend’s deployment

DEAR ABBY: I met my boyfriend, “Matt,” when I was a sophomore in high school. We started dating when I was a senior. By then, he was already active-duty military. We weren’t serious at t...

DATE: Sep 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Kristof: When we’re complicit in war crimes

It’s the type of photo that Saudi Arabian and U.S. officials don’t want you to see. It’s of a young Yemeni boy, acutely malnourished like 2 million other children in Yemen – caugh...

DATE: Sep 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Golombek: Building the workforce of tomorrow begins today

In 1887, Colorado became one of the first states to pass a law officially creating Labor Day. The holiday was established to recognize the contributions of workers and the critical role they...

DATE: Sep 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

James: My reading addiction

Have you ever had any licks to the head? I’m not talking about the ones where you bump your head in a doorway or on the underside of the coffee table. I’m talking abo...

DATE: Sep 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

In-laws refuse to attend party away from home

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for 26 years. We have a daughter, 25, who recently graduated from college. We will have a small gathering of close friends and family to cel...

DATE: Sep 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

What to do if your vacation is disrupted by a terrorist attack

Julie Hanahan had just checked into the Citadines Las Ramblas, an apartment hotel along Barcelona’s famous La Rambla pedestrian mall, when she heard shouting and sirens. “People w...

DATE: Sep 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Adopted brother unaware of his origin

DEAR ABBY: My brother was adopted at birth through an agency, but he was never told. He’s in his mid-50s now. We have no other siblings. Our parents never felt my brother was emotionally...

DATE: Sep 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby