Columnists - The Durango Herald

Widower finds companionship, but isn’t ready for romance

DEAR ABBY: My wife died of cancer four years ago. She was my best friend, and the pain of losing her was more than I could cope with. I was in a fog for about two years, just going throu...

DATE: Jun 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

When building a fence, it’s best to be on the city’s good side

I was driving around town and saw a newly constructed fence around a home. The two-by-fours supporting the fence were facing the street, with the “good” side of the fence facing the home. It...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Kristof: Opioid crisis calls for national-level response

About as many Americans are expected to die this year of drug overdoses as died in the Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined. For more than 100 years, death rates have been ...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Beware of price increases when traveling solo

If you travel alone, you already know this: You pay more. Hotel rates, cruise-ticket prices and tours quote rates based on double occupancy. Go alone and you’ll pay a single suppl...

DATE: Jun 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Woman takes a hands-off approach to blind dates

DEAR ABBY: I’m a single 38-year-old woman. I haven’t been in a relationship in more than 10 years because of school, work and kids. Lately, since I graduated, I have been ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Rubin: Which GOP senators will walk the plank for a bad bill?

GOP Senate leaders are presenting to their members for the first time Thursday a concrete health care plan. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has done what Republicans (falsely)...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Schultheis: Saudi Arabia - wagging the dog

Mark Twain or Stephen Colbert at their most ingenious couldn’t conceive of a wackier scenario than President Donald Trump’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia. Anointing the Saudi royal...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Grossman: Revisiting the real pioneers in family planning history

Thomas Robert Malthus was the first person to link the increase in human population with growing social problems, correct? And, of course, Margaret Sanger was the first to teach poor women a...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

West: Inaccurate statistics skew views on rape

The Coroners Report, “Test case shows how viewpoints about a death can differ” (Herald, June 2), presents a misinformed perspective of the hypothetical death of a woman because of its focus ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

White: Transparent budget process welcomes public participation

My father used to say, “Someday, you will deal with budgets.” His career with Illinois Bell Telephone Co. spanned more than four decades, beginning out of high school as a messenger and culm...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Clutching bows and simple pleasures in the woods

In our family’s archery cosmology, there are many ways to make a good shot. Your arrow can fly straight and smooth, loosed from the runway of your fingers like a bird fleeing a c...

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood

Food-conservation efforts have always been here

By Ruth Lambert San Juan Mountains Association April 2017 marked the 100th anniversary of the United States entry into World War I. With the war, our country sent many ...

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land