Columnists - The Durango Herald

Mired in the present, U.S. will miss clean energy future

When Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908, America had almost no paved roads outside the cities. One of the early owners’ biggest headaches was tires punctured by horseshoe nails left o...

DATE: Apr 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

The secret to $100 grocery budget revealed

My family of three eats delicious, healthy meals on a grocery budget of $100 a week, with enough leftovers for lunch. How do we do it? The secret is really quite simple, and you can do it, t...

DATE: Apr 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Dear Abby: Mother can give away baby clothes or donate for tax break

DEAR ABBY: My friend recently had a baby and could really use my daughter’s old clothes, as our girls are only a year apart and I have saved practically everything. But it will cost a co...

DATE: Apr 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Dear Abby: Eligible woman bemoans the hordes of clueless men

DEAR ABBY: Could you explain to me why, as a species, men are so blind and stupid? There are millions of smart, funny, sweet, attractive – even sexy – eligible women to whom men do not g...

DATE: Apr 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Trump’s foreign policy all over the map on Syrian crisis

The Trump foreign policy team has been all over the map on what to do next in Syria – topple the regime, intensify aid to rebels, respond to any new attacks on innocent civilians. ...

DATE: Apr 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Students and school districts benefit from testing

It’s spring and with it comes the time for testing. For many this is a dreaded time of year. For all, it is a time to take sample online practice tests and put on one’s thinking cap. Here’s ...

DATE: Apr 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Joyce Rankin

Spring breezes blow in happy wishes for celebrants

By Ann Butler Neighbors columnist After a column that was in a pirate mood, there will be no walking of the plank for the birthdays of: Ed Cash, Wayne Hose, ...

DATE: Apr 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Durango School District discussing school boundary rezoning

The last quarter of the school year has begun, as have several important processes where community input is desired. The district is discussing possible school boundary rezoning...

DATE: Apr 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Durango School News

The coming incompetence crisis in Washington

I just read that the Trump administration has filled only 22 of the 553 key positions that require Senate confirmation. This makes me worry that the administration will not have enough manpo...

DATE: Apr 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Dear Abby: Unfaithful wife must insist on counseling

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my husband for 12 years, married for three. I had an affair a little over a year ago that he found out about. He has let me back into the house, but he demean...

DATE: Apr 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Empty bowls fill attendees stomachs and hearts

By Ann Butler Neighbors columnist At Soup for the Soul, a fundraiser for Hospice of Mercy, guests go home with a popular soup mug. At Empty Bowls and Brews, a new event...

DATE: Apr 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Hillary Rodham Clinton, after the election, is free to speak her mind again

In the most wrenching, humiliating way possible, Hillary Clinton has been liberated. She is now out of the woods again, and speaking her mind. In her first interview since the ele...

DATE: Apr 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof