Policy and Politics - The Durango Herald

Emotion often trumps reason in tough calls

When considered in hindsight, retiring Rep. Michele Bachmann’s, R-Minn., ascension onto the national political stage is rather amazing, given her outrageous positions on any number of issues...

DATE: Jun 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Policy and Politics

Good processes do not always produce results

Being a policy process nerd, things like collaborative, consensus-based efforts are, for me, unfailingly interesting. They offer several interrelated tracks of study that must align just abo...

DATE: Jun 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Policy and Politics

School flap a learning opportunity

There are a few phrases that, when unleashed on a middle schooler, can trigger an instantaneous boredom-induced eye roll. “Would you like to go to the museum?,” for instance, or, “Do you wan...

DATE: May 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Policy and Politics

Clear goals, not just values, shape best policies

When I issue an edict to the young people who live with me, they frequently demonstrate their potential as future skeptics. Instead of docilely accepting the order, they instead pepper me wi...

DATE: May 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Policy and Politics

Durango’s hockey family is a smelly, close-knit community

One of the most appalling and surprising things a newly minted hockey player learns is that the human hand produces unthinkable odors when stuffed in a hockey glove. The thing about it is, t...

DATE: Apr 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Policy and Politics

Disagreeing key to sharpening ideological arguments

Editors note: The last paragraph of Megan Grahams column was not printed in Sundays Opinion section. The column is printed here in full. Hanging around with peop...

DATE: Apr 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Policy and Politics