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Use of boot is bad for local businesses

Recently my car was booted while legally parked on 3rd Ave. My wife, who had driven my car that day, discovered this after she left work at 5 p.m., and the parking office was closed. ...

Douthat: Our house divided

Summertime, sweltering and stressful, makes our cold civil war feel hot. The madness and violence of last year crested in the summer, with the shootings of cops in Dallas and Baton Rouge. No...

Keillor: Never been here before

Anxious times in America. There was a news story a few weeks back, “Interrupted Sleep May Lead To Alzheimer’s,” and next to it, a wine review with the line “vivacious and well balanced, with...

Public library funds are in good hands

A recent letter to the editor (Herald, Aug. 14) questioning the handling of library funds has caused concern in the community. The building fund was established to augment the bon...

Epic rides: On trails and roads, local riders continue to make Durango proud

It was the stuff of legends, a classic Western confrontation: Two men in a duel in the sun. No rifles or six-shooters involved in this 21st century clash, but riders on saddles st...

Civility: Demand, model decency and dignity to help bring order to our messy democracy

Most Americans have little reluctance to state firmly that race-based superiority is wrong. At the same time, too many fall into the belief that their political opponents are inhe...

Schultheis: Spirit, not skin color, is a person’s measure

America is not the only nation poisoned by racial bigotry; the sad fact is, we are not even the worst. Violent clashes between castes claims the lives of hundreds, if not thousan...

Kristof: We are journalists, not the enemy

Sigh. If only President Donald Trump denounced neo-Nazis as passionately and sincerely as he castigates journalists. What could be an easier task than distancing oneself from Nazi...

Parks pass: At new price, Senior Pass will still be worth far more than it costs

On Monday, the price for a lifetime national park pass for senior citizens will jump from $10 to $80. If you’re 62 or older, now is the time to get yours because that’s a huge pr...

Act will not mean loss of public control

After reading the recent editorial “Resilient Forests” (Herald, Aug. 12), I would like to offer up a few comments. The Resilient Federal Forests Act includes many different provi...

Friedman: From Kabul to Baghdad, my bird’s-eye view

BAGHDAD — I just spent eight days traveling with the Air Force to all of its key forward bases in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. So President Donald Trump’s s...

Bayfield teacher planned eclipse observation for 25 years

By Derek Smith I have been an astronomer longer than I have been a musician. If not for one fork in the road, I was ready to study astrophysics or planetary sciences. ...