Columnists

Gamer girl gets no respect

The issue I have is people judge my hobby as “a waste of time” or comment that I should read…

April 14, 2018

Good work, Colorado, but we still have a long way to go

Senate Bill 96 revised all Colorado state statutes that used terms such as “mentally retarded” and “mental retardation” with the…

April 13, 2018

From the Extension Office

Real food powers your health, not vitamin supplements

Sixty years ago, fast foods were starting to change urban life but not for her family. After we left home,…

April 13, 2018

Connie Schultz

Schultz: All labor has dignity – MLK and the white working class

Connie Schultz(Gus Chan / The Plain Dealer) I don’t mean to suggest that this was his mission, but it was…

April 13, 2018

Dear Abby

Girl guilty about partying

We are back together now, but the weekend after our breakup, I went to visit a college girlfriend. We went…

April 13, 2018

Culture Gulch

10 reasons to see MET’s ‘Luisa Miller’

A lavishly staged tale of doomed love

April 12, 2018

Mike Littwin

Littwin: On The Denver Post, vultures and superheroes

Or it was true – until Sunday’s edition of The Denver Post, when the inmates took charge of the asylum,…

April 12, 2018

Guest Columns

Beaver: Education in 21st century America; hell on the home front

Dusty Beaver In the aftermath of a school shooting, people are left looking for answers. All too often, bullying is…

April 12, 2018

Ross Douthat

Douthat: Why not Mike Pence?

Ross Douthat<br><br>(CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times) The subject of their agita, not entirely surprisingly, was the Stormy Daniels affair,…

April 12, 2018

Dear Abby

Teen struggles with alcoholic mom

She’s six months sober now, receiving help and making an effort to repair the hurt and pain she has caused.…

April 12, 2018

David Brooks

Brooks: The failures of anti-Trumpism

David Brooks The point of this work is to expose the harm President Donald Trump is doing, weaken his support…

April 11, 2018

Dear Abby

Son’s cross-dressing startles mom

When I saw him the same day, I made sure to hug him and tell him I love him. Please…

April 11, 2018

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Choosing animals over people

The only risk: They are so heedless and unafraid of people that they may tumble almost into your lap —…

April 10, 2018

Robert Samuelson

Samuelson: Children versus grandparents

The struggle will intensify. We all know – or should – that the United States is an aging society (the…

April 10, 2018

Guest Columns

Tingey: Reauthorize the lottery, continue funding our way of life

Sarah TIngey Our company, employees and community are tied to Colorado’s rivers and iconic landscapes. We are fortunate to have…

April 10, 2018

Dear Abby

Couple splits after acting class

Every now and then she raises the topic again, saying she feels “betrayed, offended, abandoned” and suggests we stop seeing…

April 10, 2018

Coroner's Report

A broken system forces forensic pathologist to resign

Omalu published papers on chronic traumatic encephalopathy in 2005 and 2006 while working as a forensic pathologist in Pittsburgh. The…

April 9, 2018

Action Line

County sets it straight with leaning flagpole

The La Plata County Administration Building flagpole on Thursday leans left or right depending on your point of view.Jerry McBride/Durango…

April 9, 2018

Froma Harrop

Harrop: Nature’s great bird migration under threat by you-know-who

Portrait of Froma Harrop For a century – through depression, world war and countless other national crises – American presidents,…

April 9, 2018

From the Extension Office

Each landscape presents its own demands to gardeners

Same talk with 270 PowerPoint slides, six hours each, five different locations. I almost developed a disdain for veggies. But…

April 9, 2018

Dear Abby

Girl debates college location

His parents have offered to pay all expenses if the two of them live in an apartment and go to…

April 9, 2018

The Travel Troubleshooter

A ‘no’ from the travel industry is not always final

“My family and I would like to travel to Europe this summer,” says Matlin, a financial planner from Cleveland. “I…

April 8, 2018

Dear Abby

Teacher dreads taking road trip

My second-oldest sister wants to plan an elaborate road trip this summer that involves renting an RV and driving cross-country…

April 8, 2018

Authentic Aging

Spring cleaning or death cleaning?

A new book, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime…

April 7, 2018