Columnists

Rash of recent videos could affect airline regulation

She’s done flying, at least for now. “We’re driving,” says O’Leary, a software developer from Tampa. Jeff Kolker is finished…

June 4, 2017

Mike Littwin

Littwin: The body slammer wins – Is it all Trump’s fault?

Mike Littwin, The Colorado Independentdu1-i-syn The critical post-election question, of course, is what it all means (other than Democrats losing…

June 3, 2017

From our Congressman

Conversations, patience key to getting it right

du1-i-syn The first, through successfully petitioning the Federal Communications Commission to allow satellite carriers in La Plata County to make…

June 3, 2017

From our Congressman

Turner: Elevating action sports – a new vision for FLC athletics

I wrote that in 1999 for a Herald guest editorial. It was a poor choice of words to express the…

June 3, 2017

From our Congressman

Colby: It is well past time to lift the embargo on Cuba

du1-i-syn These days, however, many people in the U.S. think that the ban should be terminated so that the people…

June 3, 2017

Dear Abby

Errand runner is chagrined by size of lunchtime tips

Sometimes the office manager will give me cash from the firm account to pay, other times the lawyers give me…

June 3, 2017

Coroner's Report

Test case shows how viewpoints about a death can differ

We play these games alone and in groups. We play for fun and to sharpen our wits. We do it…

June 2, 2017

Clubhouse Porch

Recovery off the course; busy time on the greens

Hillcrest Golf Club It would be an understatement to say Hillcrest will be full of activity the next two weeks.…

June 2, 2017

A Take on Tourism

Plan Now for Visiting Friends and Relatives

Since groups of relatives include children of all ages, here are a few suggestions for free activities that everyone will…

June 2, 2017

Creating Community

Participate in public health emergency dispensing exercise

Popedu1-i-syn The purpose of the exercise is to test state and local Strategic National Stockpile Plans (Medical Countermeasure Dispensing and…

June 2, 2017

Authentic Aging

I’m making decisions about disposing of my corpse

Both of us are interested in green burial, burial into the soil in a manner that doesn’t inhibit decomposition but…

June 2, 2017

Froma Harrop

We can move past President Trump on climate change

Froma Harropdu1-i-syn Trump did say he’d come up with an answer in a week, and if he has by the…

June 2, 2017

Flies & Lies

Fly fishing Navajo Lake, don’t miss it

So, on July 30, 1958, construction began on Navajo Lake. Five years later, on April 20, 1963, Navajo Lake was…

June 2, 2017

Dear Abby

College student living at home is ready to fly after graduation

Now that I am about to graduate, I have been offered a job with a company in California. I am…

June 2, 2017

From the Extension Office

Acclaimed plant experts to share wisdom at Four Corners Horticulture Conference

The Durango Botanical Society helped create the garden at the Durango Public Library by the Animas River Trail. The society…

June 1, 2017

Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Trump’s America is the United American Emirate

Thomas L. Friedman, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for The New York Times, became the paper's foreign-affairs columnist in 1995…Previously,…

June 1, 2017

From our Congressman

Brooks: Jared Kushner and the knotty politics of clan

David Brooksdu1-i-syn The Kushner family drama begins in the Holocaust. In 1941, Rae Kushner was living in Belarus and was…

June 1, 2017

Dear Abby

Husband doesn’t share wife’s dreams of seeing the world

The problem is, my husband isn’t crazy about traveling. He’ll go if I book it, but he fusses the whole…

June 1, 2017

From the Extension Office

Food in its natural state provides the nutrition we need

A single cup of strawberries can provide 100 percent of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C, an essential nutrient.…

May 31, 2017

From our Congressman

Cure: Turn out this week for a SMART boost to gun safety

Carol Curedu1-i-syn Across the country, an average of 93 Americans are killed with guns each day and hundreds more are…

May 31, 2017

Dear Abby

Age is no barrier for man long in love with neighbor

My parents moved to Florida when I turned 27, and I bought their home just so I could be near…

May 31, 2017

Action Line

Time running out on blue boxes

Durango Herald The blue boxes are not meters, and they’re not particularly smart. And they’re going away. That’s what Action…

May 30, 2017

From our Congressman

Grantham: Colorado legislators found creative, bipartisan ways to notch wins

Colorado State Senate President Kevin Granthamdu1-i-syn Although the Republican-controlled Senate and Democrat-controlled House hit no grand slams during the session,…

May 30, 2017

Nicholas Kristof

Patriotic reminders for our Republican leadership

du1-i-syn As McConnell warned, for example: “The president did not value the sacred oath. He was interested in saving his…

May 30, 2017