Columnists

Classic meatloaf is comfort food that warms generations

DEAR JENNA: I’m pleased to share that recipe once again. I have made it and we love it, too. Now…

May 17, 2017

Columnists

Horoscope for May 20,2017

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): You are the financial wizard of the zodiac. During the next four weeks, you…

Kennedy: Education should be our state’s highest priority

du1-i-syn This week, students and teachers in La Plata County are breaking ground on a brand new school, the Bayfield…

Joyce Rankin

Rankin: The legislative session and the accountability clock

du1-i-syn Statute holds state school districts and public schools accountable on “statewide performance indicators.” In other words, accountability. It recognizes…

Krugman: Judas, tax cuts and the great betrayal

KRUGMAN-MUGdu1-i-syn What inspired this calculation? The spectacle of Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, and Paul Ryan, the speaker of…

When man is ready to talk, his wife can’t stay awake

Contrast this to a recent trip she took with her friends where they talked and yucked it up for five…

Robert Samuelson

Samuelson: Anti-globalization fervor pits politics against economics

Robert Samuelsondu1-i-syn The administration has made undoing the damage a central part of its economic strategy. This will almost certainly…

May 15, 2017

Ex-friend cast out of social circle dreams of vengeance

We have supported her emotionally and financially from time to time for many years. My husband does have a habit…

May 15, 2017

Action Line

TV viewers can watch goats for free, but not Broncos

Beseeching Action Line to advocate for television is like asking the San Juan Citizens Alliance to support a new coal-fired…

What's up in Durango Skies

Southern sky offers astronomers summer viewing delights

For summer observing, I like to travel south of the equator. That is, south of the celestial equator. There, you…

The Travel Troubleshooter

What to do when you’re feeling low at high altitude

“The world was spinning and I felt like death,” she says. “It was like the worst hangover you can imagine…

Mom’s long-distance advice isn’t what teen wants to hear

DEAR TEEN: Regardless of what you may think about what your mother is telling you, she is not the “enemy.”…

Gulliford's Travels

Putting Everett Ruess to rest: Perhaps a final conclusion to a 1934 desert mystery

The Ruess saga has inspired books, songs, plays and celebrations. A botched scientific analysis of DNA embarrassed researchers at the…

Bigger, heavier trucks on our highways a bad idea

du1-i-syn And because I serve on the Executive Board of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, I know that…

On the Law

Keeping you and your dog on right side of law

Smithdu1-i-syn As we all emerge from our winter dens to run with our packs, it is a good time to…

Let moms who need help know they are not alone

du1-i-syn But for too many women, pregnancy and the birth of a baby come with feelings of anxiety and depression…

America’s hope resides in its original promise

We have turned Emma Lazarus’ poetic words inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty – “Give me your…

From the State House

Busy session closes with positive results

Rep. Barbara McLachlandu1-i-syn HB 17-1219 has been signed into law. It is a pilot program encouraging farmers to fallow their…

With parents gone, truth can be told about brothers’ crimes

One aunt keeps asking why and insisting I should make amends. Abby, one brother went to jail for murder, and…

On the Run

Forty years and still running

“When I first ran the Narrow Gauge, running was my main sport, so it was an important race as I…

May 12, 2017

Froma Harrop

Bro Culture’ Companies May Do Poorly by Being Bad

Froma Harropdu1-i-syn Uber rightly sees the future as driverless cars that one can summon to one’s doorstep for a ride…

May 12, 2017