Columnists

Don’t allow ‘dirty,’ ‘clean’ produce lists to lead you astray

The Environmental Working Group’s new Dirty Dozen list moved spinach higher because of an increase in the amount of pesticide…

March 30, 2017

Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman: Trump is a Chinese agent

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

March 30, 2017

From our Congressman

Frank Bruni: Devin Nunes is dangerous

Frank Bruni<br><br>(CREDIT: Earl Wilson/The New York Times)du1-i-syn But Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., looks at him and sees a different character.…

March 30, 2017

From our Congressman

David Brooks: Can elephants learn from failure?

David Brooksdu1-i-syn When Republicans turn to tax reform, they will start on much stronger ground. The Republican plans, at least…

March 29, 2017

From our Congressman

Donald, this I will tell you

Maureen Dowd<br><br>(CREDIT: Fred R. Conrad / The New York Times)du1-i-syn You know how you said at campaign rallies that you…

March 29, 2017

Neighbors

Residents enjoy spring birthdays and anniversaries

Neighbors columnist It’s winter in the mountains and spring down below for the birthdays of: Samuel Brown, Virginia Rohr, Shirley…

March 28, 2017

Nicholas Kristof

Did a foreign power collude with a presidential campaign?

du1-i-syn Nixon’s initiative, long rumored but confirmed only a few months ago, was meant to improve his election chances that…

March 28, 2017

Robert Samuelson

The federal budget is a massive national slush fund

du1-i-syn Outrageous, screamed critics. Good programs are being gutted. Surely true. But some ineffective or unimportant programs would also be…

March 28, 2017

Neighbors

Music in the Mountains offers fun fundraisers

Neighbors columnist I know spring just started, but summer will be here before you know it. And one of the…

March 27, 2017

Action Line

When is it time to replace the city’s asphalt?

Allow Action Line to make a blanket statement: The woebegone pavement bears a clear resemblance to a crocheted throw. Could…

March 26, 2017

Neighbors

Leadership La Plata ponders health and human services

Neighbors Columnist The March session of Leadership La Plata addressed the sector of health and human services. In a class…

March 26, 2017

From our Congressman

Our poop-prone PUPS AND US

As a student employee at the McDonald Research Forest, seven miles from Corvallis, Oregon, and one of seven research forests…

March 26, 2017

From our Congressman

Schools, horses, camels and coal

Senator Don Coramdu1-i-syn We had a great deal of debate on SB 71, a bill that deals with a local…

March 26, 2017

Population Matters

Be careful when walking at night downtown

Back in November, my wife and I were crossing Main Avenue in the crosswalk on the way to one of…

March 26, 2017

The Travel Troubleshooter

How to tip the airline scales in your favor

It’s not an uncommon allegation. And sometimes, it’s actually true. Ticket counter weights in Phoenix, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Seattle…

March 26, 2017

Neighbors

Soup nourishes body and soul at Hospice of Mercy event

Neighbors columnist Hospice of Mercy’s much-anticipated Soup for the Soul is one of the big fundraisers of spring – even…

March 24, 2017

Neighbors

Flowers are abloom for this week’s celebrants

du1-i-syn neighbors columnist The community is running a spring fever for the birthdays of: Jim Robertson, Richard Gjere, Dottie Robinson,…

March 23, 2017

La Plata Health Watch

Spot Type 2 diabetes symptoms early to control disease

Type 2 diabetes mellitus refers to a condition in which the body becomes resistant to insulin. An abdominal organ called…

March 23, 2017

Thomas Friedman

Calling on ‘a few good men’ to rein in a president

(CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times)du1-i-syn Dear Sirs, I am writing you today as the five adults with the most…

March 23, 2017

Adventures in Motherhood

Diversity makes us a stronger society

Admittedly, when I told Col about the opportunity to attend the Diversity Dialogue (tagline: an all-day experiential workshop to challenge…

March 22, 2017

Neighbors

Stories unite us in the human condition

The Raven Narratives, whose most recent event was held March 3-4 in Cortez and Durango, was founded to provide a…

March 22, 2017

Neighbors

Women’s Resource Center honors extraordinary businesswomen

From left, Gail Aalund, Missy Votel and Sue Petranek, subbing in for her daughter, Kerry Siggins, are honored as Extraordinary…

March 21, 2017

Nicholas Kristof

Trump budget slashes critical humanitarian aid

Nicholas Kristofdu1-i-syn A.) President Trump’s false tweets that President Barack Obama wiretapped him. B.) President Trump’s war on the news…

March 21, 2017

Neighbors

The luck of the Irish is with Tuesday Literary Club

From left, front, Joan Rhoades and Betty Gale Hogan, and back, Grace Jensen and Lucy Olson, enjoy Tuesday Literary Club’s…

March 20, 2017