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The case of the stolen stove doors: Couple gives mining history to San Juan Historical Society

Couple give mining history to San Juan Historical Society

DATE: Oct 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Find some of the oldest stars in globular clusters

Greetings, Stargazers. I need to make myself a set of cheat cards for my favorite objects in the sky so I can answer questions in more detail at the next star party. I have to ad...

DATE: Oct 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Others Say

Those Quids and Quos get in bed and go hog wild

WASHINGTON – It’s fair to say at this juncture that America’s Quid and Ukraine’s Quo have been caught in bed together. The fevered search for a damning quid pro quo since the Whit...

DATE: Oct 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Kathleen Parker

A U.S. president who doesn’t understand America

WASHINGTON – One of the puzzling aspects of Donald Trump’s hyper-nationalism is its consistent denigration of the nation itself. In a 2017 Oval Office conversation between Trump, ...

DATE: Oct 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

Looking back: Pioneering in Southwest Colorado in 1882

Editor’s note: This column, by Fred Taylor, was based on an interview with Anna Florence Robison in 1934. Part 2 of Pioneering in Southwestern Colorado will be published Nov. 1 in The Jo...

DATE: Oct 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Dana Milbank: To see Trump’s wrongdoing, just look at his D.C. hotel

WASHINGTON – The House just launched its “impeachment inquiry,” but that’s a bit of a misnomer, because it implies questions must be asked to discover whether President Trump is guilty of wr...

DATE: Sep 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

American Pharoah officially joins the Resistance

WASHINGTON – American Pharoah has joined the #Resistance. Last week, Vice President Pence informed House Republicans that Triple Crown winner American Pharoah “bit me so hard” on ...

DATE: Sep 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

The time has come to stop calling Trump a racist

WASHINGTON – President Trump is a horrendous racist. And it’s time for Democrats to stop calling him one. Substantial evidence shows that labeling Trump “racist” backfires against...

DATE: Sep 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

The Trump administration is throttling the BLM

WASHINGTON – This is how the Trump administration goes about the quiet business of incapacitating the U.S. government. President Donald Trump spent his summer making war on Denmar...

DATE: Sep 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Through the Grand Canyon before Major Powell?

This year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Major John Wesley Powell’s daring expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. But was he the first? Another story exists with...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

So the world’s most successful political party ends

NEW YORK – Britain’s Tories are arguably the most successful political party of the modern age. The Conservatives have ruled Britain for nearly 60 of the 90 years since 1929 (the country’s f...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Fareed Zakaria

Building a healthier community by promoting mental health

In Southwest Colorado, we count ourselves fortunate to call this beautiful place our home. Our small communities are part of vital ecosystem that allows us to thrive in our daily lives and c...

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: County Administrator