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No one should have to wait to save their life

Some things are worth waiting for. In fact, sometimes waiting can help build anticipation, such as waiting for Christmas, that vacation to Costa Rica or the summer clearance at Br...

DATE: Nov 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Pioneering in Southwestern Colorado

Editor’s note: This column, the second of three parts, was written by Fred Taylor based on an interview with Anna Florence Robison in 1934. Part 3 of Pioneering in Southwestern Colorado ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back

It’s time to impeach, remove President Trump

WASHINGTON – No one has worked more aggressively to trigger impeachment than the president. You may remember that, during the campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump suggested that, should he ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Kathleen Parker: With Syria and Turkey, Trump has blood on his hands

WASHINGTON – So let me get this straight: President Trump ordered the removal of American troops from northern Syria, knowing that Turkey would invade, seize and occupy Kurd-occupied land. ...

DATE: Oct 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Kathleen Parker

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