Columnists - The Journal

Tax changes may affect donations to nonprofits

We’re counting down the hours till the IRS tax deadline, and news feeds are abuzz with stories about how Americans are experiencing the new tax laws. Perceptions vary regarding w...

DATE: Apr 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: County Administrator

Wild Bill, Calamity Jane and the murderous Benders of Cherry Vale

Editor’s note: This column about the life of Elbert “Al” Nunn is based on an interview by Anna Florence Robison on March 28, 1934. Part 2 of the article will appear in the May 3 issue of...

DATE: Apr 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Spring cleaning your nutrition

We all get stuck in food ruts when we eat the same thing day after day, leaving us feeling bored and unmotivated with our meal plan. Even though we’re bored, sometimes it’s easie...

DATE: Mar 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Compañeros: Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center looks to grow

New executive director working on updating organization’s website

DATE: Mar 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Above the Rim

They painted in the canyons: Archaic artists created compelling images 5,000 years ago

Of the thousands of Native American rock-art panels in the Southwest, none are older than the Barrier Canyon pictographs found throughout the Colorado Plateau and concentrated along rivers, ...

DATE: Mar 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Rep. Ilhan Omar wickedly uses Trump’s playbook

WASHINGTON – What does Rep. Ilhan Omar have in common with President Trump? Sadly, more than you would think. The Democratic freshman from Minnesota is perhaps the most prominent ...

DATE: Mar 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

MAGA is spent – unless you’re an adolescent

WASHINGTON – Humans do the strangest things. In two recent why-dunits, the curious have wondered why: (1) a successful TV star would allegedly orchestrate a fake, hate-inspired at...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Kathleen Parker

Four-wheel low

When I have to put my truck into four-wheel low to get out of my driveway, I know the dreaded disease of, “There’s no where to fly fish” is about to overtake me. She who must be ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Writers on the Range

The greatest manhunt in the Southwest

Editor’s note: Part 1 of this article was published in The Journal on Feb. 1. Portions of this article were found in the issues of the Montezuma Valley Journal and from article written b...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Student-centered budgeting is on all our minds

When our board adopted our district strategic plan this fall, one of the four overarching priorities was student-centered budgeting. The strategic plan states that “the district w...

DATE: Feb 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Education Update

Anti-Semitism is like cancer in the Islamic world

NEW YORK – In recent weeks, attention has focused on two freshman Democratic members of Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, both of whom are Muslim and have made critical statements abou...

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Fareed Zakaria

There’s good news on water and other legislation

The best news I can offer today is every river basin in Colorado is above the median average for this date. Does this mean that we are over our water issues? No, but we should hav...

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the State Senate