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President Barack Obama referred to "more than 8 million new jobs our businesses have created over the past four years." Nearly 8 million private sector jobs have been added since February 2010,...
DATE: Feb. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
On Saturday night, Jan. 25, the community celebrated Mac Neely's 93rd birthday (yes, that's ninety-three years of Mac!) at a fabulous party at the Columbine with WE-4 taking the stage with some...
DATE: Jan. 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
Since the first disclosures based on documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, President Barack Obama has offered his own defenses of the programs. But not all of the president's...
DATE: Jan. 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
I have had a few people suggest that I do a column based on the questions "Do you remember when" and "Do you remember who." I'll try a few to see if there is interest in such a column. Do you...
DATE: Jan. 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
To get a picture of World War I, went to the Nov. 15, 1918, issue of the Mancos Times-Tribune. "Germany probably knows by this time that he who celebrates last celebrates best. Four dates you...
DATE: Jan. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
Those images of polar bears stranded atop tiny glaciers, looking very sad about their melting home in the North Pole, are phony, says radio host Rush Limbaugh. The lefty media created them to...
DATE: Jan. 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
Mary Ann Ott comments on a column that I wrote a few weeks ago about the library. She says: "When I was on the library board, Mattie Holston and her daughter, along with Edith Elliss, kept the...
DATE: Jan. 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
Thom Hartmann, who hosts a show called The Big Picture, was discussing the decision of lawmakers in 25 states not to expand Medicaid coverage as envisioned by the Affordable Care Act. He said the...
DATE: Jan. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
Amid growing debate about whether to raise the nation's $7.25 minimum wage, Teresa Ghilarducci, a labor economist with the New School in New York City, offered a statistic that sought to gauge how...
DATE: Dec. 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
Some 127 years has elapsed since the construction of the building between the Opera House, which was erected in 1910 and the Old Mancos Inn, erected in 1894. A few years ago, it was moved from the...
DATE: Dec. 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
"I was born in Florence, Arizona Territory, on December 15, 1878. That birth was really quite an experience for my father since I arrived while he was scouring the town looking for the only doctor,...
DATE: Dec. 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
Patricia Burk suggested I write a column about the Mancos Public Library. I'll write what I know personally and then revert to a concise history from current librarian Lee Hallberg. The library was...
DATE: Dec. 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists
