Obama looks back with rose-colored glasses

President Barack Obama largely stuck to the facts in his State of the Union address, but spun his accomplishments. Obama made the inflated claim, "More than half of manufacturing executives have...

DATE: Jan. 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

During my first week of daylight ...

I wondered what was taking place in the Mancos Valley the week I was born - the last week of July 1934. Your attention is invited to the following amendment to the U.S. postal laws - No ale, beer,...

DATE: Jan. 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Bottoming out in all this mud

Well, there's no snow and no rain, mostly no water. How come we have so much mud? Because I'm pretty short, I tend to slide out of the car, and then I've got a mud stain on all my pants. Ah well,...

DATE: Jan. 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Campaign finance and Fox News' 'no-go' zones

The nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice analyzed outside spending in Senate elections since 2010, the year the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC shook the campaign finance...

DATE: Jan. 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Mancos Valley Resources quarterly update

Mancos Valley Resources continues to grow as the fiscal sponsor of dozens of successful community-based projects and mini-grant recipients. Our sponsored projects span a wide and interwoven...

DATE: Jan. 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Catching up with the class of 1950

Who graduated and what else was going on at mid-century of the 1900s? Mancos Times-Tribune, May 25, 1950 The seniors who have graduated this year are: John Leavitt, Donitta Cox, Wilma Doerfer, Joan...

DATE: Jan. 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Clearing up some numbers on the Keystone pipeline

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said one of the first acts of the new Senate will be to force President Barack Obama's hand on the Keystone XL pipeline. The controversial project has been in the works...

DATE: Jan. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Mancos at the turn of another century

I wondered what took place as the 1800s turned into the 1900s. The Mancos Times, Dec. 28, 1899 Col. J.G. Price ate his Christmas dinner with The Times families. (The Times families were largely...

DATE: Jan. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Some of the year's statements that rang true

This past year in politics saw lots of questionable - if not flat out false - claims. But there were also more than a few comments that earned a True rating: Facebook Post: Congress has an 11%...

DATE: Jan. 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Here's to an artful new year

Can you believe it's 2015? How many of you have made (and broken) your resolutions? I promised myself that this year I'd make more art. I'll let you know how it goes! Over the hill at FLC This time...

DATE: Jan. 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

New Year's in Mancos, 1994

I wondered how people prepared for the New Year two decades ago. Mancos Times, Dec. 28, 1994 The town of Mancos reminds residents to leave a marrow stream of water flowing to prevent frozen pipes....

DATE: Jan. 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

1894 ended with a cold week and a big dance

I wondered what happened during the holidays of 1894. Mancos Times Dec. 28, 1894 W. H. Kelley, editor, George M. Carr, associate. Terms of subscription $2 per year. On Saturday, Dec. 22, 1894 in...

DATE: Dec. 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

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