Dana Milbank https://tj.durangoherald.com/section/columnists-dana-milbank/feed/ Latest local news from The Durango Herald. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:01:23 -0600 en-us 30 https://tj.durangoherald.com/labors-death-reports-were-greatly-exaggerated/ Something funny happened on the way to the labor movement’s funeral. When Justice Samuel Alito and his antilabor colleagues on the Supreme Court handed down the Janus vs. AFSCME decision last June, unions braced for the worst. The American Federation... Thu, 07 Feb 2019 17:33:09 -0700 80C47F8A-EB04-2B26-E053-0100007F6C03 https://tj.durangoherald.com/leaving-white-house-they-say-dont-blame-me/ WASHINGTON – One by one they leap – or are pushed – from the foundering USS Trump, each offering a variation of the same plea: Don’t blame me. Comes now retired Gen. John Kelly, the second of President Trump’s chiefs... Thu, 03 Jan 2019 17:33:09 -0700 7E7D2CCA-C650-3292-E053-0100007FC58C https://tj.durangoherald.com/trump-finally-found-conspiracy-he-doesnt-believe/ WASHINGTON – So President Trump finally found a conspiracy theory he doesn’t believe. “Are you still a believer in Santa?” Trump asked an unsuspecting 7-year-old, Collman Lloyd, when she called in to the military’s Santa Claus tracker line on Christmas... Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:33:10 -0700 7E1AF380-3D84-7B69-E053-0100007FC672 https://tj.durangoherald.com/the-2020-presidential-field-oh-we-have-names/ Until now, there were, by my count, 44 Democrats who have either expressed interest in a 2020 presidential run, traveled to Iowa or New Hampshire or otherwise managed to get themselves mentioned. But we can now stop the bidding. Because... Tue, 04 Dec 2018 17:03:10 -0700 7C220100-D498-7B2B-E053-0100007F1A30 https://tj.durangoherald.com/trump-who-doesnt-drink-goes-on-another-bender/ WASHINGTON – President Trump, in the Rose Garden on Monday morning to celebrate a new trade deal with Canada and Mexico, displayed a side seldom, if ever, seen before: a flash of self-awareness. Goaded by reporters’ questions about Supreme Court... Thu, 04 Oct 2018 17:03:19 -0600 77589ADB-CEA7-3E74-E053-0100007FBF5B