Kathleen Parker https://tj.durangoherald.com/section/columnists-kathleen-parker/feed/ Latest local news from The Durango Herald. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:52:57 -0600 en-us 30 https://tj.durangoherald.com/maga-is-spent-unless-youre-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 attack on himself, and (2) a Coast Guard officer would allegedly plot a... Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:33:18 -0700 83119253-D76E-3537-E053-0100007F7586 https://tj.durangoherald.com/parker-the-loss-of-mccain-leaves-a-void/ Kathleen Parkerdu1-i-syn WASHINGTON — The world seems already a lesser place with the passing of Sen. John McCain. The ensuing deluge of accolades and tributes – notwithstanding the president’s limp and late acknowledgment of McCain’s service to the nation –... Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:26:05 -0600 74AF097A-F5A3-1BC1-E053-0100007F6288 https://tj.durangoherald.com/parker-feeling-sorry-for-trump-thats-the-plan/ du1-i-syn WASHINGTON – Two distinct realities coexist in the nation’s capital with the approximate compatibility of oil and water. There’s the reality of 4.1 percent economic growth, full employment, a declining trade deficit and some wage growth. And then there’s... Mon, 30 Jul 2018 17:00:08 -0600 72406BDC-8169-3FFE-E053-0100007FB5F0 https://tj.durangoherald.com/parker-scrappy-pilot-versus-bigfoot-hunter-in-tennessee/ du1-i-syn JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Republican Ashley Nickloes is the only woman in a seven-way primary race to fill a congressional seat held by one family for five decades. She’s also the only military pilot in the race, running against... Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:27:20 -0600 71ADBD69-7DC8-03A1-E053-0100007FC145 https://tj.durangoherald.com/parker-nukes-for-condos-in-north-korea/ Parkerdu1-i-syn WASHINGTON – Well, it happened: The president and the dictator met, shook hands, looked each other in the eye, smiled for the cameras – and lied through their teeth. The visuals, we witnessed; the lies we infer – from... Mon, 18 Jun 2018 21:50:50 -0600 6EF784E3-F301-36CF-E053-0100007FB6DC https://tj.durangoherald.com/paul-ryan-tries-and-fails-at-a-house-exorcism/ Kathleen Parker WASHINGTON — Given the cornucopia of issues Americans have to select from each day, the recent firing and rehiring of the House of Representatives’ chaplain may not have bestirred many to form an opinion. But these days, the... Mon, 07 May 2018 17:03:42 -0600 6BA1CE97-2262-0716-E053-0100007F6675