MT - Columnists

Now that school has resumed, the thoughts of young minds (and their parent’s) turn from summer activities and fun to the joy of learning. With the older kids away during the day, many parents find...

This week’s personality, Ira Emmer Kelly, was Clay Bader’s father-in-law. Clay was a good man to begin with but Ira took that dough and made Clay an even better man.I was 17 the summer I stacked...

Now that the Town of Mancos has put signs on Highway 160 that say “Historic Mancos” and they show our cowboy on them too, the visitor center is hearing lots of questions. “What is historic about...

HOME TOWN PRIDE: A few years back, when the downtown art scene began to happen in Mancos with the first “Mancos on the Move”, a great newspaper article came out about us, stating that Mancos has...

Obama says his plan will cut deficits by $4 trillion. The “independent” source that supports that claim is a liberal think tank. Another group, one that puts a premium on deficit reduction, gives...

How do we get the word out? How do we let people know that they are being threatened ... their very lives in peril? It was President John F. Kennedy who made this plea for the sanctity of our...

The kids are back in school and it is now September, which means summer will soon draw to a close. History will continue to be made day after day, however.I’ll bet, George Bauer, that the person...

Ryan:Simpson-Bowles Commission. “I found it utterly hypocritical, and it was, at a minimum, disingenuous not to mention his (Ryan’s) membership on the commission,” said Ornstein, a scholar at the...

Oh, well! I mentioned the Dog Days of Summer last week and before the Times came out we had a rain storm.Happy Trails Clay! So, Mr. Bauer, do you have anyone in mind to talk about this week?I sure...

The Obama campaign is trying to peg Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as the guys who will “end Medicare as we know it,” and make seniors pay thousands more for health care. The Romney campaign is trying...