Author: The Journal editorial board

The City of Durango installed surveillance cameras Oct. 29 at the College Drive, Ninth Street and 11th Street intersections with Main Avenue as an aid to preventing crime and apprehending criminals in Durango’s most-trafficked, and some would say vulnerable, commercial district. (So far, Cortez has not followed in its neighbor’s footsteps.) On Nov. 7, the…

We were in the bank last Wednesday morning, getting a roll of quarters for the meter, when we greeted the pleasant man behind the counter. His morning was going well, he said. “No tears about the election,” we observed. “I’m just trying to live my life and be happy,” he said. Another teller, overhearing all…

There is a fascinating study published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and we are grateful to The Atlantic for reporting so well on it, because the topic is so weighty: How and why do humans respond to puppy eyes? Dogs’ eyes have changed since humans befriended them – or they…