Author: Susan Viebrock

The point of it all is to break down the headlines, determine why an issue is important, and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. Recently Cleo addressed the subject of labor unions and asked: Should companies be required to negotiate with contractors' unions? She...

Reading the title of one of his latest Sunday Op Ed piece for The New York Times, you might be tempted to call him a cockeyed optimist, but renowned journalist-author Nicholas Kristof is a just a truth-teller. Read his "Why 2017 Was the Best Year...

Don't remember if we ever published a blog about toning our memory muscle. In the following story for The New York Times Henry Alford talks about which techniques for empowering the power of recall work. And which don't. Here in the valley of my mid-50s, I...

Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation, the non-profit organization that owns and operates Telluride’s historic Sheridan Opera House, presents bluegrass up-and-comers Trout Steak Revival live in concert on Friday, January 19, 2018. Doors and SHOW bar open at 8 p.m.; show time is 9 p.m. Tickets are...

The self-professed failed Catholic Guillermo del Toro chatted easily and breezily with his fans on the steps of the Telluride Elementary School following a screening of his latest, perhaps greatest project at the Telluride Film Festival: “If it is a sin, I am in.” In our...

Following the robust holiday season ending 2017, guests showering Telluride with hosannas for service quality and what to do, the Telluride Ski Resort looks forward to welcoming more visitors over the 2018 winter season to share the mountain with locals following recent January storms - with the...

If one of your New Year's Resolutions is to take action where you can to make a difference, writing for EcoWatch, Cassie Kelly outlines "10 Ways to Be a better Environmental Steward in 2018." Protecting the natural environment may seem overwhelming with increased natural disasters, melting sea...

Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation presents The Floozies live at the Sheridan Opera House on Thursday Jan. 11 and Friday, Jan. 12. Tickets are $25 GA on the floor and $35 reserved seats in the balcony, plus a $4 ticketing fee. Tickets and information: sheridanoperahouse.com or 970.728.6363 x5. Scroll...

This summer, the Telluride Ski Resort and The Peaks Resort & Spa is hosting a series of week-long wellness retreats – Live Longer Retreat –  to support your (recurring) New Year’s resolution to get healthy and live longer well. The program is led by Dr. Alan Safdi, a world-renowned internist and gastroenterologist...

If the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is, urr, pressing your buttons, you might be up for some good news. Rachel Cleetus, the lead economist and climate policy manager with the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, is guardedly optimistic about...