Amazon’s worst bargain yet
The retail behemoth wants your local government’s business, but there’s a hidden cost to low prices: Local businesses get shut out.The billions in tax...
Resurrecting old insurance model may limit who gets covered and how well
A new health insurance option awaits consumers this fall. Proponents say it will offer lower premiums and relief from increasingly expensive Obamacare policies sold...
Another gardening update
It seems to me that, now I’m embarking on my 17th year of writing this column, I continue to be both a bit surprised...
Choosing a mechanic with help from BBB
Run: August 2018Every car owner should have access to a good mechanic. Whether you’re having car trouble or need maintenance like an oil change,...
An unhappy birthday for Medicare and Medicaid
As the iconic health programs turn 53, the GOP is advancing plans to privatize one and gut the other.July 30 marks a very important...
Trump’s trade policies folly for farmers
Let me be clear: I want to be supportive of the president and his policies.As a farmer, we voted for the president because he...
Let me tell you what forced separation feels like
Our country puts thousands upon thousands of US-born kids behind bars, too. Mine was one of them.The recent images of immigrant children in cages...
What’s at stake if Brett Kavanaugh joins the court
President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Why should you care? Because everything from reproductive...
Small newsrooms of today
It’s not a complaint, it’s a fact — the newsroom is one-third the size it was 20 plus years ago.I don’t think many people...
Remembering Barbara Cimmino
XENIA — After living for a while in New Jersey, Barbara Cimmino came to Xenia in 1956. She was employed as a bookkeeper at...
