Jacob Smith was an influential man
By Joan BaxterJacob Smith was a very influential man in the earliest days of Greene County, Jacob and Patience came from Virginia to the...
Identifying early spring weeds
By Kim HupmanWeeds, those ingenious plants designed by nature, to cover any bare, disturbed ground as quickly as possible. We do our best to...
The big banks can be beaten
By Sarah AndersonWorking families are turning their anger at Wall Street into action.When the 2008 financial crash slammed the New York City construction industry,...
For billionaire donors, academic integrity comes cheap
By Jim HightowerThe Antonin Scalia School Of Law has a bigger problem than its acronym.First came withering hoots of laughter when the honchos of...
June: The month of hope and promise
By Bill TaylorIt seems to me that something about the month of June is different from all the other months. The cruel winds of...
Disney comes to Fairborn
By Jim BucherOK, who out there in Xenia Gazette/Fairborn Herald readership land enjoys Disney? I’m betting lots. And maybe you’re thinking of heading to...
The case for limited government
By Lee H. HamiltonIt has been 35 years since Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural speech as President — the one in which he said, “In...
Putting free speech out to pasture
By Jim HightowerA small-town cartoonist in Iowa got the boot when he offended a Big Ag giant.Hard experience teaches that biotech companies, chemical corporations,...
America’s cosmic tax gap
By Sam PizzigatiThe federal government can now spot a bug in space — so why can’t they spot rich tax cheats here on the...
Our poverty myth
By Jill RichardsonThe illusion that people are to blame for their own poverty goes back centuries in our culture.If you’re poor, many Americans think,...
