You Do You Best   Dear Reader, Every journey has a starting point. With that first step is the anticipation of hope for the ...

A Bias for Being Local Dear Reader, Most of us believe that buying stuff locally is a good thing. We can spend our money ...

The Innocence of Youth   Dear Reader, Tonight I looked and watched for shooting stars. Have you ever done that? When I was a ...

Gannett sold to Tokyo-based holding company   Dear Reader, The news is out. Gannett just sold itself to the highest bidder. Let’s take a ...

The Road Taken Dear Reader, In high school English class, many of us read the Robert Frost poem “The Road Not Taken…Two roads di- ...

The Canary in the Coal Mine Dear Reader, The expression “the canary in the coal mine” refers to a practice miners used to test ...

The Seven Stages Dear Reader, In As You Like It, Shakespeare’s comedic reflection on life, the Bard describe seven stages of a person’s life: ...

Aladdin’s Journey Dear Reader, Remember when you were a child and wanted to run away from home, like Tom Sawyer? Maybe you did run ...

On the price of freedom Dear Reader, If you could quantify it, what is your freedom worth? How much are you willing to pay ...

The True Price of Online Shopping Dear Reader, Something interesting has happened in the world of online buying: On some large commercial websites there ...