‘Pro-family’ homophobia rips families apart
Happy LGBTQIA Pride Month!… is not what the Trump White House is saying this June.Instead, LGBTQIA Americans are being acknowledged by the government in...
Remembering Rose Higgins
XENIA — Rose Higgins was a pioneer in the newspaper business. She wanted nothing more than to be a reporter for the Xenia Daily...
Do you remember Ray Higgins?
The Xenia Gazette will be celebrating its 150th anniversary in just a few weeks.The paper has the distinction of never having missed a day...
Want to attract women? Try not hating us.
The Toronto attack sheds light on a hateful and disgusting view of women.The recent attack in Toronto by a man who identifies as an...
Three cheers for a frugal Brooklyn legal secretary
But those life-affirming tales of modest multi-millionaires can reinforce a troubling message.Sylvia Bloom died in 2016, an unknown 96-year-old. Now the world knows all...
Guarding against China’s security threats
Last month in the Senate Banking Committee, we passed my bipartisan legislation to give our country more tools to respond to foreign investments from...
Blagojevich’s golden lesson in ‘fundraising’
Rod Blagojevich was a golden boy in Illinois politics, jetting from Congress to the governor’s mansion in a flash. Once there, it seems, he...
A racist Roseanne, a Publix cake blunder, two doltish clergymen — who gets the...
“I wonder if God ever has one of those days where he looks around and says ‘What was I thinking?’” asked reader Marilou Wilschke.She...
Countering those midnight marauding munchers
It seems to me that those of us who engage in home gardening, that is, we plant seeds, seedlings, and such around our homes,...
A future for homeownership
How community-controlled land and housing could save the American dream.At this point, it’s no secret that America has an affordable housing problem. Home ownership,...
