A characteristic of the 19th century history of Wellington County is the enormous migration of…
Columns
Little snowbird
With record-breaking cold temperatures sifting across the countryside day after day and night after…
The politics of envy
Leftist radicals and the so-called do-gooders constantly are repeating their pleas for higher taxes…
Mommyhood truths
Mother’s Day is Sunday. Don’t forget because nobody can guilt you with deadly precision…
Best bet
They say in life you win some; you lose some. It turns out both are worth the experience.…
WWOFF II
Woof, woof, and woof again. That’s just Foxy, our house dog, my good-natured,…
Difficult choices
Investors nowadays are very confused, much more than at any recent time. ‘Group think’…
Nature’s harvesters
Outside our ground floor bathroom window, about three or four feet from the glass, grows a…
Financial engineering
As if there was not enough manipulation going on in financial markets, corporations now…
Daunting headwinds
The world has been bingeing on raw materials, a trend that seems endless. Yet history shows that a…
Winter wonderland
The year 2015 has bit the dust, while 2016 has become a must. The bells that rang out when the New…
Presumptuous
It may seem presumptuous for this economist to disagree with the comments and actions of the U.S.…
Snow, snow
Snow, snow, go away. That was my thought when I sat down to write this article, as I had just…
Lights out
Mother Nature has a profound way of keeping us humble. Last week’s ice storm was proof of her…
Art matters
Everyone likes music. Whether it’s country, jazz, opera or good old rock ‘n roll, music…