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There Is More to Governing Than Government Jan. 10, 2019
Republicans and Democrats are carrying on in Washington as if the fate of the world depends upon how... Read More
Scaring the Parents on Halloween Oct. 18, 2018
Every year around Halloween, Patch, a network of news websites specializing in local coverage around... Read More
Should Infrastructure Spending Be State, Local or Federal? Feb. 22, 2018
With the Trump administration's proposal to add $200 billion of federal funding for transportation p... Read More
Taxing Dollars Already Taxed by States Will Not Happen Oct. 03, 2017
Nice try, Republicans. You'd like to end the federal deduction for state and local taxes. That would... Read More
In Pennsylvania, Georgia and Everywhere Else, All Politics Is Local Jun. 20, 2017
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — It's a sunny Saturday afternoon, and Richard E. Frey, of neighboring New Oxf... Read More
Trump's Infrastructure Illusions Nov. 17, 2016
"We've got shovel-ready projects all across the country. And governors and mayors are pleading to fu... Read More
For Disaster Recovery, the Best Knowledge Is Local Knowledge Oct. 13, 2016
As residents all along the Southeastern coast start to put their lives back together after a devasta... Read More
Same Question, Asking the Wrong Person Mar. 27, 2016
Cash Instead of Update Dear Ms. Lank: We would like to sell our house. The bathrooms are old and dat... Read More
Bipartisan Achievements: Bigger Government, Worse Schools Dec. 16, 2015
"This is an early Christmas present." That is what a very merry Barack Obama said earlier this month... Read More
Support Local Family Farmers Sep. 25, 2015
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that if there isn't a farmers market near you, there most likely ... Read More
Foraging as Needed Food for Thought May. 29, 2015
Imagine yourself among a group of strangers washed ashore and isolated on a deserted island with onl... Read More
Why Do So Many Eggs Come From Iowa? May. 26, 2015
An outbreak of bird flu has forced American farmers to kill millions of egg-laying chickens, 32 mill... Read More
Local or National Elections? Oct. 14, 2014
Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill once said, "All politics is local." That may have been true in Tip ... Read More
Greener Holidays Dec. 17, 2013
It's hard not to feel Grinch-green during the holidays because of the rampant consumerism, waste and... Read More
This Thanksgiving, Let's Celebrate AgriCULTURE, Not AgriBUSINES Nov. 27, 2013
In December 1972, I was part of a nationwide campaign that came tantalizingly close to getting the U... Read More
Thanking the Hands the Feed Us Nov. 26, 2013
Thanksgiving is a holiday built around food. We gather, we gorge, sometimes acknowledging the hands ... Read More
Shop Small Saturday, Nov. 30 Nov. 19, 2013
Judging from our media, you would think that Americans made the Thanksgiving holidays specifically f... Read More
10 Steps to Improving Your Local Economy Nov. 12, 2013
Recently, most of America's industry has been "outsourced" overseas, causing a loss of job... Read More
