Reflections: Medical care
Columnist Allan Winkler's wife recently landed in McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital with a serious infection. The situation led Winkler to reflect on the cost of health care in the U.S.
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Reflections: Money and American politics
Campaigns spent record amounts of money in the 2024 election, but money has been a staple of American politics for centuries.
Reflections: Media and national politics
The media has always played a role in American politics, but the industry has reinvented itself repeatedly over the decades.
Reflections: Transitions
The peaceful transition of power is a core part of American democracy, columnist and board member Allan Winkler writes.
Reflections: Debates
Columnist and Oxford Free Press board member Allan Winkler writes that presidential debates have had a mixed impact since the 1960s.
Reflections: The Oxford Area Trail
Columnist Allan Winkler writes that the Oxford Area Trail System's local history ties into a broader national story about the policies behind public spaces.
Reflections: The state of American polling
Political polling in the U.S. began as early as 1824. In the two centuries since, pollsters have gotten some elections embarrassingly wrong, but the practice of polling is here to stay.