Author: Roger Simmermaker

It’s often easy to talk about trying to buy American when it comes to big ticket items like cars and appliances, for example. But it’s

Ocean plastic When you find products used by consumers and businesses that support American jobs and are also environmentally friendly, that is definitely something to

Abraham Lincoln As we prepare to celebrate our nation’s 249th birthday, a good question to ask ourselves is, “Are we really an independent nation in

There is a lot of confusion these days about what constitutes an American product, even though the Federal Trade Commission has given (mostly) clear guidelines

I love writing about American-based companies with which I’ve had a positive, personal experience. Blade + Blue is one such company. Almost everything Blade +

Ever since I left Chicago, where I went to college in the mid-1980s, there is one thing that I miss from there above just about

Seven cents. Yes, it seems insignificant, doesn’t it? But sometimes that’s all it takes to support American jobs instead of those in China, Mexico, and

There are many American-made products in the home goods category that I could name, but this time I’m listing items I have personally bought, used,