Today we are continually bombarded with “race” as a wedge issue to divide people. For full disclosure, I am a fundamentalist Christian with a biblical worldview. I am a widower after 46 years of marriage to a Vietnamese lady. While stationed at Marshall University from 1973 to 1977, my wife ...

I understand there has been some backlash for comments a local pastor made about “taking back the rainbow.” I do not know the man, but what he said is absolutely true. The rainbow was given by God as a sign that He would not destroy the Earth by water again, after what is called ...

House leaders are currently demanding “Social Security reform,” meaning cuts to Social Security benefits, as part of any spending and budgeting going forward, and they are coming squarely after seniors and retirees. A so-called Social Security Commission (HR 281) is a way of sneaking into ...

With the celebration of “Juneteenth” on June 19, it is time to clear up some misconceptions about the date and “celebration.” While I am certainly glad that slavery was abolished in 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation by Lincoln on Sept. 22, 1862, did not free anyone and was not an ...

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I think there’s something wrong with the millions of dollars and thousands of man hours that have been spent on the search and rescue/recovery of the deep sea submersible, Titan. This expenditure is continuing to cover the finding of pieces of the ...

I have worked in recovery for a little over two years now. I began at Harmony Ridge Recovery Center, an inpatient rehabilitation facility in Walker. This was my first experience working with a population many people have thrown to the wayside as lost causes. I had no idea what to expect. I ...