Four of my friends have dementia or Alzheimer’s. I sadly watch as their lives are stolen from them one memory at a time. It starts by forgetting little things. Of course, we all forget things once in a while like there was something else I needed at the store, etc. Before long they each ...
I was born during the Eisenhower Administration. I grew up revering him and the others who helped destroy Hitler and his Nazis. American soldiers represented the height of patriotism and sacrifice for our country. Who would have guessed that in 2016 we would elect a commander-in-chief who ...
Leave it to Rep. Alex Mooney to compose a long op-ed that complains but offers no solutions. It is one of his strongest capabilities. Mooney complains about “reckless spending” and needing to get budgets under control, even applying convoluted logic to tie spending to “woke leftist ...
An events center, no matter where located, will be a win win for the city of Parkersburg. But, a location in our beautiful City Park would be an error. The potential traffic that this center would create would harm one of the park’s primary uses as a walking park. Also, the ancillary ...
I have lived in West Virginia for almost 25 years. Times are tough now, and the economy for working folks is as difficult as it’s been in my memory. Wages are down and the cost of basic necessities like food and gas are through the roof. Back in 2020, Democrat voters put their faith in Jim ...
I read the letter in the Monday, Sept. 25, newspaper titled “avoiding ignorance” in which the author made several excellent points. Many other “every day” items used to commit murder are baseball bats, hammers, screwdrivers, crowbars, tire irons, canes, icepicks, bricks, bottles, etc. ...
