If your attention is heightened at the start of “political season” like mine is, I hope you’ve perused the bills introduced so far in the regular session of the West Virginia Legislature. It’s an eye-opening look at who cares about propelling West Virginia into a bright future with a ...
Aldo Leopold, a man considered by many as the father of modern conservation wrote, “Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher ‘standard of living’ is worth its cost in things ...
I’m writing this week to make a quick correction to a piece of mine that was published in the News and Sentinel last weekend and to discuss a few other subjects. In my piece last weekend, I mistakenly referred to 900 households or “units” in Parkersburg, for which the city has ...
As Chair of the West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA) Board of Trustees, I want to commend Governor Morrisey and the West Virginia Legislature for their leadership and focus on job growth and economic development as the legislative session begins. From my perspective, working at the ...
I compiled a recipe book in the past few years. I’ve done harder things, but this ranks up there with sewing headcovers for my golf clubs or making that ship in a bottle, which ended up as a ship in a jar. The main problem is making sure the recipes are right. It’s like giving someone ...
“Better the Devil,” by Erik J. Brown. Publication date: Jan. 20. 398 pages. Erik J. Brown offers up a YA novel full of murder and deceit. A gay teen from West Virginia runs away from home when his religious parents try to force him into a conversion camp. He spends eight months ...
