I have been a part of the newspaper business for a long time. It was not, however, my first job. My first job was as an assistant soda bottle sorter. Go ahead, reread that line. Pull up a chair kids and listen to a story about how we once made a little extra spending money. When I ...

The two leaders of the West Virginia Legislature came under scrutiny last week for different issues, though one is being more transparent than the other one. First, my friend Brad McElhinny with West Virginia MetroNews reported last week that a political action committee connected to Senate ...

A Bit of History The growth of the Young Men’s Christian Association in this city has been remarkable. It was organized in August last with seven members; last October it had 17 members; in November 70 members, and now its membership is more than 230 and rapidly increasing. The Gymnasium ...

On March 18, the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association made a post on social media that fired me up enough that I was immediately looking for what I could do about it. Short of adopting Waffles — who appears to be an adorable pit bull mix in his photo, and who looks large enough that I could ...

Last Sunday, March 22, was proclaimed by the United Nations as World Water Day. The theme this year was “Where Water Flows Equality Grows.” This year, attention was given to the plight of women around the world. Globally, more than 1 billion women lack access to safely managed drinking ...

A report in Fortune Magazine this week by Steve Hanke and David Walker begins with the sentence “The U.S. government is insolvent.” According to the Treasury Department’s consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, the federal government had $6.06 trillion in total assets ...