Perception is your reality, but not necessarily THE reality! Or, said differently: What we believe to be true isn’t always the truth. On June 19, 1865 (Juneteenth), the last of the slaves in the USA were freed. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, but there ...
West Virginians demanded generational change in November after years of mass migration, inflation, and progressive insanity. They demanded a secure border, lower costs, and a return to commonsense. Today, on our nation’s 249th Independence Day, President Trump is set to deliver on that ...
The Mid-Ohio Valley is home to Parkersburg, where a 20,000-foot wall and levee hold back any potential flood, and Marietta, where rising waters flow through the streets whenever the rivers decide to leave their banks. The wall in Parkersburg was built following the 1937 flood. Constructed ...
“Nothing means anything, and everything is funny.” *** Human history has provided us with a pretty small list of “great thinkers.” We are overloaded with shallow and unfiltered thinkers; they are a dime a dozen. The great ones, though, they span the ages and inspire ...
Last week, I wrote about the tendency of Gov. Patrick Morrisey to continue on as if he is still trying to win a GOP primary by taking certain actions and making certain statements aimed at keeping his base in his corner. But I still don’t know who the base is that he keeps playing to on ...
By Harold Hawk of the [Parkersburg] News Staff This wet spring and early summer has made for a grinding season of grappling with the grass – but despite that aching back you might take some comfort in realizing that Grandpa had it a lot rougher. While he didn’t have as large a lawn as ...
