I have been attending Parkersburg City Council meetings regularly for about two years. During this time I have taken the opportunity to address the council many times. Sometimes it was to ask questions, other times it was to make suggestions. There are usually around 10 citizens who also take ...
A note on Sept. 13 explained aspects of socialism. It alluded to a piece about politicized socialistic myths in the News and Sentinel Aug. 23. The writer inferred a relationship to the Gilded Age. This column will describe the Gilded Age that Trump wants to return us to, and why we should not ...
Republicans don’t have much going for them this year. All they can brag about is the Big Beautiful Bill, which is mostly a tax giveaway for the rich that is exploding the national debt. When they’ve got nothing else to run on, politicians tend to attach labels to their opponents, labels ...
Years ago, a few politicians and elected officials began to understand it was irresponsible to ignore the downturn in the coal industry. Though acknowledging it at the time drew significant pushback from those clinging to bygone days, today we welcome the support of those in state and federal ...
One of the things I like about athletics is lessons can be learned and changes made quickly. Learning from a mistake in business and fixing it may take weeks or months. In sports, we can see results in days, hours or minutes. On Tuesday evening, our high school soccer team played our longtime ...
My husband, Charlie, just got released from the hospital after 3 days of being miserable. Monday we went to the emergency room instead of going to our primary care physician and the cardiologist. That way they could do any tests at the same time. Fluid had built up in his legs. Then it started ...
