In my previous letter in the Sunday, Aug. 23, newspaper, I opined teaching about God and right and wrong, to our children, in our schools, at an early age might help stem the tide of gun violence in America. From the birth of America, until the 1970s, children were taught about God in our ...
It was my impression of the Republican party that its members were pro life. Tell me how kidnapping people and putting them in terrible places called detention centers where women and girls are being raped, where babies are being held, where people are dying because they are not getting their ...
Dolly Parton came from nothing. The fourth of twelve children, born in a one-room cabin in the mountains of Tennessee, Dolly was intimately acquainted with poverty and hardship. Dolly. One name was all she ever needed. When we heard the name, we all knew who you meant; we all felt like we ...
Some public officials in West Virginia have understood for years that we need to expand and diversify our economy — and that maybe the best way to do that is to start small. Efforts to help people start and sustain small businesses here have strengthened to the degree that a study conducted ...
“I cannot tell a lie,” young George Washington told his father when asked if he’d cut down a cherry tree. Ever since, Americans have opted to think their first president was a model of truth. Most of us have had the notion that our presidents were honest, even referring to Abraham ...
For generations, West Virginians have been known for their hard work, determination, and willingness to build something from the ground up. Today, those qualities are matched by an entrepreneurial ecosystem that is helping new businesses not only launch, but succeed in the long term. A ...
