The U.S. Constitution, Article V, reads in part, “The Congress whenever two-thirds shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to the constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which in ...
The hardest person to teach is the one who knows everything, or thinks they do. One of the most important lunches of my life was at the WVU Towers cafeteria in the second semester of my freshman year. It was an unusually late lunch for me. The cafeteria was almost empty. I sat at a random ...
I’m as guilty as anyone of thinking about Memorial Day as a happy occasion. There will be an extra day off work; swimming pools will open; there will be good food, parades … festive things. It’s the unofficial start of summer. Students are graduating high school or college and moving on ...
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” That verse is often understood in spiritual terms, but its wisdom applies far beyond religion. At its core, it asks a question about cost: What is sacrificed in pursuit of victory, and was the trade ...
Sometimes on one of those late spring days when Memorial Day comes, you can almost see them, marching, marching onward, the legion of forgotten dead. In the soft stillness and solitude of a country graveyard in the evening hush, occasionally you can hear the muffled beat of a drum as the ...
Memorial Day will feel a little different this year, as across the country, communities are also preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of our Declaration of Independence. It was the beginning of what some have called “the American Experiment.” Even before that day ...
