Last week, I noted how shocked I was by the sheer amount of spending by political action committees and independent expenditure committees in statehouse races for this primary period. As I reported last week, just five groups had spent more than $1.6 million in a 30-day period between March ...
Looking back I always looked way younger than my age like my dad did. When I was born the age limit on the maternity floor was 12. The nurse told the doctor there was some little boy asking about Mrs. Chancey. The doctor had the nurse describe him, young, blonde, short. Doctor said, “Better ...
The entire judicial career of John Roberts, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), has been dedicated to the undoing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Roberts’s personal vendetta against the legislation that codified an end to Jim Crow has now reached its zenith ...
Entering another busy season of the year – spring, my favorite season. There’s so much going on this time of the year. School is almost over. Graduations of middle school, high school, college are close. With the upcoming weather to be so beautiful, people are planning weddings, family ...
Anyone who knows me can tell you one thing: I love the Parkersburg and Wood County Public Library. From the joy of getting my hands on a new novel from a favorite author to the peace and quiet of having a workspace that isn’t my home, I have gotten a lot out of our library system over the ...
Recently in Morgantown, Lynnda and I had dinner with Dr. T, an old dear, friend and mentor. We were there to see our granddaughter run in a college track meet the next day. She goes to college in Pennsylvania. Dr. T and I communicate periodically by phone. We have not connected in person and ...
