An abundance of love
and pride in Morgantown
This is a love letter to Morgantown. As August hits its full stride and students prepare to return en masse, I am reminded of a day not too many years ago where I, too, prepared to make my journey for the very first time.
Some seven years later, I realize this is the first time I will not be returning to Morgantown or the university for the start of the fall semester. My Morgantown experience — as it is for so many — is inextricably tied into my West Virginia University experience.
And for the first two or three years, I think I limited my knowledge of Morgantown to the campus community.
But as I began to spend summers in Morgantown, switch my voter registration, update my license and broaden my knowledge beyond the confines of campus alone, I appreciated Morgantown that much more.
Some of my best friends I met were the so-called “townies,” lifelong citizens who still called Morgantown home.
The fact is, there is an abundance of pride in Morgantown. In its award-winning high schools. In its neighborhoods. As a home to raise a family. You even see it in the endless High Street parades.
It is why I see so many who stay longer than they intended, and others who find it so hard when they leave. It may be why I stayed for so long and now find it so hard to leave.
Jason Neal
Morgantown
Feel-good legislation
just makes things worse
Before the victims’ hearts stopped beating, opportunistic politicians were already blaming the president. Why the outrage over El Paso and not Chicago where seven were killed and 46 wounded at the same time? Doesn’t fit the narrative? Wrong guns? Wrong color? By the time you read this, it will already be out of the news cycle and irrelevant anyway.
Before any murder investigations were started, the solution to the problem was already identified and demands for constitutional action is our only hope. Will changing the oil in your car fix a flat tire? The blatantly biased news agencies’ predictable drivel plays a larger part in what’s wrong with America today than anything else.
A problem well defined is half solved and a misdiagnosis can be lethal. like using the terms “gun control” and “mass shootings.” They are criminals committing mass murders. Stop trying to blame inanimate objects and punishing innocent people.
There are numerous pieces to this puzzle that are almost ignored or even considered. We need an honest discussion to include mental illness, drugs, broken families, technology and cultural changes. Instead of feel good legislation that does more harm than good, maybe we should deal with reality.
Pointing out a problem without presenting solutions is called “whining.” Here’s more:
Start at home. Be a parent, not a BFF. Take the $800 phone away, sit down at the dinner table and talk.
Fix the broken laws. I would start by doing away with 98% of the so-called “Gun Free Zones” where almost all public mass murders occur. They are nothing more than free fire zones.
All of the blame belongs to the criminal. Keep it there. What motivates a nutcase is almost completely irrelevant to responsibility.
Some say the death penalty doesn’t work. Tell that to Ted Bundy and Timothy McVeigh. An express lane would be nice.
You only have as many constitutional rights as you know and understand. Learn your Constitution.
Most importantly, America is a Christian nation. Act like it. If that offends you, get over it.
Paul Dorsey
Green Valley
Inquiring mind wants to
know why story is news?
In regard to The Dominion Post’s article of Aug. 5, “Paranormal investigator talks ways to avoid scams,” is this really what you want to present as front page “news” to your readers?
What’s next the latest Batboy update or an interview with Elivis’ alien love child? Inquiring minds want to know.
Tom Belden
Morgantown
