The headline in Tuesday’s New York Times caught my attention: “The Debt Matters Again.” The article by German Lopez draws attention to the growing problem of the […]
Hoppy Kercheval
Border state abortions are on the rise
Data show that in recent years between 1,000 and 1,200 abortions were performed annually in West Virginia. But that was before the Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe […]
My Christmas wish book
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a reprint of a commentary Hoppy wrote a few years ago. This time of year always makes me think of the Christmas catalog. […]
Trump’s ‘poisoning our blood’comment appeals to our worst instincts
Former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Durham, N.H., Saturday said this about people flooding into our country illegally: “They’re poisoning the blood of our […]
The political left’s uphill battle in West Virginia
Joe Manchin’s decision not to run for re-election to the United States Senate has cleared the way for other Democrats to get in the race. One of […]
Words of advice on words
Merriam-Webster Dictionary has released its list of the words that defined 2023. At the top of the list was “authentic.” The dictionary’s website said “authentic” saw a […]
Remember Pearl Harbor … and Lt. Jim Downing
Five years ago, Ray Chavez, the oldest U.S. military survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, passed away at age 106. His death reminded […]
New weight loss drugs are promising — and expensive
West Virginia has a weight problem. Forty-one percent of state residents are clinically obese, which is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of greater than […]
The Great Middle will be difficult to corral
Joe Manchin’s plans to travel the country to see if he can tap into the great middle of America that is fed up with the extreme politics […]
We’re losing an important voice in our communities
The pace at which community newspapers are going out of business is increasing. Axios reports, “The decline of local newspapers accelerated so rapidly in 2023 that analysts […]
