Since about birth, I’ve made basically the same New Year’s resolution: Lose weight. Clearly, this does not make me at all unique, given that it seems about […]
Opinion
No pet should suffer in the cold
When you follow as many animal rescue groups as I do on social media, you become pretty accustomed to seeing horrible things. On the morning I write […]
Who is the true No. 1 team in college football?
Things are starting to get exciting again. The College Football Playoff committee released its first set of rankings this week, and the poll was interesting, to say […]
Education means jobs
What does free education have to do with free enterprise? Many might think, “Nothing,” but a unanimous state Senate declared “Everything” last week. In a 34-0 vote, […]
Inject money into fighting epidemic
Admittedly, there are times when it’s not only impolite but downright inappropriate to bring up money. However, when presenting major policy recommendations or declaring a state of […]
Welcome to the street to recovery
Why not another sober house in Morgantown’s backyard? Last week, the “not welcome” mat was out at news of a recovery house moving onto South Park’s Grand […]
Seeing through the smoke screen
Little wrongdoing seems to surprise us these days or appears unacceptable anymore. But we refuse to accept it and are glad to know we’re in good company […]
City has work to do to sell itself
There’s a list of fighting words in West Virginia from A-Z. Two that come to mind at the beginning of that list and at its end are […]
So much for true colors
You don’t have to be an anarchist to disparage government. But you have to wonder sometimes if they have more insight on that subject than some of […]
Pierre comes across some surprises on Jekyll
This year’s stay on Jekyll gave Pierre a few interesting surprises. One morning we decided to do some shopping. Pierre went with us, of course, as he […]