At what point does one quit trying to keep winning the last political party primary? At one point does one stop trying to play to the perceived whims of a base and simply just govern?
Gov. Patrick Morrisey won the 2024 GOP primary with 33.3% of the vote in a six-person primary. Albeit ...
Friday was West Virginia Day – the observance of the anniversary of West Virginia’s statehood on June 20, 1863.
West Virginia is a special place. Born of rebellion in the midst of the American Civil War, made of a proud people who were known to live for themselves and their communities, ...
We have all heard that there are plenty of scammers out there, but we don’t usually know when they are zeroing in on us.
Alice was in the midst of selling vintage family clothing on a free website that listed items for sale. It was easy to use, and she was happy to think of making some ...
We’ve all heard it: “Real men don’t cry.” It’s become a badge of toughness but it’s also a barrier. Too many men learn to internalize pain and stay silent. At the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) in West Virginia, we say something different: real men check in.
They ...
It isn’t often I feel as if I have made any real difference in this world. In other words, no real contribution of which to speak.
If you think about it, there have been so many people who have made some kind of a change in another person’s life.
Think of all of the inventions there ...
I love how these articles develop. Sometimes I think about a topic for days and nothing comes together and finally in the course of a conversation, a word or phrase will hit me, and I have a topic just like that. For instance, this week’s piece came together in a similar way. I spoke to ...