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Obama will have to play a smarter game
February 9, 2013 Barack Obama has launched his second term in far better shape than his first in 2009. As a known quantity, he is far less vulnerable to the dismissive talk that he encountered during his first te. more »» 
Satisfy your sweet tooth and your sweetheart
February 2, 2013 As February has arrived, most of us are ready to finish our New Year’s diet, and fewer bouts with weather bid us escape from winter routines. more »»
Listen to Powell, Jindal
February 2, 2013 Gen. Colin Powell’s remark that the Republican party, particularly its far right wing, has masked a “dark vein of intolerance” has stirred great controversy. Some, like Louisiana’s Go. more »» 
Buckhannon Rotary hosts meeting
February 2, 2013 Rachel Holcomb, third-year medical student at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, spoke to the Buckhannon Rotary Club on Tuesday about her mission trips to the Dominican... more »»
Sensible GOP voices
January 26, 2013 For the first time in a while, sensible voices within the Republican Party are beginning to be heard. Paul Ryan and Tom Cole in the House are beginning to ward off the red hats within the GOP Caucu. more »» 
Obama facing budget pressures
January 19, 2013 President Barack Obama enters his second term with confidence and with renewed purpose. Gone are the days that he can be accused somehow of being illegitimate. more »» 
The resolve to ‘be better’
January 12, 2013 Hello Barbour County! We are marching right into 2013! I hope this new year has been treating you well so far. more »» 
Southern politics shifted yet again
January 12, 2013 Republican dominance of the South is almost total thanks to gerrymandering and the destruction of blue dog Democrats. more »»
We jumped a cliff long ago
January 8, 2013 Are you spending twice as much as you did 10 years ago? Probably not; you’d either feel as if you’d struck it rich or your creditors would be forming a posse to come after you if you wer. more »» 
Kump Education Center thanks Dr. Phares
January 7, 2013 We are glad the schools of West Virginia will have Dr. James Phares as state superintendent of schools, but we will miss him in Elkin. more »»
Strength through opposition
January 5, 2013 Grover Cleveland, it was said, engendered affection among Democrats because of the “enemies he has made. more »» 
The countdown to 2013 begins
December 29, 2012 Happy New Year from Barbour County! Christmas is over and presents unwrapped. I’m sure that everyone had enough and probably more than enough to eat. Kids are surely enjoying the time off from school. more »»
In praise of small towns
December 29, 2012 The terrible events of Newtown, Conn., gives all of us pause. That life can be so fragile and cruelly discriminating is driven home by such an action. more »»
Cities ignore rural America
December 27, 2012 Rural America is “becoming less and less relevant to the politics of this country,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said recently. Vilsack is a Democrat, the former governor of Iow. more »» 
Sharing history: Our past will have no end
December 21, 2012 My sister, Juanita, visited this summer, as she always does, and we spent much time reminiscing, as we always do. More reminiscing goes on, it seems, as we get olde. more »»
No time for partisan battle
December 19, 2012 I believe it is possible to experience loss and sustain an emotional wound that cuts so deep it hits you in the very depths of your sou. more »»
Deadly sense of entitlement?
December 19, 2012 We already have too many simplistic answers to the question of what causes senseless violence in America. more »»
Facing harsh facts
December 18, 2012 This is supposed to be a column about politics, but as I wrote it on Friday afternoon, bickering among Republicans and Democrats didn’t seem very important. more »»
Tea Party looks to new role in future
December 15, 2012 Jim DeMint’s sudden departure from the U.S. Senate for the more lucrative position as head of the Heritage Foundation raises questions about the future of the Tea Party. more »» |
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