There are many firsts for me this legislative session. One of them has been the budget bill moving earlier than I or many other experienced Capitol dwellers have ever seen it move. The state Senate and House of Delegates came to a compromise on the budget bill on day 51. This was done for the ...
Political and military turmoil sets us all on edge — and there is no doubt the events of the last several years combined with the pervasive nature of social media already have our collective mental health and ability to interact with one another civilly in a fragile state. Wood County Sheriff ...
Jesse Jackson’s death was noted with predictable comments praising him as a great Civil Rights leader; all this is true. However, comments have omitted his more original contributions. He blended the business acumen of a Whitney Young with the universal vision of a Martin Luther King. With ...
History doesn’t always repeat itself, or even rhyme. People sometimes learn from experience, their own or others’. Example: Woodrow Wilson, a stubborn Southerner, refused to involve any Republicans, all Northerners in those days, in treaty negotiations after World War I. His treaty ...
So much for negotiating in good faith, despite the perniciousness of the Islamic Republic, the United States became a wild card diplomatically. As with Israel, they reserve the right to do whatever they please internationally, but their word is not worth much. This is an ongoing trend, not ...
Feedback. It’s something all people say they value. However, some ways of collecting it are more effective than others. I attend many meetings and presentations in which the leader asks if there are any questions, and very few, if any, hands go up. It is ...