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Giving thanks

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates’ words remind me of the necessity to pause and reflect among the busyness and noise of modern life. In these moments when we unplug, retreat to a place of solitude, and take time to look inward, perspective is restored and insight ...

Keep focus on the caregiver

The sad truth about Alzheimer’s disease, is that it progressively gets worse. I want to provide some numbers below that I found on the Alz.org website. Current 2024 statistics show that 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s and more than 11 million caregivers provide unpaid care ...

Morrisey is off and running

Last week, Governor-Elect Patrick Morrisey provide the press and public a sneak peak of sorts on his transition plans for the next two months as he prepares to move into the Governor’s Mansion on Kanawha Boulevard East in Charleston. That’s an interesting sentence to read again: a governor ...

Democratic gerontocracy forgets lessons of youth

Here’s another way to look at why Republicans swept the 2024 elections: It’s the fault, only partly, of course, of the gerontocracy of the Democratic Party. Going back through history, it’s hard to find a time when a party’s leadership was so far along in years. The founder presidents ...

No permanent defeats

In 1994, Republicans won a sweeping victory that cost Democrats control of the House and Senate for the first time in 40 years. Republicans took an eye-popping 54 seats, leading many to conclude that this was a permanent political realignment. Two years later, Bill Clinton won reelection with ...

Bearing the blame

Democrats were stunned by Donald Trump’s victory. Not only did he win the popular vote, something that eluded him in his two previous attempts, he made inroads into Democratic constituencies. The GOP also won the Senate and seems poised to retain the House of Representatives. Despite having ...