There are few duties more important for American citizens than casting their ballots in elections. It is their opportunity to actively influence the way governments operate. And there’s no reason to wait to exercise that right, so it was good to see West Virginia Secretary of State Kris ...
We are more than three months away from the candidate filing period for the 2026 midterm elections. All 100 members of the House of Delegates and 17 members of the 34-member state Senate will be up for election next year. Unfortunately for the West Virginia Democratic Party, most if not all ...
The 87th Mountain State Forest Festival got off to a rousing — albeit rainy — start on Saturday morning with the official opening ceremony for the 87th Mountain State Forest Festival at the Jennings Randolph Federal Center in Elkins. A large group of spectators turned out for the opening ...
There are few things the old me liked more than a meaty discussion about the American Founding. The history was interesting for its own sake but also essential guidance for the present and future. Or so I believed for decades. The other day, a podcast in my feed addressed these matters and I ...
We Americans, it seems, continue to live in two separate countries. Consider two items in the news this week and the inconsistent responses they evoked. One was the conviction in Florida of Ryan Routh, the second man who attempted to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump in mid-September ...
Foreign policy requires a delicacy that ideology cannot provide. With the United Nations meeting in New York, American clumsiness, indeed childishness, is on full display. And it is not just the administration that is to blame. Congress, in its zeal to carry water for Ukraine and ...