Apr 15 2011 - 4:31pm
April has been a momentous month for WikiLeaks. On April 6 Julian Assange was given a date by Britain’s High Court to appeal against extradition to Sweden. Read more
Apr 15 2011 - 4:09pm
Early Tuesday morning marked the sesquicentennial of the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate forces under the command of P.G.T. Beauregard. Read more
Apr 15 2011 - 1:14pm
Just when the Special Primary Election for Governor of West Virginia seemed like it couldn't become more of a snooze, suddenly not one but two Governor's candidates have taken a hit--and from the same federal report. Read more
Apr 14 2011 - 5:08pm
On May 2, Canada will hold its fifth general election in 11 years. In most countries, only two general elections (approximately every five years) would have been held during that time. Read more
Apr 13 2011 - 9:32pm
The Party of Lincoln in West Virginia has never seen anything like it. Until recently, the Republican Party continued a path it had been on since Arch Moore's re-election year in 1972. Read more
Apr 13 2011 - 4:25pm
Next in the series from Come Home. Love, Dad, published by Bernard Street Books, a memoir about my father, Samuel Reuben – a truly extraordinary man. Letter from my father.
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Apr 13 2011 - 2:42pm
Time and time again in God's creation... beauty comes unexpectedly. Bursting forth from vacant and twisted limbs come "the breath of spring"... the newness of hope... the blossoms of wonder and fragile blessing. Read more
Apr 13 2011 - 1:23am
West Virginia's registered Democrats have a big decision coming up on Saturday, May 14th. They will get to choose who carries their party's banner into the October 4th Special General Election. Read more
Apr 12 2011 - 7:22pm
Do you think that Charlie Sheen is a great parenting model? Of course I don’t, but I bet I got your attention? Read more
Apr 11 2011 - 11:30pm
Republican voters across West Virginia have a history of independence, especially from those candidates who try to win their support with excess campaign spending. This might be traced back to the early days of the West Virginia GOP having to fend off Jay Rockefeller's obscene spending. Read more
Apr 10 2011 - 2:25pm
Earliest man worshipped the sun. The sun was his god; for he knew that without the sun he was done. Modern man takes the sun for granted. He even knows that an eclipse of the sun is temporary. Read more
Apr 9 2011 - 10:31pm
The race for the job Joe Manchin left behind is becoming an object of great curiosity for political observers on both sides of the partisan aisle this year. While most West Virginians are not expected to vote in this year's Special Election for Governor, the 10-15% who are have become the talk of the political chattering class for several weeks now. For whom will the majority of this subset of the voting population support--and why?
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Apr 9 2011 - 8:18pm
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Apr 9 2011 - 3:22am
By Robert Dodge, M.D.
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Apr 8 2011 - 12:29am
The journalists around West Virginia are picking up on a common theme in their interviews with the candidates for Governor. Across the state, reporters are asking the gaggle of candidates in both parties the following question: "Where would you make cuts in the state budget--specifically." Read more
Apr 7 2011 - 12:33am
By Shelly Reuben
Next in the series from Come Home. Love, Dad, published by Bernard Street Books, a memoir about my father, Samuel Reuben – a truly extraordinary man. Letter from my father. Read more
Apr 6 2011 - 8:19pm
"Gathering for prayer and the anointing of oil" has been only on rare occasions in my faith experience. It is usually due to a life threatening health concern or outside trauma that suggests an impending problem to the heart, mind, body or soul of someone we love. Read more
Apr 6 2011 - 5:48pm
America’s most famous locomotive "The General" is home at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia.
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Apr 5 2011 - 3:58pm
"Money is the mother's milk of politics" and it has always been so, though today's campaigns certainly are cost-prohibitive to the average person. Currently, we are in the midst of a Special Election Campaign for Governor to fill the balance of former Governor Joe Manchin's second term. Though the race is shortened by a month, this one-year term is a costly proposition. Read more
Apr 5 2011 - 3:57pm
How fortunate our lives are. How hard it is for so many. I know our sons have no idea how the majority of the rest of the world lives today or have suffered over the centuries. Returning from Southeast Asia, my wife and I were heartily reminded of the harsh lives so many people on this planet live. Read more
Apr 3 2011 - 11:14pm
In the wilds of North Carolina, sportsmen buy half-ton blocks of candy from Hershey Foods and bait bears with it luring them to the sweets so that they can sportingly kill them Read more
Apr 3 2011 - 4:05am
For three days after the plumbers came to fix a small problem, we had nothing but trouble from a replaced part that was malfunctioning. Read more
Apr 2 2011 - 4:48pm
People should not be surprised that the United States has put itself in line to dictate the nature of the next head of state in Libya.
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Apr 2 2011 - 4:31pm
There is no greater gift to any family than to have their children healthy and happy. It's the goal we all share as parents and grandparents. Read more
Mar 31 2011 - 5:32pm
There has been a great debate over the military action in Libya by several Western governments, supported by some Arab governments. The central question has been: by what right are these governments intervening in the internal affairs of a state?
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Mar 31 2011 - 1:28am
For years we recall the old judgement of the first and last day of March... as to whether it might come... in or out... like a lion or a lamb. Read more
Mar 31 2011 - 1:24am
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Mar 31 2011 - 1:16am
By Winslow Myers
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Mar 30 2011 - 2:22pm
The West Virginia Republican Governor's contest may come down to that famous refrain from the children's story, "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." You remember that when Goldilocks tried the three Read more
Mar 29 2011 - 3:35pm
I’ve enjoyed music for as long as I can remember. There were even genetic connections in my family. My father played violin and his father was a conductor who had perfect pitch. Read more
Mar 29 2011 - 12:44pm
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Mar 28 2011 - 2:24am
April 3rd dawned with the full moon appearing like a perfect pearl atop the ridge of a hump mountain. It was the first full moon after the equinox and thus the prelude to Good Friday and Easter Read more
Mar 28 2011 - 2:00am
Because the Democratic field for Governor this year has so many heavy hitters with built-in pockets of support and funding, we have little reason to doubt that all of Read more
Mar 27 2011 - 3:36am
God hovers in and around us always … and there is nothing that can keep us from God's Spirit of love. Read more
Mar 27 2011 - 1:09am
Part Four of an investigative report.
This is the fourth and final installment of an investigative report uncovering and analyzing a global plan to capture and utilize the ocean's store of methane hydrates. Read more
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