Very few people who remember the attack on Pearl Harbor are alive today. That does not, however, give the rest of us permission to not remember that day.
Saturday, December 07, 2024
The great race is on. It isn蝌蚪视频檛 the one on television, but it is one that has put the world蝌蚪视频檚 wealthiest companies in fierce competition to secure market share in artificial intelligence.
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Friday, December 06, 2024
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Marshall University is expanding farther down 4th Avenue, but it蝌蚪视频檚 stopping for now, President Brad D. Smith says.
I know the moment when I knew in my gut that Donald Trump would win the 2024 presidential election.
Thursday, December 05, 2024
I grew up watching the 1970s television show 蝌蚪视频淕rizzly Adams,蝌蚪视频 with actor Dan Haggerty playing the lead role. The series was based on a film of the same name, also starring Haggerty.
Whether it蝌蚪视频檚 through carelessness, forgetfulness or wilfull disobedience of federal law, it happens too often. It happened again this week.
When he takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, Donald Trump will become America蝌蚪视频檚 second president to serve non-consecutive terms. A look at the second-term record of the first man to do so, Grover Cleveland, surfaces a lot of similarities and holds at least one critical lesson that Trump shou…
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Wednesday, December 04, 2024
More random thoughts on the news and on life in general:
For many voters, the recent presidential election was devastating. For others, it was exhilarating. For both, a reminder that the president is America蝌蚪视频檚 chief executive and military commander in chief, not our ruler.
Tuesday, December 03, 2024
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As the number of children attending West Virginia public schools continues to decline, consolidation of smaller schools is likely, especially at the elementary level. Parents and other caregivers can find such changes upsetting. Such is the case now in southern Wayne County.
Does anyone see Donald J. Trump as 蝌蚪视频渁 reuniter蝌蚪视频?
Saturday, November 30, 2024
November has been an interesting month for American Electric Power. The parent company of Appalachian Power and AEP Ohio made three moves that commit AEP to new power generation that meets goals of moving toward carbon-free energy production.
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Given the red tsunami on Election Day, the persistent male turnout glut may quickly fade from memory. The narrative of decreasing white male support for Trump might likely indicate fewer working-class men voting.
Friday, November 29, 2024
I always liked to travel. While in the Army at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty) from 1975 to 1978, I蝌蚪视频檇 get a weekend off and fly to New York for fun. After months of training around the country, my checking account held enough to splurge, thanks to an additional $50 a month for jump pay supplem…
How will the new presidential administration affect West Virginia and Huntington? While there is yet little evidence upon which to answer this question, the obvious huge differences between Trump-Vance and Biden-Harris make speculation inevitable.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to carry out the largest deportation of undocumented immigrants in American history. His appointment of Thomas Homan, a former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as border czar signals his commitment to that promise.
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Thanksgiving, filled with family, friends, football and fattening foods, is one of my favorite holidays. While life is not always as we want it, this holiday should remind Americans that we have many things for which to be thankful.
Thanksgiving is my favorite American holiday. Let me count some of the ways I love Thanksgiving:
It蝌蚪视频檚 an indelible icon of America蝌蚪视频檚 early 20th century: A bowler hat and a toothbrush mustache, baggy trousers with worn-out shoes, a cheap cane, and a funny walk, all garnished with an impishly shy smile.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Four siblings under the age of 5 need coats and winter clothing. A single mother of two could use a microwave, plates, pots and pans. A veteran who recently moved into an apartment with carpet needs a vacuum cleaner. A young girl in a struggling family needs a new coat, hoodie, pants and sho…
The coming Trump administration faces significant issues that the president-elect has campaigned on 蝌蚪视频 controlling inflation, closing the border, rebuilding the U.S. military, and ending military conflict in Europe and the Middle East. However, there are other critical domestic policy challen…
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Two regular Herald-Dispatch contributors must be miserable human beings. I cannot imagine a life where everything you do revolves around a hatred for a particular person. A person who was decisively elected president, a person strongly supported by the majority of the people in the United St…
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Tuesday, November 26, 2024
The debate over the place of transgender people in sports and in society as a whole is heating up and will likely get hotter when President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. West Virginians have spent most of this debate as spectators, but sooner or later they will have to decide w…
As I write this I find myself in between the funerals of two cherished friends, one a man, the other a woman, both longtime faithful Baptists and servants of their Lord, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and of the gospel he preached.
Energy groups and advocates described President-elect Donald Trump蝌蚪视频檚 selection of Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright as energy secretary as a return to normalcy for an agency that, under the Biden administration, has been more of an obstacle than an ally.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
More random thoughts on the news and on life in general:
The Washington Post published this editorial on Nov. 17. It was distributed by the Associated Press.
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Friday, November 22, 2024
The Cabell County Board of Education will soon have some properties it will need to dispose of. Its decisions could have long-lasting impacts on the neighborhoods those properties are in.
Here蝌蚪视频檚 an opinion to upset both the left and the right: We have in our country two worthless bureaucracies 蝌蚪视频 the Department of Energy (DOEn), formed in 1977, and the Department of Education (DOEd), formed in 1979.
The success of every community across West Virginia depends on the health and wellbeing of its people. At USDA Rural Development, we believe that everyone should live in a healthy and safe environment, and everyone should have access to high-quality health care services, no matter where they…
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Sixty days remain in the Joseph Biden administration until President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Biden and Trump have different approaches to problems. Undoubtedly Trump will make some foreign policy decisions that will differ from what Biden would have made, but until Jan. 20, Biden wi…
Amid the rolling hills of West Virginia, a transformation is brewing. Right to work, the Hope Scholarship, and certificate of need roll backs are some of the recent successes our state has seen in its latest efforts towards a conservative government.
It蝌蚪视频檚 no secret that many Americans are obese. The American Journal of Medicine reports that in 1960 about 13% of Americans were overweight. By 2010, the figure was 36%, and in 2023, 43% were considered obese and 10% morbidly obese.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
The Wall Street Journal published this editorial on Nov. 7. It was distributed by the Associated Press.
Quality education isn蝌蚪视频檛 readily available nationwide. The most recent long-term trend assessments from the National Assessment of Educational Progress make that clear.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Marshall University蝌蚪视频檚 new agreement with Kanawha County Schools mirrors ones it recently made with public schools in Cabell and Wayne counties. It was a logical step in a continual effort to maintain enrollment as the pool of traditional college students 蝌蚪视频 that is, recent high school graduat…
Democrats have driven themselves into a political wilderness in this month蝌蚪视频檚 elections, ceding the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives to Republican control. They are left wondering, What did we do wrong? And how do we right the ship?
If it gets too hot or too cold for long next year or sometime in the next several years, you may find yourself in the dark, without air conditioning or heat, depending on the nature of the crisis. The electricity system is under stress 蝌蚪视频 more so in some areas than others.
Sunday, November 17, 2024
To paraphrase John Goodman蝌蚪视频檚 character from 蝌蚪视频淭he Big Lebowski,蝌蚪视频 we are entering a world of pain, at both the state and national levels.
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Lowell Cade 蝌蚪视频 my co-worker, my colleague, my friend 蝌蚪视频 died this week a few days before his 89th birthday. He was as fine a man as he was a sportswriter, and that is saying something. A true gentleman, soft-spoken, genuinely interested in people. In the nearly 70 years we knew each other, I c…
The Washington Post published this editorial on Nov. 8. It was distributed by the Associated Press.
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Friday, November 15, 2024
Changes could be coming for parts of downtown Huntington as City Hall embarks on a set of changes for the area.
My monthly newsletter of the West Virginia Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Association explained why the U.S. flag appears in reverse on military uniforms. I had known this, but forgot.
Listening to climate activists, you蝌蚪视频檇 be forgiven for concluding greenhouse gas emissions are like acid rain: a domestic problem that U.S. legislation can solve. In their view, America must do its part for the global cause by radically slashing its own emissions.
Thursday, November 14, 2024
The 2024 election is finally over; some politicians are already preparing for 2028. Whether the incoming Republican administration will be able to solve many of the problems that the Democrats faced is not yet known, but there is another American problem, loneliness, that totally escapes the…
As the nation stands divided, we are urged to ask, 蝌蚪视频淲ho truly holds the reins of power?蝌蚪视频
From the primaries in 2016 all the way through 2020, Donald Trump was a lightning rod. All eyes were on him and his rhetoric, with little to no attention paid to the corners of the regulatory state under his executive branch. While he often touted removing onerous regulations for all America…
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