Stay-at-home orders have made it clearer than ever that “home” isn’t a safe place for everyone. On April 5, Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston reported that domestic […]
Opinion
Trump’s remarkable turn to single-payer health care
Hospitals struggling to treat waves of very sick people now face a new threat: Millions of uninsured Americans pounding at their gates. How can the hospitals afford […]
April 9 letters to the editor
Downtown shops offer unique experiences Recently, I’ve seen gas prices at $1.99 around town. It would be nice to fill up, but I’m not going anywhere, and […]
We don’t want the government to fail, but so far it has
We don’t want our federal government to fail. Because if our federal government fails, then our country fails. But our federal government hasn’t succeeded in its response […]
Staying positive vs. focusing on the negative
“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.” (Proverbs 17:22 NLT) Everywhere you look — from newspaper headlines, to TV “alerts,” […]
Queen Elizabeth coronavirus speech
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on Sunday joined the chorus of world figures weighing in on the COVID-19 pandemic. In a rare televised speech, she offered no bluster, no […]
Escapism: The art of leaving our troubles behind
There’s an art to escapism. Some of us like to disappear into books, hiding amongst the paper and ink, wrapping ourselves in words. Some of us wander […]
Because of COVID-19, Wednesday is now just … Wednesday
Al Green was famously “tired of being alone.” Me, I’m great at it. As an introvert, I can happily spend hours in my own company, behind my […]
Coronavirus forced me to slow down
The rise of novel coronavirus has transformed everything I’d come to know as normal. The scratchy throat that in previous years I’d dismiss as the onset of […]
What it says about us that we consider gun shops essential
What does it say about us that, in a time when people are getting laid off, social distancing is mandated and going out in public is vehemently […]