by Sam Daley-Harris With the death of singer-songwriter Eric Carmen last month and Earth Day yesterday, I got to thinking about Carmen’s song “All By Myself” and how deeper forms of activism are both essential to making change and a powerful antidote to our growing epidemic of ...
KINGWOOD — A discussion about plots and urns in Maplewood Cemetery was the first item of discussion on the Tuesday evening Kingwood City Council agenda. On May 21, 2022, accountant Vickie Hammond took on the job of organizing and doing research on the cemetery. Hammond worked to recreate ...
BY JARETT LEWIS CHARLESTON — Alumni and stakeholders of West Virginia University are invited to participate in several forum discussions to share their thoughts and vision for the university in the midst of proposed cuts to multiple majors and the elimination of dozens of faculty ...
KINGWOOD — Preston County Commission held a short meeting Tuesday morning and canceled a work session that was to take place later that afternoon. County Administrator Nathan Raybeck read a letter from the Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department (KVFD) concerning this year’s Preston County ...
by Jean Guerrero What’s so bad about polarization? I see the divides between factions of Americans as a troubling problem that we should all be striving to address. But lately I keep running into smart people who disagree. Earlier this month, I was on a PEN World Voices ...
by Jonathan Zimmerman Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants every college in his state to teach courses in “Western civilization.” And I say: Bring it on. “We want to make sure that everybody that goes through a Florida university has to take certain core ...