Our hometown track star, Sha’Carri Richardson, is speaking an important truth loudly, and we don’t blame her. After Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was allowed to compete in the Olympics despite a positive test for an illegal substance, Richardson, who was blocked from running in ...
W.Va. 705 is a tragedy waiting to happen The W.Va. 705 intersection of Chestnut Ridge Road at Pineview Drive is a dangerous and accident-prone intersection for motorists. For pedestrians, it is a tragedy waiting to happen. In the past two weeks both of my adult children have came close ...
by Trudy Rubin China disappeared star tennis player Peng Shuai because she accused a top leader of sexual assault, but her fate will affect the Olympics and China’s relations with the world. Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai reacts during a tennis match in Beijing on Oct. 6, 2009. ...
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL The majority of United States citizens live in big cities. Hard for us to relate to that, living in relatively rural West Virginia, but it’s true. In all that paved America, with stores, malls, condos, airports, etc., you really don’t see, nor are ...
Careful what you wish for — you might get it The lead story in our local newspaper (DP-07-22-21) concerns a letter to the president of the United States, asking that he provide a solution to a local problem: A legitimate private enterprise has decided to close its private sector ...
by Dennis O’Shea I have an Olympic-sized beef with Nike. You’ve seen their “Best Day Ever” Olympics TV ad, right? The one narrating — from morning alarm to bedtime — the course of an extraordinary (and much to be welcomed) tomorrow, when women break 10 seconds in the 100 ...