How in the world can we transition to a sustainable economy if we don't invest in helping our actual people?
West Virginia Deserves Better: the False Dichotomy
CTA: Storm the WV DEP– “DENY Antero’s Pollution Permit”
Take 10 minutes to submit a public comment about the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for proposed Antero Frackwaste Dump in Ritchie and Doddridge counties. The DEADLINE for comments is 5 pm on May 11;
The Ethics of Mercy in WV
Bad behavior, or a lack of ethics, shouldn't be excusable because it comes from YOUR party, whichever party that happens to be. We'll never have a productive debate if our leaders are rewarded for indulging in this juvenile posturing, whether it's literal bull****, or merely figurative.
Cancer Creek: Cold Hard Facts
Corporations are LITERALLY BANKING on the hope that you won't notice what they're doing to poison our kids and grandkids---they're banking on the "low voter turnout" mentality.
Outreach, and what it’s not
If we want to unite the country and make positive change, here's the simple message that will change everything...
West Virginia of Our Dreams
We could be a state of gurgling trout fishing streams, clean swimming holes, and vast nature and hunting preserves. We have so many hiking, biking, riding, and cross-country skiing opportunities that, given this state's natural beauty, we should be a top vacation destination. Plus, we can foster real opportunities that will improve WV in the long term.
Walmart squirter is from WV
Dear JayBee Oil: This shocking incident should illustrate, I hope, that you may not know your employees as well as you think you do. Frankly a lot of us out here are terrorized by gas and oil guys.
Will WV Dems crash and burn like national Dems did?
A populist uprising at the polls is exactly what happens when the government ceases to be "for the people." These results now remind everyone that if we don't have a government FOR the people, we'll have a government BY the people, at least---whether for good or ill.
Right to Work in WV
"Right to Work" laws have nothing do with ensuring your actual right to work. It's one of those terrible doublespeak names that enshrines its strawman argument conveniently within the name of the legislation. The truth is that laws like these could just as easily---and perhaps more accurately---be called "Right to Freeload."
Beautiful Obituary of Chapman Carrell
"He saw more beauty in the growing grass and the fields ripe for harvest than in the artificial glitter and display of social life..."
The Appalachian Oracle 