As a life-long consumer of newspapers, I have read many odd headlines. 鈥淭hree Mice Make Radiation Ride in Model Man-in-Space Cabin,鈥� from the Oct. 13, 1960 front page of The Marietta Times is a great example and one that is worth exploring more. By the fall of 1960 the original group ...
The news business is constantly changing and that means changing with the times. So, reluctantly, I have started a news TikTok. I鈥檓 not a fan of TikTok. I don鈥檛 like how the app is designed or how it鈥檚 meant to keep a user swiping for minutes and sometimes hours. I don鈥檛 like its ...
B & O Trainmen Troubled 鈥� Like the Cat, He Came Back. A funny episode occurred last week on the B. & O. train No. 1, which arrives here at 3:30 a.m. Just after the train left Cumberland, a well-dressed, fine looking passenger, accompanied by a lady, when the conductor came to take up the ...
The West Virginia football team emerged from six weeks of futility by playing its best game since the overtime win over Pittsburgh back in mid September. The effort wasn鈥檛 enough for the win, but at least the Mountaineers were competitive and kept fans in the stands until the end. On the ...
There was a rumor on social media last week that a mountain lion had been spotted in southeastern West Virginia. It鈥檚 the kind of thing that pops up every once in a while, with alleged sightings inspiring hope that a long-gone species is returning. But, I have a friend who is in a position ...
As long as there is chocolate, there will be happiness. - Wayne Gerard Trotman Over the past several years I have written here about the impact of climate change on many of our favorite commodities and critters: coffee, apples, tequila, polar bears, birds, insects, wildflowers. My concern ...
