The hardest person to teach is the one who knows everything, or thinks they do. One of the most important lunches of my life was at the WVU Towers cafeteria in the second semester of my freshman year. It was an unusually late lunch for me. The cafeteria was almost empty. I sat at a random ...
I鈥檓 as guilty as anyone of thinking about Memorial Day as a happy occasion. There will be an extra day off work; swimming pools will open; there will be good food, parades 鈥� festive things. It鈥檚 the unofficial start of summer. Students are graduating high school or college and moving on ...
鈥淔or what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?鈥� That verse is often understood in spiritual terms, but its wisdom applies far beyond religion. At its core, it asks a question about cost: What is sacrificed in pursuit of victory, and was the trade ...
Sometimes on one of those late spring days when Memorial Day comes, you can almost see them, marching, marching onward, the legion of forgotten dead. In the soft stillness and solitude of a country graveyard in the evening hush, occasionally you can hear the muffled beat of a drum as the ...
Memorial Day will feel a little different this year, as across the country, communities are also preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of our Declaration of Independence. It was the beginning of what some have called 鈥渢he American Experiment.鈥� Even before that day ...
Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! I am thankful we received some much-needed rain here in the valley. It is hard to believe Memorial Day is this Monday. A big thank you to all our veterans and active military service men and women keeping us safe and free. Each week I want to ...
