Patrick Buchanan
WASHINGTON How can America unite again to do great things if we are led by people who believe America suffers from a great sickness of the soul, an original sin that dates back to her birth as a nation?
Consider.
After his long night of prayer for “the right verdict” to be pronounced Derek Chauvin was convicted on all three counts Joe Biden stepped before the White House cameras to tell us what it all meant.
George Floyd’s death, said Biden, “was a murder in the full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism… that is a stain on our nation’s soul the knee on the neck of justice for Black Americans.”
Cal Thomas
WASHINGTON “Power to the People” was a chant used by anti-war and civil rights protesters in the ’60s. John Lennon wrote a song with that title in 1971. The idea flowed from the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution which begins, “We the people.”
The concept behind that phrase was that the people, not the government, are sovereign and the government’s power is granted to it by the governed.
That has been reversed in our day as government has become evermore powerful, some would argue dictatorial, as demonstrated by restrictions on our liberties with the COVID-19 virus used as the excuse.
sadams@newsandsentinel.com
With the end of the 2021 legislative session, I’ve seen the usual outcries from people, particularly my age or younger, wishing to leave West Virginia over this bill or that bill.
Inevitably, there are a handful of bills that raise the ire of young people that make it across the finish line that cause them to start updating their resumes and looking at apartment listings in whatever more enlightened city or state they wish to move too.
I’m a reporter, but I’m also a human being and a resident of this state. I’ve been covering and paying attention to the West Virginia Legislature for the better part of two decades. Trust me, there are plenty of bills that get introduced, get debated and even pass that make me privately hang my head in shame.
Stephanie DeJaeghere
Lyon County residents continue to strive toward understanding where to dispose of things that they no longer want or need. As the saying goes, “there is a cost to everything” and this is certainly true of even waste disposal. When we purchase anything, it is up to us to take the responsibility to know that when we are done using something that we may need to pay for it to be disposed of in a proper manner. We accept this with our regular trash services and it is something we need to consider for other items as well such as televisions, mattresses and furniture.
It only takes one line or a few musical notes and wham, I’m hurled back in time. At least that’s what happens to me when I hear a song from yesteryear. Mayb