Breaking News

Local Columns

Local citizens or paid consultant?

In his recent Viewpoint, “Local Columnist” Daniel McKenzie failed to share his credentials, and he did not say how long, if ever, he has lived in our community. The Times states that Mr. McKenzie is a “research director” for the Accountability Project Institute “API.” I’d like to know what exactly are the qualifications to serve as a research director for API — is it being a children’s book illustrator from New Zealand? Because, that is who Mr. McKenzie is. Right now, on Amazon, you can buy his latest children’s book “God Bless America 250 Years Strong,” completed ...

God’s words unlock the treasures of eternity

By Mark Wilmoth You own nothing. You think you own the money in your bank account. After all, you’ve earned it. It puts food on your table and a roof over your head and clothes on your back. You’re using your money to make a better life for your family, right? But God replies, “You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today” (Deuteronomy 8:17-18, ...

Data centers: Where’s the beef?

Data centers are growing exponentially all around the country. One is being discussed in Washington County, Ohio. There is no data center being planned in Wood County, W.Va., but the state government is doing everything it can to attract data centers to the Mountain State, and four sites are under consideration. At the governor’s urging, the WV state legislature passed HB 2014, which prohibits local jurisdiction over any data centers; the state will be diverting taxes from these sites from local bodies. In Washington County there is a data center under consideration in the Waterford ...

Matthews left a good impression on Marietta

As a young photojournalist in the 1980s, I would frequently see firefighter Joe Matthews at the different fires and accidents around town. Joe was always friendly and helpful; he understood that we had a job to do and understood when I might have gotten a little closer than I should have to a ...

Laws of the land

As we prepare for America 250, the celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, we begin thinking of the story of America, “the great experiment.” Our thoughts go to the next important document, the U. S. Constitution signed in 1787. The framers designed something that had never happened before, a unique democratic system giving power to “we the people,” making three co-equal branches of government, and setting up checks and balances to encourage cooperation and compromise. Over the past year, The Marietta Times has run a column series on the U. ...