Robert Schornstheimer climbed into the pilot seat of a Boeing 737 on April 28, 1988, unaware that his routine flight between the Hilo International Airport in Hawaii and Honolulu would end up being the No. 1 news story in the world by the end of the day. The Marietta native and 1963 ...
Recently in Morgantown, Lynnda and I had dinner with Dr. T, an old dear, friend and mentor. We were there to see our granddaughter run in a college track meet the next day. She goes to college in Pennsylvania. Dr. T and I communicate periodically by phone. We have not connected in person and had a meal together in several years. Dr. T is 86 years old and active in industry, church and community. He recently lost his wife of 68 years. It was a last-minute decision for us to come early for the track meet. An in-person visit is better than just a sympathy card. Dr. T was born in India and ...
Marriage has been an institution for millennia but has also endured changes over time. One change that occurred has concerned coverture. Coverture is the practice of binding a man and a woman together as one entity in a marriage. This practice, being male dominated, always favored the man, making the woman a silent and unseen partner. Over the last century (or two) coverture has been eliminated in developed countries, allowing the woman greater autonomy. Another change occurring in developed countries has been the suppression of arranged marriages. This was once a common practice with ...
Last fall I received a phone call from someone in Parkersburg who reported that she witnessed brine waste (production waste from high-pressure hydraulic fracturing, i.e., fracking) being transported from railway freight cars in Parkersburg to trucks, which were taking the waste to the Deep Rock Disposal LLC facility in Warren Township, just outside Marietta. On receiving this news, I contacted the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil & Gas Resources Management (DOGRM), to ask about this issue. I was told that this process of shipping brine waste from West Virginia to ...
John Chapman (1774-1845), AKA Johnny Appleseed, was the eccentric Massachusetts native who planted apple tree orchards from western Pennsylvania to northern Ohio and Indiana. I found that reliable facts about him are sparse; legends and tall tales abound. Author David McCullough: “Much ...
Decent people are assaulted regularly by scammers attempting to gain their personal information, their money, and usually, both. A new round of scam attempts has taken things up a notch by including the state seal of West Virginia in its attempt. Law abiding citizens are used to being able to believe that if something comes with that kind of official imagery, they should pay attention. And because they ARE the kinds of people who want to do the right thing, they are more likely to fall for attempts by those who would prey on their sense of responsibility by using state seals, bank logos ...
