Political Evangelicalism v. Biblical Christianity: Remember the sojourner

February 8, 2018

Wednesday’s publication of the Washington Post included a full-page ad from an organization called World Relief, which promotes the support of immigrants among church leaders. The ad was a letter to President Donald Trump and Congress, urging them to protect Dreamers, refugees, persecuted Christians...

EDITORIAL: W.Va. Legislature is failing state’s teachers

February 8, 2018

Filed under OPINION

State leaders have failed to implement an effective pay increase and to improve Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) premiums for West Virginia state employees, including public school teachers, which has led to several strikes and protests across the state. The state Senate approved a 1 percent...

EDITORIAL: The Market is a symbol of Huntington progress

February 5, 2018

Filed under OPINION, Showcase

There is no doubt that Huntington has problems. Nobody disagrees with that fact. But what city doesn’t? There is an opioid epidemic crippling our city and exhausting our law enforcement. The Huntington area has struggled for years to keep and create business. But one thing is also for sure—downtown...

Smiling is not in the job description

Lydia Waybright, Contributor

February 1, 2018

Filed under COLUMN, OPINION

When I was in high school, I started to learn firsthand that the list of demands for me to succeed, even as a teenage girl, was longer and much more specific than the coordinating list for my male classmates. I competed in speech and debate competitions where my hair had to be sprayed to stillness, my...

EDITORIAL: We haven’t forgotten, Don

February 1, 2018

Filed under OPINION

Few names have as great an infamy in West Virginia as this one: Donald Blankenship. Blankenship, an ex-coal baron and recent ex-convict, is running for U.S. Senate. One of the most fatal coal mining disasters in U.S. history occurred under his leadership of Massey Energy. In 2016, he was sentenced for...

All eyes on President Trump as he prepares for first State of the Union address

Tom Jenkins, Executive Editor

January 29, 2018

Filed under COLUMN, OPINION

President Trump is expected to address issues such as immigration, the rise in economic success and brag about his deal-making ability in the reopening of the government. He has already hinted at saying this address will follow his “off-the-cuff” style of speech. This address comes after the recent...

EDITORIAL: Celebrities talk politics, as they should

January 29, 2018

Filed under OPINION

Award show season is in full swing, with the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, and most recently, the Grammy’s behind us. For many celebrities attending and accepting awards, events like these are seen as an ample time to speak out about politics and other social issues. However, much like the NFL being chastised...

Rosie the Riveter a timeless example that strength is beautiful

Lilly Dyer, Photo Editor

January 25, 2018

Filed under COLUMN, OPINION

With a polka dotted red headband and a blue work shirt perfectly rolled to expose a flex, Rosie The Riveter, a feminist icon, has taught me and so many others that ‘we can do it.’ The first time I saw Rosie The Riveter, I was in 5th grade when my older sister came home from a day of learning about...

EDITORIAL: ‘This place sucks,’ America agrees

January 25, 2018

Filed under OPINION

On Tuesday, Sen. Joe Manchin, the democrat representing West Virginia in the U.S. Senate officially announced his intention to defend his seat in the upcoming midterm election. Certainly, this announcement eased the anxious minds of the democratic party scrambling to retain and gain congressional seats...

Column: Women march across history, stomping out gender inequity

Sadie Helmick, LIFE! Editor

January 22, 2018

Filed under OPINION

They marched in the 1900s to win the same equal social, political and economic rights as men. They marched in the 1920s for the right to vote. They marched in the 1960s for peace. They marched in the 1970s for equal rights and reproductive rights. They equality and justice for all people. They marched...

EDITORIAL: Jenkins ad prompts troubling questions

January 22, 2018

Filed under OPINION

A week ago, a video from Congressman Evan Jenkins and his family began circulating on Facebook. In the video, Jenkins, a republican seeking incumbent democrat Joe Manchin's senate seat this November, introduces his family as they each look straight into the camera, nodding and smiling as the congressman...

Wolff cries ‘Fire and Fury’ in new book

Tom Jenkins, Executive Editor

January 18, 2018

Filed under COLUMN, OPINION

In an age of “alternative facts,” “fake news,” and a growing lack of trust for the institutions that we as a country rely on to sift through the truth and the illusion, a book like Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury,” can be difficult to believe. Even if everything in the book has validity...