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Opinion

White male privilege and power remain supreme

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: As a black American male (and therapist), I have found Randy Krzmarzick’s article, “How about a life of love and service?”, (Marshall Independent, Feb. 24-25), heartening with the potential for bridging the gap among all disenfranchised people despite his salutation ...

Republicans minimize actions of a deranged man

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Last week’s episode of “60 Minutes” was a stark reminder of the fact that our last election was on the verge of being overturned by completely illegal means leaving Donald Trump in office. For those who characterize this particular network or show as “fake news”, they ...

Biden a good man with a steady hand on the rudder

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Re: Feb. 20 Farm country supports Fischbach I, too, live in “farm country,” Mr. Coulter. I am writing in support of Joe Biden. His steady hand on the rudder of our country has led us through the aftermath of a pandemic that has crippled the world’s economy. Inflation ...

Notice the beauty of life

Local Columns

The world is a beautiful chunk of space. It’s very easy to pass through the halls of life and not notice the surrounding beauty because of our preoccupations with whatever. Of course, that statement is nothing new to us, but maybe it’s time to seek and see beauty in the midst of the ...

Finders, keepers

Local Columns

I’m a fan of old things and a fan of new things in the outdoors, as the former tells the non-fiction tale of what we’ve experienced, and the latter paints a science-fiction story of where we’ll go, all with a few good fisherman’s lies mixed in between them. I can recall vividly the ...

The winter that wasn’t

Community Voices

If you were to stand in one spot long enough, everything would change — and not just hairstyles. And not just on a geological timescale, either. You wouldn’t have to wait for plate tectonics to do their work to see some radical shifts. A good example would be this winter. If you live in ...