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Laboring under the “Nobody wants to work” narrative
“Nobody wants to work” just sounds right, easily putting the blame on “nobody,” the first cousin of the always popular “them” when it comes to assessing blame. One employee busting out pizzas, pubwiches, and spaghetti on a Sunday afternoon laying bare the lazy lie of “nobody wants to work,” not with a think piece or viral video, but in the irrefutable evidence of honest labor.
Joe Manchin, captain of the Senate
Just how did Joseph Manchin III of West Virginia end up here? The answer is far less exciting than it sounds, but it is this: Joe Manchin has a process.
The Root Cause of the Afghanistan Crisis? U.S. Domestic Politics.
The Afghanistan crisis is the troubling but unsurprising result of the U.S. government's failure to follow the military's lead in soul searching and reforming following the lessons of Vietnam, writes Andrew Donaldson.
Up The Union
Rise against the unworthy schemers who, far from wanting law and order and freedom, only use such words to entice others into subjugation.
A Poem, A Prayer & A Promise: The Power of Take Me Home, Country Roads
How a song written about someplace else by someone who had never been there became an anthem for folks everywhere. Especially West Virginians.
Of Masks and Men
Think wearing a mask strips you of liberty and dignity? Try being on a ventilator.
Dark and Dusty, Painted on the Sky
The dirty history of West Virginians trying to get clean of documentary perceptions.
Nearly Automatic for the People: The Great American Story of Waffle House
You know the details just from the words "Waffle House": Good food fast, friendly service, scattered, smothered, & covered, reasonable bill. 'Merica
On Not Wanting to Rest Content
If something has a pattern to it, and keeps happening, you would think folks would ask why that pattern repeats.
The Debate, Or Whatever That Was, And That Old Familiar Feeling
It took me a bit, but I finally pinned down that feeling I had watching the debate last night.
God and Man at the Burning of Notre Dame
Time may be a devourer, but fire has long been the enemy of the great stone cathedrals
A Poem, A Prayer & A Promise: The Power of Take Me Home, Country Roads
How a song written about someplace else by someone who had never been there became an anthem for folks everywhere. Especially West Virginians.
Celebrating Life with a Pocket Full of Death
I’m not a fan of social functions. I make it a habit to avoid them. I’ve been to a whole mess of funerals. Those are less avoidable. Especially your own.