President Donald Trump took off early Wednesday morning to the Carolinas to survey the damage following the recent Hurricane Florence which smacked the area hard. Trump needed to go after the recent c…
Editor’s Notebook
Who’s in charge – Lodestar?
A big bag of wind threatening disaster and death is barreling down on the east coast. President Trump (who for the sake of argument isn’t the big bag of wind) is pointing at the federal government’s s…
Standing on the South Lawn
Late last week as the White House Press Corps settled into the latest version of “new normal” at the White House – that being no briefings, appearances by the president only in small pool sprays…
A Few Words on John McCain
I did not know John McCain well. My interactions with him can be summed up to a meeting at a party in the D.C. area where I exchanged pleasantries, a few interviews and a chance encounter on the tram …
Sympathy for the Devil
Just before President Donald Trump took the stage at the Civic Center in Charleston W.V. Tuesday night, the loudspeakers began blaring a song by The Rolling Stones: “Sympathy for The Devil.”As it foll…
Satan inside the Catholic Church
If Satan does exist, then he thrives inside the Roman Catholic Church.
Of course that’s a huge “if”.
A grand jury in Pennsylvania last Tuesday released a report that documented 300 “…
About The Free Press
The United States has been a curious experiment in government from its inception.Highly influenced by the Magna Carta, our forefathers sought to govern themselves. No King. No despot. No Tyrant. A nat…
Holding three of a kind
“Excellent Smithers. Release the hounds.”Or, if you prefer, “The die is cast.”New or ancient reference, the bottom line is there’s a three-way race now underway for County Council.Marc Elrich, the Dem…
You’ve got to be kidding me
Somewhere Hunter Thompson and Bill Hicks are laughing over a tab of LSD and wondering if our reality is their drug-induced nightmare.Or something like that.The phone call was hilarious, if not touched…
The 12 Step guide to covering the White House
Dealing with the Donald Trump administration is problematic for a variety of reasons.As a reporter, it’s been difficult as he’s labeled us “The enemy of the people,” and accuses us of producing “Fake …