It wasn’t mere crankiness that made Henry David Thoreau suspicious of civilization and all its defenders, title, and awards. Rather, he thought that civilization already had more champions than it deserved, and that it was not his particular genius to…
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For many decades, Western civilization has been mesmerized by the myth that science and technology will be human salvation, that one day we will be able to create on Earth the “good life” for everyone. So we have gone forth…
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The route of Corridor H has been decided, and progress is on its way to the Potomac Highlands and central West Virginia. We are cutting a new swath into the 21st century. Or I should say “they” are cutting a…
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In spite of a couple hard storms, we had many warm days during the winter. In February, for three successive Sundays, I drove to Seneca Rocks to enjoy some unseasonably good weather. The first time, when I arrived at the…
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For relaxation, I follow the Mountaineer games on the radio and, occasionally, on TV. Sports have always been important to me, from my boyhood days when I had the typical dreams of playing college basketball. I once followed professional sports…
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I was typing in the main office when a salesman stopped by to give our secretary his card. With an associate, he had recently opened a computer sales and service company in nearby Pendleton County, by area the least-populous county…
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