New activism in West Virginia! Via press release: Today, West Virginians announced the formation of a new statewide civil rights organization committed to ensuring fair treatment for all gay and lesbian people in the state. Fairness West Virginia’s mission is to ensure gay people are treated safel...

West Virginia's governor is launching a massive campaign to liberate his state from ugly and unyielding stereotypes. He's got his work cut out for him....

Via Amy Alkon, here is a link to Stimulus Watch, which lists the number of projects and amount of funding $$$ given to various states in today's newly signed Stimulus Bill. Allow me to draw your attention to this item on the list: Projects in West Virginia Below are the "shovel-ready" ...

I'd guess that of all states in the nation, West Virginia would be the last to have to worry about anything as modern as same-sex marriage. But the haters there are terrified anyway. Pam Spaulding points us to the above video, saying: This is sick, and it shows the desperation of the Right to begin ...

Yesterday, 14 people were arrested as part of a non-violent protest of a plan to blow up and pull down a mountain in West Virginia in order to obtain the coal that lies within. The protesters’ rallying cry: “Windmills, not toxic spills”. Right next to the mountain is an artificial ...

Friend and West Virginia lawyer colleague, Pat Kelly, told me today about the release of his new book on client development and rainmaking. Although I have yet to read the book -- I know Pat well and look forward to his valuable insight on the topic. Rainmaking 101: How to Grow Your Client Base &...

Now Playing @ Black Cat Bone Theatre! Filmed on location at Blackwater Falls State Park in Davis, West Virginia. --- My 98-year old grandmother lives alone in a tiny house in the small southern Missouri town of Alton. Alton has been with electricity for days now due to the ice storm that has ravaged...

Images from my Getaway-From-All-D.C.-Things-Obama-Wild-And-Wonderful-Flight-To-West-Virginia vacation continue: After a full day of hiking at Seneca Rocks and flyfishing along the banks of the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River I was more than ready for a hot treat and a sit-down in...

Images from my Getaway-From-All-D.C.-Things-Obama-Wild-And-Wonderful-Flight-To-West-Virginia vacation continue: After spending the night in Bartow, West Virginia, I was up at the crack of snow dawn for an all day flyfishing/hiking expedition in Seneca Rocks. The Spruce Knob - Seneca Rocks National R...

I BELIEVE Images from my Getaway-From-All-D.C.-Things-Obama-Wild-And-Wonderful-Flight-To-West-Virginia vacation continue: After visiting Smoke Hole Canyon in the Monongahela National Forest, I continued on down the road to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory located in Green Bank, West Virginia...