By Keith Burdette If West Virginians could glance over our collective shoulder and see how far we’ve come, we would be entitled to a glow of pride in our accomplishments. For example: • West Virginia’s economy is well positioned relative to other states. Industry sectors such as energy and health care are performing with strength.…
By Dr. Calvin Kent With A national debt of more than $14 trillion exceeding the nation’s GNP, there is only one certainty in today’s political debate: the growth of federal spending will either slow down or possibly stop. Government contracting with private business is likely to experience this trend. There seems to be no definitive…
By Richard Slater These days, ethics is a buzzword in corporate America. We host conferences touting it. We ask our students to read books describing it and we orientate our employees to practice it. Loosely translated, ethics are moral standards—in other words, rules of conduct dealing with what’s right and wrong. Universities and corporations do…
By Jennifer Jett On February 1, 2011, a new chapter in the story of the West Virginia National Guard began when Maj. Gen. James Hoyer was named Adjutant General of the West Virginia Joint Forces Headquarters. The transition from Maj. Gen. Allen Tackett, a long-time military leader beloved by the state, to Hoyer, Tackett’s right-hand…
By Jennifer Jett They call it the Pearl Harbor of our generation. More than 3,000 people lost their lives on that clear September morning, and more than 400 of those lost were law enforcement and emergency responders. With the towers falling one by one, hundreds of firemen and police officers were trapped in the wreckage…
By Jennifer Jett One was a Buckeye who grew up working in the family business. The other was a red-headed Italian-American who grew up in rural West Virginia and was educated at the elite Greenbrier Military Academy. That’s where their differences ended, though. Both were taught discipline and critical thinking through the U.S. Army, and…