Betty Rivard

I respect the writing and art by Paula Kaufman in the Gazette-Mail. Her energy, passion and caring are a great contribution to our state and wherever she is.

How do we pull back from the brink that some warmongers seem to want to drive us to? We start with ourselves, which is the only power any of us

Why am I seeing so many stories in the national press about how to stay balanced? Could it be that we are in the throes of some kind of a

I recently read in the New York Times where they are inviting readers to submit stories about ways that current political dynamics are heightening divisions in their local communities. I

For years, I struggled with getting through this period between Thanksgiving and just before Christmas. It was not until I read about the concept of SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder, that I understand that, of course, these are the darkest days of the year.

On the first day of our state’s regular legislative session, the House of Delegates and the Senate each propose and adopt the rules for conduct in their chamber. If I

I just ran across a concept that is new to me and that seems to be important on the face of it. It is called radical humanism. It showed up

I saw in The Washington Post where the newly appointed Bishop of the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese of the Catholic Church, Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, referred to our state’s similarity to his home country

I was never like one of those boys or men I knew who could memorize and recite detailed baseball statistics for player after player, game after game or year after

What happens when what one person feels as a moral imperative collides with another person’s feeling of a different moral imperative?