After a fall surge even worse than last winter, West Virginia’s COVID-19 cases are finally trending down — for now. As the Associated Press recently reported, West […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Quality education is how W.Va. climbs the ranks
It wasn’t a revolutionary announcement. Or maybe it was. West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission has made robotics a recognized co-curricular activity, like football and marching band. […]
A dangerous fallacy: ‘If they’re polluting, why shouldn’t we?’
It’s an old fallacious argument — a variation of the bandwagon fallacy (“everyone else is doing it”) that goes like this: Everyone else is misbehaving, so why […]
Turnabout is fair play, Sen. Manchin
During a Monday press conference, Sen. Joe Manchin decried the House of Representatives holding the bipartisan infrastructure bill “hostage” while debate plays out on the Build Back […]
Dear Westover, that’s not how investigations work
No one on Westover City Council will second Ralph Mullins’ motion for an independent investigation, but we’d like to second Westover resident Alli Jackson’s point that council […]
Texas abortion law would recreate the Wild West
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on whether to allow a Justice Department suit to proceed against Texas’ near ban on abortion after six weeks […]
House members colluding with the Capitol rioters, warrants expulsion
Days after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Donald Trump supporters intent on overturning Trump’s election loss, freshman Rep. Cori Bush […]
Halloween, fall and days of the dead
A fun fact for you: “Halloween” is a contraction of “Hallow Eve” or All Hallows’ Eve as we’ve sometimes heard Oct. 31 called. It’s fascinating to trace […]
You cannot pour from an empty cup
Around this time last year, in between opining on local affairs and gearing up for the election, we were encouraging people to hang in there — to […]
Bipartisanship in the House? Is this a trick or a treat?
A bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan support — including with bipartisan sponsorship — and all three of West Virginia’s representatives voted in favor […]
