After the speeches, the hashtags, the marches, the dramatic demands for transforming America’s criminal justice system, comes the relatively mundane but indispensable means of determining guilt or […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Pay local people to compile COVID data? Yes, please
The Monongalia County Board of Health would like the county health department to start compiling all available data on severe COVID cases and deaths in our area, […]
Loss inspires good deed
We all know the adage, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But it takes a very special kind of person to take life’s lemons, turn them […]
Before holding a convention, let’s try rank choice voting
With HCR 9 passing both the House of Delegates and the Senate, West Virginia will apply to the United States Congress to hold a constitutional convention to […]
We must improve access to ballots for all Americans
Last year’s election was a triumph for participatory democracy, with a record 74,216,154 Americans voting for Donald Trump, and blessedly, an even larger record of 81,268,924 choosing […]
Yes, we need a civilian review board
“I think the idea of this [civilian police review and advisory board] and officer acceptance of this, there’s really not as big a chasm or gap [as] […]
Trump’s organ donation policy fix would save lives
The U.S. has a deadly shortage of donor kidneys, livers and other organs for transplant. The wait list is about 110,000 patients long, and every day 20 […]
No good reason to put Trump’s name on I-68
There are currently three House concurrent resolutions proposed to rename roads or bridges in West Virginia. One would rename the Mannington Arch as the WW II Veterans […]
‘Sobars’: All the fun without the booze?
If you’ve lived in Morgantown for any length of time, then you know the city’s social life is inextricably wrapped up in bars and night clubs — […]
Threatening WVU athletes won’t make them play better
Every Mountaineer fan was disappointed after Sunday’s loss to Syracuse that eliminated West Virginia University’s men’s basketball team from the NCAA tournament. But no amount of disappointment […]
