by Cass R. Sunstein The U.S. Supreme Court is strongly committed to the “marketplace of ideas.” It tends to believe, in the words of Justice Louis Brandeis, […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Biden’s bad move in Yemen
by John Bolton Yemen’s long, bloody “civil war” — which has essentially become a proxy war between Iran and Gulf Arabs — is correctly seen as a […]
Ending surprise medical bills
One gift tucked inside the $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief and government spending bill Congress passed during Christmas week is a ban on virtually all surprise medical bills. […]
Fine arts grapple with COVID: Will it destroy the future or make it stronger?
by Fred Bronstein In August, the Brookings Institution published a study on the impact of the pandemic on the arts and culture industry across the United States. […]
House impeachment team writing first draft of Jan. 6 history
by David Zurawik Just a few days into the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Rep. Jamie Raskin and the other House impeachment managers did what […]
GOP returns to restricting mail-in voting
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Republicans are so predictable. When an outpouring of younger and minority voters helped elect Barack Obama president in 2008, GOP governors and legislators […]
Justice address leaves questions
As is usual whenever Gov. Jim Justice speaks, we’re left with more questions than answers. For about an hour Wednesday, Justice made grand statements about the current […]
The enemy of a good democracy
Today we opine on the greatest enemy of democracy: Apathy. Yes, you read that correctly. Not attacks on state houses or hallowed halls of government; not mudslinging […]
Senate GOP as much on trial as Trump
by Scott Martelle With former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial getting underway in the Senate on Tuesday, the nation’s attention is, once again, drawn to a […]
Once is a mistake; twice is a pattern
We’re beginning to notice an alarming trend of the City of Morgantown building on private land without a signed agreement in place. First, it was the riverfront […]
