No political party ever wants to get caught in a corruption scandal, particularly one flavored by betrayal of domestic interests for foreign gain. Here comes the Democratic […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Biden vs. Trump debates have the right balance
The last time the Democrats and the Republicans held a White House rematch with the same two contenders was 1956, when Ike beat Adlai Stevenson for the […]
One-third of voters decided our future
For better or worse, the first of this year’s elections is now behind us. And voter turnout was disappointingly low. We could throw a bunch of numbers […]
The real cost of coal for West Virginia
When the Environmental Protection Agency announced its new carbon emission rules for coal-fired plants, there were a lot of numbers that got thrown around — and quite […]
Meanwhile, in Morgantown …
City takes panhandling law off the books Last week, the Morgantown City Council voted to repeal a 2005 panhandling law that is the basis for a federal […]
MCHD wants to know: What can it do better?
What more can the Mon County Health Department do — and what can it do better? That’s what the health department would like to know, and it’s […]
Where Pulitzer fiction meets W.Va. reality
In case you somehow missed the news, Buckhannon native Jayne Anne Phillips won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel “Night Watch.” This is, of course, […]
Last chance to comment on MIP bridge proposal
Amidst everything else that has been going on — regionally and nationally — discussion of the Harmony Grove interchange and the even more expensive stop-gap bridge has […]
Administrative state and the Bill of Rights
The administrative state continues to run amok under President Joe Biden. Recently, a judge with the National Labor Relations Board found that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated […]
Start of something big for local news
The state of New York, led by a powerful coalition of local publishers, has just approved game-changing legislation in the fight to preserve local news outlets and […]
