In a year of fighting a global pandemic, historic protests for racial equality, and the rapidly approaching presidential election, America needs journalists to bring them critical reporting. […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Justice’s technicolor dream-map: Schools open, bars closed
At the time of this writing, Gov. Jim Justice faces two lawsuits: One from bar owners in Monongalia County (DP-09-23-20) and one from the West Virginia […]
A changed president would be the ultimate October surprise
President Trump’s infection with COVID-19 adds to a year no fiction writer could have contrived. The image of Trump last Friday walking out of the White House […]
Trump’s disastrous Fed Board nominee
The Senate is preparing to vote on an appointment by President Trump that could seriously tarnish a vital American institution. Not the Supreme Court — the Federal […]
COVID for Trump isn’t the same as for the rest of us
“The ‘Red Death’ had long devastated the country. … But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned […]
Guest Essay: A better approach to fighting fraud: Bring in the whistleblowers
by Gordon Schnell and Max Voldman As the saying goes, Mountaineers are always free in West Virginia. Unfortunately, the cost of fraud is not. And as evidenced […]
Bad apples and worse cliches: We expect better of Joe Biden
Asked about race at last Tuesday’s presidential debate, one candidate gave a very disappointing answer. The other was Donald Trump. Which is not to suggest Trump had […]
Why America needs journalists
There is one week set aside each year to salute newspapers for the important role they have played in our nation, a role that goes back to […]
Echo chambers and rabbit holes: Dark side of social media
“If you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product. … Our attention is the product being sold to advertisers.” — The Social Dilemma […]
If Trump can’t disavow white supremacists, why should anyone want him?
I’ll get to the whole white supremacy thing in the presidential debate in a minute. But first, let me set the scene: Last Tuesday night, President Donald […]
