Getting my parents and grandparents to talk about their experiences during the Great Depression and World War II was always difficult. They lived in the pre-Dr. Phil […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
McConnell wants your job, pension
It’s been a generation since the right-wing activist Grover Norquist said his movement’s goal wasn’t to eliminate government, but merely to “shrink it down to the size […]
Trump’s crusade to kill U.S. Postal Service continues
If you’ve driven through Star City lately, your heart may have stopped as you noticed the large, red “for sale” sign posted on the lawn in front […]
Remembering Ralph Brem, former editor
By Ron Iannone Sadly, I lost one of my best friends yesterday: Ralph Brem, the former editor of The Dominion Post. I will miss our weekly breakfasts […]
I will not die of stupid
Someday, I’m going to die. This, I grudgingly accept. I have no idea how it’s going to happen. Maybe I will die of having a tree fall […]
Tide pod challenge for adults: Drink or inject bleach
We never thought we’d have to write these words, but here we are: Please, please, please do not drink or inject bleach. Or Lysol. Or Clorox. Or […]
Blast Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick’s style, but he makes important point
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick suffers from an unfortunate penchant for ill-timed, cringe-worthy bad statements, many of which are understandably misconstrued. Like when he said last month […]
Coronavirus doing what Cold War never could
Turns out, President Donald Trump’s supporters were right when they denounced his most fervent critics’ over-the-top comparisons of him to Hitler. Maybe the more apt comparison is […]
California town has COVID-19 testing program we need
It’s galling that celebrities, professional athletes and politicians without symptoms were able to use their connections and wealth to score COVID-19 tests early in the pandemic, when […]
COVID-19 economic crisis highlights problems with Longview PILOT
by Kelly Allen Over the past several months, the Monongalia County Commission has been negotiating a “payment in lieu of taxes” (PILOT) deal with Longview Power LLC […]
