If you watched the Tony Awards Sunday night and thought the ceremony was a teensy bit less polished than usual, it’s because the whole thing was unscripted. […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Toxic air hanging over NYC should be a wake-up call
Last week, New York City had the dubious distinction of having the worst air quality of any large metro area in the world, with sports postponed and […]
‘Regulated’ utilities not working anymore
Recently, Mon Power and Hope Gas both filed with the Public Service Commission for rate increases — requests that were met with public indignation. Figuring out how […]
The difference between news and opinion
Someone recently said to a member of the Editorial Board that all news is opinion because it’s someone’s perspective. While not exactly wrong, such a sentiment is […]
Mooney votes for disaster; Manchin votes for pork
A debt ceiling crisis and global financial disaster was avoided late last week when the House of Representatives and Senate passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023; […]
Do Justices always pay their debts?
Early last week, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against James “Jay” Justice II (Gov. Jim Justice’s son and current CEO of Bluestone Coal Sales Corp.) […]
Obesity drugs can’t work if they aren’t affordable
More than 40% of American adults are obese, costing the health care system $173 billion a year. Related conditions, including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and […]
How Biden can distance himself from Trump’s ‘politics of fear’
That President Joe Biden’s record on immigration is controversial is no surprise. Few issues divide Americans as much. But Biden has pulled off the unusual feat of […]
Fun things to do this summer
There’s no denying Morgantown becomes much quieter in the summer. With public schools out and most university students gone for the summer, the city almost seems like […]
Theocracy got its foot in the door
When the U.S. Supreme Court last year ruled, in effect, that a high school football coach who led his team in Christian prayer at the end of […]
