The Magic Kingdom made about $1 billion disappear in Florida on Thursday. Amid an escalating feud with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Disney pulled a serious power move. […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Proposed easier access to the Pill sparks little furor
The Food and Drug Administration is considering allowing birth-control pills to be sold without a prescription. Some conservatives are raising predictable objections, but others appear to grasp […]
Editorial encore: Words of wisdom for graduates
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s editorial has been adapted from one that originally ran May 28, 2022. West Virginia University sent off its graduates last weekend, and next weekend, […]
A novel approach to the jail staffing crisis: Just ask
In all the discussion about solving West Virginia’s jail staffing crisis, has anyone bothered to ask the jails’ staff what they need? Gov. Jim Justice has repeatedly […]
Modeling civic engagement for the next generation
You may have seen that in addition to reading and math scores, the Nation’s Report Card also noted a decrease in students’ history and civics scores. There’s […]
Shame on Manchin for supporting GOP ransom demands
Sen. Joe Manchin prides himself on his bipartisanship, but when it comes to negotiations over the debt ceiling, he should not support House Republicans’ ransom demands. Manchin […]
The information vacuum: The delicate balance of transparency and privacy
When North Elementary’s principal and vice principal were abruptly put on administrative leave in February, we warned about the dangers of an information vacuum: In the absence […]
The lesson Floyd’s death should teach Fla. students
Two news items should give us pause about how we are teaching and learning civics. Item No. 1: American eighth graders’ civics scores have declined for the […]
President Biden the deficit slayer? Not so much
As the White House and House Republicans play chicken over the debt ceiling, it might be relevant to consider numbers released last week by the Congressional Budget […]
The obesity problem
Why distance and poverty have made us overweight U.S. News recently released its rankings for “most obese” state in America, based on CDC data. Can you guess […]
