MORGANTOWN — Michael Scott, the manager of the Scranton, Pa., branch of Dunder Mifflin in “The Office,” stood up in the middle of the room and at […]
Columns/Opinion
Pierre brings home some interesting habits
We’ve been home from Jekyll Island for several weeks. We brought some special things back from the southland — sea shells, pictures, some small garden statues. Pierre […]
How is a pencil made?
To make a pencil, we would need to use a specific type of wood that needs to be soft enough so that we can shape it, but […]
Regulators debut site with wealth of data about five major projects across state
It’s about time the state piped up on these projects. This week, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) launched an internet page on five natural gas pipelines […]
Suddenly, WVU defense has many question marks
MORGANTOWN — We can say it’s early in the process for the WVU defense with nearly five months until the Mountaineers’ season-opener, against Tennessee, on Sept. 1, in […]
Australian gun law has actually cut crime
Jason Nicholas, Sydney, Australia As a resident of Australia visiting Morgantown, I must contest a paragraph I read in Scott Watkins’ letter to the editor (DP-Wednesday). His […]
Californians not the only ones who oppose decision to roll back emission standards
“Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?” Few […]
Supreme Court may get last word on gerrymandering
By Hoppy Kercheval On Feb. 11, 1812, Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed into law a congressional redistricting plan that was designed by his Republican Party to maintain […]
50 years since MLK’s assassination, there’s still work to do to reach promised land
No one could have predicted then that his birth would one day become a national holiday. But thousands had a vague premonition of his death for years, […]
Assault-weapons ban bid to seize all guns
Scott Watkins, Morgantown A bill has been introduced in Congress, HR 5087, known as the Assault Weapons Ban 2018. This bill has been cosponsored by 174 Democrats. […]
