Some might say we can’t help it if we’re lucky. But truly that’s all that separated Monongalia County from our neighbors in Preston County and four other […]
Editorials
What does politics have to do with the holiday? Nothing
Wouldn’t it be nice if we kept politics out of it Thursday. Just for one day, we would all do well to remember Independence Day is a […]
Yo-yoing numbers do not represent long-term growth
The governor boasts about this, of course. But an earnest Gov. Jim Justice boast has the credibility of a breathless Fox News post. Last week, Justice and […]
The partisan divide about to get bigger
Don’t say that it will never happen. But 207 years later and counting, it hasn’t and there’s no reason to think it will for another 207 years. […]
Real life too often like these videos on domestic violence
SEE VIDEOS online at: courtswv.gov/public-resources/domestic/domestic-violence.html Real life is rarely like it is in the movies. However, life sometimes is like it in the series of videos the […]
The last refuge of hypocrites, bigots still their own hate
Can you spell hypocrite or bigot? We can. Though the hypocrite label applies to too many, today it particularly fits West Virginia’s Republican Party chairwoman Melody Potter. […]
Why not have this conversation about original sin of past?
We waited another week, not another year to finally endorse this discussion. Last week, a U.S. House Judiciary subcommittee held a hearing to discuss creation of a […]
State’s population losses will cost us for years to come
It’s not just the state’s cities, it’s the state. Not only have the states two largest cities (for now) lost population every year since 2000, but the […]
Suspend rules and let HB 206 become 2020 election issue
This should not even need to be said. But in the hyper-partisan context of the Legislature in Charleston today it does. Today, the state Senate is expected […]
ACE rule can only dig us in a deeper hole
Call it a policy of diminishing returns or retreats from a worsening climate crisis. We’re never going to sway the Trump administration on its decision to short […]
