West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s choice of lawsuits tends to leave us scratching our heads. Like supporting lawsuits to overturn the 2020 election results in swing […]
Editorials
Babydog already did it, so we may as well just do it
While we’ve been watching COVID case numbers climb and monitoring the situation in Afghanistan, Babydog has been busy. In case you missed it, Gov. Jim Justice announced […]
Bring on the vaccine mandates
On Monday, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine received full FDA approval, making it the first of the vaccines to be cleared beyond emergency use. And with that approval […]
The lost chapter: 100 years since Blair Mountain
Aug. 25, 1921, was the beginning of the end of West Virginia’s lost chapter. While the memory of company stores and scrip live on, the nearly decade-long […]
W.Va. among the nation’s worst. What else is new?
West Virginia passed a grim milestone Thursday: We surpassed 3,000 deaths in the Mountain State. It’s hard to believe six months ago, West Virginia had one of […]
Reasons Americans think politicians are corrupt: Exhibit A
It’s been said before, but we’ll say it again: Members of Congress should have to wear the logos of their corporate interests the way NASCAR drivers wear […]
Now make the best of a bad situation
Editor’s Note: Today’s editorial continues from “This is Biden’s Kobayshi Maru,” which ran yesterday, Aug. 19. We could cast blame for the mess in Afghanistan all the […]
This is Biden’s Kobayashi Maru
Kobayashi Maru. It’s a term familiar to Star Trek fans: a no-win scenario — a Starfleet test where cadets must choose between saving a disabled civilian vessel, […]
They’re baaaack …
(Yes, we already used that headline, but it’s just so perfect.) West Virginia University students flooded back into town over the weekend and classes begin today. Having […]
What we learned from the livestock auction
This year, in spite of — or perhaps because of — COVID-19, the Monongalia County Youth Livestock Show and Auction took center stage, and we’re glad the […]
