Under normal circumstances, we would lambast our elected officials for pushing through a 5,593-page piece of funding legislation before anyone really had time to read it. Confusion […]
Editorials
What you missed in the holidaze
Welcome to the holidaze — that limbo between Christmas and New Year’s when the first round of holiday hangover hasn’t quite worn off and no one has […]
Revive the Civilian Conservation Corps for the modern era
With the coronavirus pandemic having resurrected a Depression-like economic downturn, it may be time for us to consider reviving some Depression-era solutions. Hawaii brought back Franklin D. […]
Most wonderful time of the year: Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but in true 2020 fashion, Christmas is … different this year. Some of us decorated until the […]
Downtown may need to adapt to survive
Yet another downtown Morgantown business will close this week. Starport Arcade and Pub is the latest casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic, though unlike other businesses that have […]
Take precautions to prevent holiday COVID-19 surge
West Virginia’s COVID-19 numbers are devastating; America’s, even more so. In the 24-hour period from 10 a.m. Sunday to 10 a.m. Monday, the Mountain State gained 995 […]
The vaccine is the light at the end of the COVID tunnel
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel and, unlike the rest of 2020, this time it isn’t a metaphorical train barreling toward us. The announcement […]
Celebrate Christmas safely, please
Christmas won’t look the same this year. It’s hard to write those words, but they are true. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to cancel or alter […]
Scrooge McConnell allowing COVID-19 relief before Dec. 25
At the time of this writing, Congress is still negotiating a COVID-19 relief package to be finalized before Christmas, and we have mixed feelings about it. At […]
To Mooney & Miller: Election illegitimate? Give up your seats
Last Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States rightly dismissed the frivolous lawsuit filed by the Texas attorney general against four swing states whose electoral votes […]