In an email from the office of Rep. David McKinley’s office, one of the state’s three Republican congresspersons, was the headline: “McKinley Votes to Strengthen Postal Service, […]
Editorials
Still fighting over Diamond
People have long fought over diamonds, but this is getting ridiculous. Granted, we aren’t talking about precious gems. Rather, we’re talking about Diamond Village and its inhabitants […]
Mr. President, sir? That’s not your line
It’s not particularly controversial to say there is an undeniable amount of corruption in politics. But the performative aspect of political corruption is a familiar melodrama — […]
Want to save the children? Here’s how
We can all agree that human trafficking is awful and that child trafficking is even more disgusting. So while we can all agree with the basic sentiment […]
Echoes of disaster: The cycle continues
It’s an uncanny echo — a sort of mirror image: Hazardous chemicals improperly secured, a lackadaisical response from people in authority. As the people of Beirut and […]
Thanks to the many women who fought for the right to vote
Every movement eventually becomes defined by a handful of individuals who become monoliths, representative of everything the movement fought for, everything it accomplished. A hundred years after […]
S.S. under attack — for real this time
For the first time — possibly ever — when Democrats say a Republican is coming for your Social Security, they’re right. More than a week ago, President […]
Fall sports are an unnecessary risk
Ultimately, it comes down to the fact that none of us lives in a vacuum. Every decision we make, every interaction, every point of contact we have […]
We need an official back-to-school plan sooner, not later
If there’s one thing we can be certain of in the time of COVID-19, it’s that nothing is certain. Everything changes by the day, if not the […]
COLUMN: Big 12 makes a gutsy call to move forward with football in the fall, but no one knows where that call will lead
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The first thing you need to know about the Big 12’s decision to move forward with fall sports in 2020 is that it was […]