I know it is better to give than to receive, especially at Christmas. However, I have many more memories of gifts that I received than ones I […]
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Report on Whitey Bulger’s murder leaves unanswered questions
On the morning of Oct. 30, 2018, the notorious Boston mobster and FBI informant Whitey Bulger was found beaten to death in his cell at the federal […]
Remembering Pearl Harbor
EDITOR’S NOTE: Portions of this commentary appeared in similar commentaries in November 2017 and 2018. Four years ago, Ray Chavez, the oldest U.S. military survivor of the […]
Would Jim Justice and the U.S. Senate be a good match?
In the 1972 movie The Candidate, Bill McKay (played by Robert Redford) runs for and wins a U.S. Senate race in California. At the end of the […]
Teacher exodus in West Virginia is worsening
West Virginia’s teacher shortage is getting worse. Figures released by the state Department of Education show there are 1,544 non-certified teachers in classrooms this school year. That […]
Rep. Alex Mooney enters Senate race. More may follow
The race for the U.S. Senate seat in West Virginia in 2024 is already underway. West Virginia Republican Second District Congressman Alex Mooney announced on Talkline Tuesday […]
West Virginia’s red wave: Republicans secure historic majority
West Virginia voters have propelled the Republican Party to historic numeric advantages in both the state Senate and the House of Delegates. In the Senate, Republicans won […]
Money, money, money: State’s surplus continues to grow
The surplus money just keeps piling up in West Virginia’s treasury. The just-released revenue figures for the first four months of the 2023 fiscal year show the […]
‘They suck’: W.Va.’s math, reading test scores disappoint
West Virginia State School Board President Paul Hardesty, during an interview on Talkline, was blunt in his assessment of the just-released National Assessment of Educational Progress test […]
Hope and public schools can coexist
The West Virginia Supreme Court now has before it the question of whether the Hope Scholarship violates the state Constitution. The Legislature created the program to award […]
