by Naomi Ishisaka A lot of people I know are weeks into what has now become an annual tradition: Dry January. The concept behind Dry January is […]
Opinion
Pa. House Speaker flips from ‘D’ to ‘I’
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Come January in Harrisburg, there are two constants: The annual Farm Show will be better than it was the year before — it always […]
They never tire of abusing Dr. King
by Tom H. Hastings During the fight over the new House Speaker election, Congress member Chip Roy (R-Texas), who voted against the anti-lynching act last March, had […]
COLUMN: WVU’s loss to Oklahoma came down to missed free throws, one bad moment and a bad coaching move
MORGANTOWN — We’re not exactly sure what WVU has done to tick off the basketball gods, but just when you think things can’t get worse for the […]
Haiti, rudderless with no elected leaders, needs help
Alarmed and clear-eyed Americans have said that they are fighting to preserve the foundation of our democracy. Sure, last week’s near-brawl over the election of a Republican […]
Congress has an ethics problem
by Julianna Goldman Republicans voted near-unanimously this week to weaken ethical oversight in Congress. It’s not the best look for the new House majority, but it doesn’t […]
Lessons from a rural state: School vouchers not conservative gov’t
by Scott McIntosh The debate over school vouchers this legislative session in Idaho very well could be “the most important debate we have had since statehood,” predicts […]
COLUMN: Tons of questions remain about Larry Harrison’s firing, but the bottom line is he deserved better
MORGANTOWN — The firing of WVU men’s basketball associate head coach Larry Harrison on Thursday has officially become some complicated mathematical equation that provides more questions than […]
Warner to fight D.C. ‘wokeism’ … as governor?
Mac Warner says he’s going to fight the “wokeism” and “absolute silliness” of Washington, D.C., because “We don’t want their liberal agenda, we don’t want 87,000 new […]
Strange weather becoming normal
Too many people believe that snow and cold weather are proof that “global warming” is a hoax, but no one ever said climate change meant no more […]