by Laurence H. Tribe and Dennis Aftergut Last week was a good week for the rule of law, the courts and the Constitution. Last Thursday, Dec. 1, […]
Opinion
Marital exemption loopholes that endanger children
When Monongalia County Prosecutor Perri Jo DeChristopher addressed legislators Monday and asked them to repeal language in West Virginia’s criminal code that allowed a marital exemption to […]
Senate math: 50 plus 1 equals a lot
by Steven Roberts What does 50 plus one equal? A lot more than 51. The clear victory by Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia’s runoff election — which […]
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 […]
Remove marital exemption from sexual abuse law
It’s the year 2022, and somehow we are still equivocating over when sexual assault and/or abuse is acceptable. Monongalia County Prosecutor Perri Jo DeChristopher addressed legislators Monday […]
Strengthen the child tax credit before expanding it
by Ramesh Ponnuru The federal government’s child tax credit just had its 25th anniversary, but not everyone is celebrating. Some conservatives think it’s a runaway entitlement program. […]
Have we finally learned our lesson?
Last week, Donald Trump finally crossed the Rubicon. That is, he took to his social media platform and, for the first time, issued an explicit call to […]
Post-election party switches a betrayal of voters’ trust
Less than a month after the midterm elections, the West Virginia Legislature’s Republican supermajority added one more member. Not through any democratic process, mind you, but because […]
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 […]
Congressional lame duck quackery
There is little Republicans and Democrats in Congress agree on these days, but spending (and borrowing) money is as nonpartisan as it gets. House Democrats apparently have […]
