On a press call with reporters Monday, Sen. Joe Manchin emphasized America’s need to be energy independent in the face of rising fuel costs. Before we go […]
Opinion
March 13 letters to the editor
Not enough proof harm reduction works This letter is in response to the editorial published March 5. The editor took great liberty in drawing conclusions about my […]
Diaspora will echo 1939’s, but in opposite direction
by Daniela Gerson My wife and I share a past that spans continents and tracks back to the Polish-Ukrainian border. Eighty-two years ago, during a frigid winter, […]
My Irish heritage made me proud. Then my sister got a DNA test
by David McGrath I have a confession to make. I have been living a lie. The fraud has persisted for over a half a century, although it […]
The way to get politics back on track is to get centrists to the primary polls
by Lynn Schmidt Horseshoes may be good for horses and fun to play with, but they are terrible for politics. In political science there is an assertion […]
What do you do when ‘normal’ seems surreal?
Pandemic. Global warming. Racial reckoning. Cold war. World war. Potential nuclear Armageddon. It’s as if the most harrowing and tumultuous events of the 20th century have been […]
The false promise of autocracy
by Lawrence Goldstone Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shocked the world. It should not have. Vladimir Putin has been threatening Ukraine for years. To support those threats, Russian […]
The May Primary by the numbers
The 2022 Primary Election in West Virginia is just two months away — May 10. This is an off-year election, so there are no presidential or statewide […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 8
The ‘last bills standing’ edition There are two days left in the 2022 regular legislative session. Anything that doesn’t pass the Legislature tomorrow is effectively dead, assuming […]
Repair of the USPS is within reach
by Max B. Sawicky Fixing a sabotaged institution is not always easy. In the case of the Postal Service, relief is imminent. The Postal Service Reform Act […]
