by Kevin McDermott Every time that this column — or my colleagues’ columns, or the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board — mentions Donald Trump’s name, there’s a […]
Opinion
Failing to understand evil: Then and now
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine under several pretexts reminds me of Adolf Hitler’s rationale for invading and annexing Sudetenland in 1938 […]
COLUMN: West Virginia’s defensive struggles aren’t physical, just a matter of not caring
MORGANTOWN — At some point, it has to be said that this West Virginia basketball team is not good defensively, not because it’s not capable, but because […]
Jackson is an accomplished jurist who should win Republican confirmation votes
If confirmed, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first-ever Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. That matters. President Joe Biden should make no apologies for […]
Trump’s adulation for Putin gone too far
by LZ Granderson I enjoy reading books about former presidents. One of my favorites is 2012’s “The Presidents Club” by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy. It’s a […]
We can win this Cold War, too
by Jay Ambrose Some years ago, when I was editor of a now-defunct newspaper in El Paso, Texas, my wife and I bought a house with a […]
Something gun-controlling California and the gun lobby can both agree on
by George Skelton If the U.S. Supreme Court had heeded a gun lobby warning, California Gov. Gavin Newsom wouldn’t be pushing Texas copycat legislation aimed at the […]
U.S. must be prepared for cyber warfare
Historically, “national defense” meant uniformed soldiers and sailors and pilots in tanks, ships and planes. But in warding off Moscow’s coming blows against the U.S. as the […]
What does the evidence say about universal pre-kindergarten?
by Tracy C. Miller With the “Build Back Better” legislation stalled in the Senate, President Joe Biden is now considering smaller bills that include important parts of […]
Come have your say in city’s future
Every 10 years, the City of Morgantown updates its Comprehensive Plan — a roadmap of sorts for the city’s future. The last plan was formally updated in […]
