by Evan Jenkins As my year as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ends, I thank those who contributed to the state […]
Opinion
Some predictions for 2022
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Each December, I speculate about what political headlines might emerge in the coming year. Last year, I correctly predicted the Dow would hit […]
Look to the future: Learning to live with COVID
by Gleb Tsipursky We are sticking our heads into the sand regarding the reality of omicron, and the results may be catastrophic. Omicron took over from delta […]
Inflation’s here. Let’s not make it worse
by Jay Ambrose For a quite a while, progressives were calling our country’s painful inflation mild and “transitory,” meaning it would last just a yawn or two […]
COLUMN: West Virginia continues to pay a heavy toll due to COVID-19
MORGANTOWN — It’s very easy today to give a ton of credit to the job Texas’ defense did Saturday in the No. 17 Longhorns’ 74-59 victory over […]
Happy New Year’s! Goodbye to 2021. Hello to 2022?
By the time you read this, there will be less than 24 hours left in 2021. Hard to believe, isn’t it? So many of us are still […]
Confessions of an incurable optimist
by Doyle McManus Twelve months ago, Americans could indulge in optimism. For a bright, shining moment, 2021 promised to be a year of recovery. The first vaccines […]
Biden and Trump agree on importance of COVID-19 vaccinations
There have been some encouraging developments lately from our country’s leaders — current and past — as they present a more unified front on the importance of […]
The scourge of unfunded mandates
This week the Carter County Clerk reported to fiscal court that new mandates for voting machines could cost the county in excess of $400,000. While the federal […]
Worst-case scenarios unasked, unresolved
by Martin Schram Outside, millions of desperate people have been standing for hours in lines stretching around the corners of America’s city streets and suburban strip malls. […]
