Let’s talk about the things they will not learn. “They” meaning K-12 students in Tennessee. Not that the Volunteer State is alone in passing laws and standards […]
Opinion
Our transportation future starts now
The Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization is seeking input for its Metropolitan Transportation Plan, which will detail how the MPO’s urbanized area transportation system will evolve from […]
Remind me why we need the filibuster?
I’ve been writing about Congress since the late 1980s, watching as filibusters in the Senate evolved from rare and usually doomed efforts by fringe factions into what […]
Invasion by any other name: Immigration crisis continues
Semantics are important for how we communicate and define issues. One who controls words controls the narrative. So, take the words migrant and invader. Is there a […]
Are you willing to risk your children now, anti-maskers?
It’s an alarming story out of Louisiana: COVID-19, which was previously considered a mild threat to children, might be more dangerous than we thought. Children in Louisiana […]
Tackling climate change can’t be put off
by Doyle McManus GORDON BAY, Ontario — Two weeks ago, one of America’s best-known climate scientists set off onto Ontario’s Lake Joseph for an evening of stargazing, […]
Guest essay: WVU campus move-in and welcome events begin Thursday
by G. Corey Farris It’s an exciting time as West Virginia University welcomes all students to campus for the first time since fall 2019. While this time […]
Worsening climate change means saying goodbye to Paradise
by Molly Culton When people used to ask me where I’m from, they would smile and shake their heads in disbelief when I said Paradise. “Paradise?” they […]
Truman’s lies cost taxpayers millions
by Michael Hiltzik Part of the fallout from the violent and seditious end of the Trump administration concerns whether Donald Trump should receive the lavish government benefits showered […]
Addressing crime can’t ignore need for more police
Misguided calls from the left to “defund” the police threaten to put Democrats in the position of the Nixon era, when they were successfully painted as soft […]
