A week ago, Sen. Joe Manchin announced in a Charleston Gazette-Mail op-ed he would not support HR 1/S 1, also known as the For the People Act. […]
Opinion
June 13 letters to the editor
To the First Lady of W.Va. and her staff I wanted to personally thank First Lady of West Virginia Cathy Justice for the opportunity for my English […]
Guest essay: The conservative case for the For the People Act
by Hunter Hardway Usually I agree with politicians in my party. I am a proud Republican. But recently, I’ve noticed Secretary of State Mac Warner, of my […]
Guest essay: Thank Manchin for reinstated methane regulations
by Mike Manypenny In 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted measures to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. The reforms had strong support […]
Garland’s DOJ not anti-Trump
by Michael McGough In recent days the U.S. Justice Department has taken positions that have disappointed Democrats and others because they defend legal arguments that the Trump […]
The phrase ‘systemic racism’ clouds productive debate
by Ramesh Ponnuru “It’s past time for America to discard the left-wing myth of systemic racism,” former Vice President Mike Pence said on a recent visit to […]
COLUMN: NCAA can no longer afford to push the level playing field agenda
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Testifying before a Senate committee regarding Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rights for college athletes, Gonzaga men’s basketball coach Mark Few basically put […]
Opioid peddlers like Purdue don’t deserve a free pass
Those responsible for the scourge of opioid addiction that has torn through communities in Washington and across the nation must be held accountable. Anyone who knowingly contributed […]
Food supply more vulnerable than ever
by Amanda Little After a cyberattack crippled the world’s largest meat producer last week, JBS SA meat plants have begun to reopen across the globe. But the […]
Rebuilding national trust, one conversation at a time
by David Meyer The ever-growing democracy reform movement is built around the idea that the American democracy is in trouble because the system is broken. Those with […]