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Give the loiterers somewhere to be
Yesterday, we discussed how downtown Morgantown turns into the Wild West after dark. The rough and tumble nature of the bar patrons and the frequency of violence […]
Will Biden take care of the baby bust, too?
by Virginia Heffernan Maybe we should have seen it coming last spring. That’s when the Mayo Clinic laid down the law for singles in the dating game. […]
‘Stormy’ sea settles: Real political scandals are rarely about sex
As the Trump presidency fades into the past, we are reminded of the sex scandal at its dawn. The Federal Election Commission has just dropped its probe […]
‘Normal’ must be returning: Brawls downtown are back
If there was any doubt that things in Morgantown are beginning to return to “normal,” the brawl outside a downtown nightclub in the wee hours Saturday night/Sunday […]
Voters reject school ‘cultural sensitivity’
by Cynthia M. Allen Southlake, near Fort Worth, Texas, is not the most unlikely place for a showdown over critical race theory. The Dallas-Fort Worth suburb is […]
We keep hitting new lows: GOP punishes speaking the truth
We keep hitting new lows. So perhaps we ought not be surprised that the GOP, the party that brought us the insurrection of Jan. 6, now presents […]
Keep Title IX sex assault rules constitutional
A politically diverse group in Congress has formed to root out sexual abuse by employees at universities. This bipartisan approach is needed when it comes to other […]
Pay people to get the COVID vaccine
by Dahleen Glanton For a while, I was able to boast that I didn’t personally know anyone who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Then, I saw […]
The Infernal Revenue Service
Thanks to the beneficence of the Internal Revenue Service — and the fallout from COVID-19 — we half of Americans who pay federal income taxes have been […]