Fifty years ago Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18. The House approved the amendment 401 […]
Opinion
‘Sobars’: All the fun without the booze?
If you’ve lived in Morgantown for any length of time, then you know the city’s social life is inextricably wrapped up in bars and night clubs — […]
Forgiveness in an age of cancel culture
by Michael S. Roth I recently asked the undergrads in my class on virtue and vice to send me a brief note about a time when they […]
Biden needs to talk tough on immigration — and fast
Undocumented immigrants have been surging to the U.S. border, some wearing T-shirts with the Biden campaign logo and the words “Please let us in!” What gave them […]
Threatening WVU athletes won’t make them play better
Every Mountaineer fan was disappointed after Sunday’s loss to Syracuse that eliminated West Virginia University’s men’s basketball team from the NCAA tournament. But no amount of disappointment […]
What will you do when you’re vaccinated?
by Mary Schmich So what are you going to do once you’re fully vaccinated? It’s one of the great existential questions of our pandemic time, one that […]
Republicans consider ballots more dangerous than bullets
On the issue of guns, John Kavanagh has a record unblemished by sanity. Indeed, a scroll through Vote Smart, the nonpartisan, nonprofit voter information clearinghouse, suggests the […]
Could West Virginia become another tax-free heaven?
West Virginia is unique among America’s 50 states. At a convention in Wheeling, Va., in 1861, delegates from Virginia’s northwest counties, which were loyal to the Union, […]
Biden must fight his own culture war
By Pankaj Mishra Comparisons of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill to the New Deal are flourishing. They obscure the fact that Biden’s achievement — passing […]
Commonsense gun safety: Try and then try again
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., are trying again at an obvious and needed improvement to gun safety — or the lack thereof. The […]
