by Charlie Burd This year has been a challenging one. The pandemic has affected all of us, and our industry, much like every sector, is adapting. While […]
Opinion
Free speech debate about social media is broken
by Cass R. Sunstein The U.S. Supreme Court is strongly committed to the “marketplace of ideas.” It tends to believe, in the words of Justice Louis Brandeis, […]
Biden’s bad move in Yemen
by John Bolton Yemen’s long, bloody “civil war” — which has essentially become a proxy war between Iran and Gulf Arabs — is correctly seen as a […]
COLUMN: With defense coming up short, West Virginia couldn’t muster up enough offense against Oklahoma
COMMENTARY MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — The defensive play of the game belonged to Oklahoma forward Jalen Hill, either him or the rim itself. In coming off the […]
Ending surprise medical bills
One gift tucked inside the $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief and government spending bill Congress passed during Christmas week is a ban on virtually all surprise medical bills. […]
Fine arts grapple with COVID: Will it destroy the future or make it stronger?
by Fred Bronstein In August, the Brookings Institution published a study on the impact of the pandemic on the arts and culture industry across the United States. […]
House impeachment team writing first draft of Jan. 6 history
by David Zurawik Just a few days into the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Rep. Jamie Raskin and the other House impeachment managers did what […]
Justice address leaves questions
As is usual whenever Gov. Jim Justice speaks, we’re left with more questions than answers. For about an hour Wednesday, Justice made grand statements about the current […]
$15 an hour minimum wage deserves truthful debate
by Hoppy Kercheval President Joe Biden wants to fulfill a campaign promise by raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. The current federal minimum […]
GOP returns to restricting mail-in voting
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Republicans are so predictable. When an outpouring of younger and minority voters helped elect Barack Obama president in 2008, GOP governors and legislators […]
