The 2000 race for the White House came down to a hairbreadth result in a single state, Florida. George W. Bush, the Republican, insisted he had won, […]
Opinion
What we forgot when we promised to never forget
We swore to never forget. And we have not forgotten. Nineteen years has dulled the pain to a dull ache, turned the absence from a void that […]
U.S.: Another day older, another day deeper in debt
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reports the American government will soon reach a debt level equaling its entire gross domestic product. It will be the largest since […]
Will the military take insults from Trump?
When The Military Times released new survey results last week showing President Donald Trump’s falling support among service members, it seemed like that would be Trump’s worst […]
Fascism rising: Losing the ‘we’ in ‘We, the People’
“Fascism scholar says U.S. is ‘losing its democratic status’ ” read the NPR headline from over the weekend. The interview with Jason Stanley, a professor of philosophy […]
Kyle Rittenhouse is not a hero. Stop calling him one
Kyle Rittenhouse is not a hero. Granted, many on the right are working overtime to paint him as such. “He’s a good kid,” his attorney, John Pierce, […]
Kennedy’s defeat strikes blow to dynasty
On Tuesday, Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III became the first Kennedy to lose an election in Massachusetts. I don’t have anything against Rep. Kennedy. By many accounts […]
America’s poll worker shortage
is a brewing crisis
With two months until Election Day, the U.S. faces a shortage of one critical resource: poll workers. Thanks to the threat of COVID-19, many of them — […]
Sept. 6 letters to the editor
City council’s actions legal but not moral The role of government is to make sure that citizens are kept safe and whole in their person and property. […]
Stop finger pointing – make it work
It’s a case of he said/she said, but while Secretary of State Mac Warner’s office and Monongalia County Clerk Carye Blaney’s office point fingers at each other, […]
