A federal health panel now recommends that men consume no more than one alcoholic drink a day. For 30 years, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee set the […]
Opinion
What is the city violence all about?
It is hard to tell what the current revolutionary violence in our major cities is all about. So far, hundreds of police have been injured, dozens of […]
Nothing justifies Bledsoe’s uncivil ‘satanic’ remark
Is it satanic for performers in drag to read to children during a story hour at the Morgantown Public Library? Is it satanic to vote against the […]
GOP convention can offer U.S. optimism
If you watched last week’s virtual Democratic convention, you heard about an America with which you might not be familiar. Speaker after speaker portrayed America as a […]
Bush-Dukakis race not Trump-Biden
In July 1988, Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis enjoyed a 17-point lead against Vice President George H.W. Bush in a Gallup Poll. But Bush went on to […]
McKinley’s bill response isn’t really nonpartisan
In an email from the office of Rep. David McKinley’s office, one of the state’s three Republican congresspersons, was the headline: “McKinley Votes to Strengthen Postal Service, […]
Who would choose whiteness over democracy?
“If people were given the choice between democracy and whiteness, how many would choose whiteness?” Taylor Branch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the Civil Rights Movement, drops […]
State: Hands off opioid funds
By John KasichChicago Tribune (TNS) Today the American people are under attack by two serious diseases, one a deadly pandemic virus and the other a vicious plague […]
Citizens United put money above voice of the voters
American politics is the most expensive game in the world. You have to pay to play. Private interests with the means to pay are uniquely positioned to […]
Guest Essay: Letter from President Gee to Morgantown community
by Dr. Gordon Gee For more than 150 years, Morgantown has welcomed students back to campus each fall. Admittedly, this rite of passage will be unlike any […]
