by David J. Bobb It is hard to imagine Americans afraid to celebrate America. But as our nation’s 250th birthday approaches in 2026, there is already some […]
Opinion
Congrats to WVU Class of 2024!
Do you know what’s special about the college Class of 2024? Four years ago, many of them were the high school Class of 2020: The first graduating […]
Did Stormy Daniels’ testimony help or hurt the case against Trump?
by Harry Litman When Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Susan Hoffinger announced on Tuesday, the 13th day of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, that “the people call Stormy Daniels,” […]
Will you vote in the primary election?
During a contentious campaign cycle — like the one we are in now in West Virginia — there are an overwhelming number of advertisements, campaign appearances, news […]
Legacy and future of Scott’s Run Settlement House
It is a testament to the Scott’s Run Settlement House’s success that it has grown beyond what its 100-year home can accommodate — and that people don’t […]
Donald Trump’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad second term
by Jackie Calmes Millions of us are justifiably focused on seeing that Donald Trump is held to account for what he’s allegedly done in the past. Scheming […]
Banning menthol cigarettes was always a bad idea
The Biden administration recently stopped a plan to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes. The excellent arguments for why they are dangerous were overcome by good arguments […]
Someone has to clean up the mess at Bartlett
It’s disheartening to hear that Bartlett House faces a much more dire situation than we thought. It was bad enough when word was just that the emergency […]
It’s National Nurses Week
Imagine, for a moment, walking into any hospital or urgent care or primary care clinic and there are no nurses around. In our imagination, it’s either pure […]
Demeaning, diminishing, destroying
If history proves anything it shows if civil rights, human rights, equality and even the right to live are to be denied to a class of people, […]
