The Primary Election is just around the corner and everyone is gearing up to cast their ballots — by mail or in person. This year, COVID-19 derailed […]
Opinion
60th anniversary of historic W.Va. Primary Election
The West Virginia Primary Election 60 years ago this month was one for the ages. John Kennedy, the young Senator from Massachusetts, started his presidential campaign as […]
May 22 letters to the editor
In support of Arlie Campbell for magistrate I endorse Arlie Campbell for Division 4 Magistrate in the forthcoming Monongalia County election. We have been friends for over […]
West Virginians aren’t ready to reopen businesses
The governor might be ready to open the state, but are we? We did a poll asking respondents if they thought West Virginia was ready to reopen. […]
Coronavirus pandemic makes end-of-life care harder
I just lost a dear elderly friend to cancer. Home hospice workers kept him comfortable. He spent his final weeks watching spring unfold in the outdoor Eden […]
May 21 letters to the editor
Welfare recipient states are mostly Republican The letter to the editor on 5/14/20 left me wondering where the writer got their info. As for Ronnie, it was […]
Trump’s retaliatory IG firings can’t be swept under the rug
President Jimmy Carter created the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in 1978 as a kind of apology to the American people for Nixon’s Watergate scandal. Not […]
Stealth legislation: Bills passed without knowing what’s in them
In the pantheon of great lines suitable for induction into Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 2010 comment about Obamacare: “We have to pass the […]
A hashtag in search of a scandal
As American deaths from the coronavirus approached 85,000, the largest outbreak in the world by far, President Donald Trump was playing, “I Know Something You Don’t Know” […]
Why churches should remain closed — for now
A reader emailed us a question that people have been asking: Under Illinois’ shutdown order, why is it OK to go to the grocery store or Walmart, […]
