Many of us will pause today to embrace this start of a new year with resolutions to be better people. But whether we’re willing to do more […]
Opinion
Put mental illness, addiction at center of homeless solution
Almost like the ebb and flow of tides, homelessness gets our attention and then recedes. It appears since late last summer, though, initiatives have prompted a deeper […]
Government can get decisions right once it puts politics aside
Say what you want, and we do, government sometimes gets it right. In the past week, two state agencies and Huntington’s mayor took action that deserves more […]
New year, but same crisis is still alarming
The political and election flames were fanned all fall with the impeachment of President Trump But how soon we forget the real flames that were fanned by […]
This is ‘The Year of Reading Women’
I’m here to say goodbye to Stephen King. Not that he’s going anywhere. Indeed, I imagine he’s at his desk even now, devising a fiendish fate for […]
Turn over new leaf in 2020: Let’s go vegan
Happy Veganuary, everyone! Veganuary, for the uninitiated, is the month when people around the world pledge to go vegan in order to help stop animal suffering, protect […]
Jan. 6 letters to the editor
Why not call it out for what it is: It’s racism Monongalia County has dozens of political and faith leaders, including most of our elected representatives, who […]
Don’t let legislature weaken our vaccination laws
Consider this from the World Health Organization: “Vaccines prevented at least 10 million deaths between 2010 and 2015, and many millions more lives were protected from illness. […]
Justice administration cleans house over Nazi salute
Sometimes you just have to pull out the problem by the root. The Justice administration has decided to take a hard line at the state Department of […]
51-49 vote will ensure fair trial
Virtually all experts and observers envision a near-certain acquittal of President Donald Trump by the U. S. Senate after the House passage of two articles of impeachment […]
