I’m sure you know that everyone’s taste in music is different. Some people like pop music, while others like rock ’n’ roll and still others enjoy country […]
Opinion
New law enforcement academy can only help improve public safety
He or she won’t be just a new cop on the block not too far in the future. Indeed, he or she might be a graduate of […]
Audit’s findings point to CPS leaving abused children more unsafe
There’s no pecking order to how the state responds to causes for concern. Be it roads, public health, the environment, education, elections, poverty, ethics and so on. […]
The Zen of the most American of nation’s holidays
Editor’s Note: This is a revised version of a column first published in November 2002. Thanksgiving is the most American of holidays. But there is something almost […]
Nov. 27 letters to the editor
Succession order could put Pelosi in Oval Office I watched the entire impeachment hearings on Donald J. Trump, the elected president of the United States of America. […]
A lesson for all Americans from ‘The Crown’
There is a telling scene in Season 3 of the Netflix drama “The Crown” about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II that can instruct contemporary America about […]
Political courage is contagious
During his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Nov. 13, Ambassador William Taylor described our diplomatic relations with Ukraine in terms of two channels. The first […]
City misguided on drag queens and the homeless
Morgantown garnered headlines that it certainly shouldn’t want to see again. Last week, the local library received angry phone calls and threats after some of the public […]
‘This is America. …And here, right matters’
In her diary entry for July 15, 1944, Anne Frank wrote words that would harrow and challenge generations not yet born: “I still believe, in spite of […]
What is ‘unfettered capitalism’?
Enemies of unfettered capitalism, unite! For as long as I can remember, people on the left have complained about “unfettered capitalism.” Moderate liberals do it, and of […]
