According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, West Virginia’s unemployment rate in August was 4.6%. That’s a low number, although context is important here. The national […]
Opinion
We need to improve flu vaccine
Influenza — the flu — is more than a bad cold. Seasonal outbreaks mean not only misery but increased hospital admissions and deaths. The last flu season, […]
Go to front of the bus to Canada for lower insulin prices
Riders can sign up and pay the $100 ride cost at: insulincaravan.eventsmart.com/events/caravan-to-canada. You don’t need to bribe your way into a camel caravan of smugglers to buy […]
How small cities and towns can right their ship
Several large pieces of cobalt-blue glass panels bearing “Don’t Give Up the Ship” and a bold likeness of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry lay broken at the top […]
Oct. 17 letters to the editor
Subdivision regulations: Better late than never The Monongalia County Commission has considered the adoption of subdivision regulations on and off for 50 years. For decades our fast-growing […]
Do our supermarket aisles really qualify as racist?
My supermarket has a giant “international” food aisle dominated by Asian and Latino products. Which items end up in a section dedicated to a particular foreign culture’s […]
Oct. 16 letters to the editor
Republicans who back Trump on wrong side In a land and a world where common sense has been vandalized, there is still the passage of time, and […]
Public forums offer chance to reset our focus on drug crisis
“What shall we do then?” It’s a question that spans the ages on complex issues about the social condition. That quote above is found in Luke, Chapter […]
Some new insight into ‘facts’ about media bias
Since colonial days the press has been a target of those who believe journalists have a point of view that shapes their reporting. There have been numerous […]
Audubon has quantified threat
For serious birders who regularly observe birds in the wild, ignoring climate change isn’t possible. We have been seeing and documenting the effects of a warming climate […]