Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who has become the face of the climate wars, reminds me of another child I saw dominate international debate: Elián González. Years […]
Opinion
Trump makes Capt. Queeg look like Kirk
Only the ball bearings were missing. The reference, for those who don’t know, is to Humphrey Bogart’s performance as the emotionally unstable Captain Queeg in the 1954 […]
Is Trump call impeach-worthy?
Here’s a take no one will like: I’m confident he did it. I’m confident it’s impeachable. I’m just not so sure he should be impeached for it. […]
Reports of deer dying from hemorrhagic disease hit West Virginia
BY DAVE SAMUEL / For the Dominion Post Hunters are reporting deer dying from hemorrhagic disease along streams in areas around West Virginia. To date, deer have […]
October is the ideal time to get a flu vaccine
It’s almost October. Have you thought about scheduling your flu vaccine yet? Monongalia County Health Department’s Clinical Services will begin administering vaccines for influenza on Tuesday. You […]
Who’s suppressing your right to protest?
By Jim Hightower As British playwright and political rabble-rouser George Bernard Shaw noted, “You don’t learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, […]
Right way to craft red-flag laws
By Amy Swearer Tribune News Service (TNS) Recent polls show that most Americans support the basic premise of disarming dangerous people through the use of so-called “red-flag […]
Oakdale market revives ‘America’s Hometown’
OAKDALE, Pennsylvania – Some towns die hard. This one nearly did. The Aetna Chemical Corp. plant exploded 101 years ago, leveling most of the town, killing nearly […]
Ukraine mess shows Trump colors
What offends me most about the whistleblower-Ukraine-Biden story isn’t the obvious corruption of it all. It’s the way members of Team Trump assume we’re all idiots who […]
Trump’s need to destroy meets environment
One word best describes Donald Trump’s environmental policy: sick. The president has an obsessive urge to ravage nature just for the heck of it. Exhibit A is […]
