Good: SB 159 — “prohibiting smoking in vehicle when minor 16 or under is present.” This bill passed the Senate and was sent to House Finance. It […]
Opinion
Who brings a gun to a parade?
Mayhem spoils KC Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration by Toriano Porter Who brings a gun to a victory parade, anyway? Someone did, and this mass shooting at the […]
How will the Republican primary change impact the party?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Hoppy is on vacation this week. This column is from Jan. 30, 2024. The West Virginia Republican Party executive committee has approved a resolution that […]
New ‘baby box’ a welcome addition, but doesn’t replace right to choose
As we reported at the end of January, Morgantown will receive West Virginia’s second “baby box” as part of the Norwood Fire Station’s renovations. The baby box […]
People power, not palace politics
by John Opdycke I’ve been an independent voter since I was 18. Back then, I knew less than zero about politics. I went to the University of […]
Clickbait fuels obsession on Biden’s age
The special counsel report claiming that Joe Biden’s memory had seriously declined stinks to high political heaven. Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe saw “nauseating similarities” to […]
Editorial Encore: Say ‘I love you’ in the right language
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s editorial has been adapted from one that originally published Nov. 30, 2022. “Research shows holiday shoppers often don’t buy what recipients want.” The […]
Denigrating media a political mainstay
by Llewellyn King In the 1990s, someone wrote in The Weekly Standard — it may well have been Matt Labash — that for conservatives to triumph, they […]
The unmaking of a president
Beginning with the election of John F. Kennedy in 1960 and through the re-election of Richard Nixon in 1972, political journalist and biographer Theodore H. White wrote […]
Protect Affordable Care Act as enrollment grows
The glitches accompanying the Affordable Care Act’s rollout generated understandable criticism for years after its 2014 debut. But the landmark law’s successes deserve the spotlight, too. This […]
