MORGANTOWN -- The winds of college realignment blow hard and in all directions. And once the storms have finally settled — if they ever truly do — it leaves behind unsettling future facts such as California schools USC and UCLA soon playing conference games in the state of New Jersey ...
I am part of a generation — Generation Z — that has a faint recollection of 9/11, if any at all. We weren’t even teenagers during the 2008 recession. And ever since, our lives have been slammed by a series of seemingly never-ending tribulations.We grew up living in constant fear of gun violence. We worry about the state of our planet because of delayed action on climate change. We are still struggling due to the impact COVID-19 has had on social interactions and education.Yet, we have also been a generation deeply hungry for something different. Something that deviates from the ...
The world economy is in the doldrums, pessimism is rife around the world, and most young people, according to one survey, believe climate change means the end of human life on Earth.Yet a better future beckons, if we can only begin to look outside ourselves, and even beyond our planet. It is in space that we may find solutions to some of our most pressing problems, including a workable energy strategy and access to the precious minerals needed to sustain our prosperity.Space has always held a special place in our collective imagination. Missions to Mars, the mining of asteroids and the ...
“The Queen is dead. Long live the King.”Some would add to that traditional and ringing appeal, “God save the monarchy.”It may not need saving, but the British monarchy won’t be the same. Queen Elizabeth II was a one-off, as they say.I clearly remember the death of King George VI and the ascent of the 23-year-old Elizabeth. I was living in a far corner of the British Empire, in Southern Rhodesia.In the colonies, we were a study in patriotism, and we believed in Britain and the empire itself as nearly a divine intention. We almost believed in the divinity of the monarch.More, we ...
MORGANTOWN -- At some point Saturday evening in Springfield, Mass., Bob Huggins will join the most elite of company ever involved in the game of basketball. It is the culmination of 40-plus years as a college basketball coach, a journey that’s seen Huggins take both Cincinnati and West ...
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Following her Republican primary defeat on Aug. 16, Rep. Liz Cheney referenced Lincoln’s words while introducing the establishment of her new leadership PAC, called The Great Task. This great task that Cheney is undertaking is enormous and it will require innovative political tactics.I propose thinking of the Great Task as a triangle, whose mission is to save our democracy. The three angles are all important on their own, but would yield the greatest benefit if they all work together. The first angle is as Cheney has already laid out: ...
