MORGANTOWN, W. Va. -- Derek Culver’s 18 points and 15 rebounds were two very good reasons as to why No. 11 West Virginia found itself in a ball game against No. 1 Gonzaga on Wednesday in the Jimmy V Classic. In the forward’s own words, though, Culver shouldered the blame as to why the ...
by Cal Thomas In totalitarian societies, governments suppress the church and religious worship. That’s because dictators believe citizens should worship them as the highest authority and not a Higher Authority, which they view as a threat to their power and position. In the United States, the threat to religious liberty has been under siege for some time. Last week’s Thanksgiving gift to believers from the Supreme Court may be only a temporary reprieve from government’s assault on faith and conscience. The narrow 5-4 ruling serves as a warning the threat is not ...
by Ryan Skinnell Whatever happens in the next few months, we are unequivocally at the end of an era. Last month, American voters stepped up, turned out in record numbers and changed the course of history. Now is a good time to take stock of what we’ve learned and how we can use those lessons going forward. In the past four years, we have learned an incredible amount about democracy and leadership. We learned about personality cults, malignant narcissism and charismatic leaders. We learned about emoluments, quid pro quos, self-dealing and impeachment. We learned an awful ...
by Bobby Ghosh “Remember that name, Fakhrizadeh,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a 2018 press conference about Iran’s nuclear program. At the time, the head of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear weapons program was unknown even to most Iranians. With his assassination outside Tehran Friday, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has become a household name. The details of the killing are as yet fuzzy. State TV said the scientist’s car was attacked by “armed terrorist elements,” and that he was taken to a hospital, where doctors couldn’t revive him. Some ...
by Leonard Pitts Gerald Ford was right. It was years before I understood that. I was 17 years old on the day in 1974 when the 38th president pardoned the 37th, Richard Nixon, for his crimes in the Watergate affair. Like millions of others — like Ford’s own press secretary, who resigned in protest — I was disgusted by this largesse. It wasn’t until years later that I came to see it as an act of political courage, freeing the country to move on from a sordid affair that had left us mesmerized and paralyzed. As Ford put it, had Nixon gone to trial, “ugly passions ...
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. -- It was well deserving that Derek Culver was named the MVP of the first-ever Crossover Classic after No. 15 West Virginia held off Western Kentucky on Friday, 70-64, for the tournament’s championship. Through three challenging games, Culver averaged 15 points and 10 ...
