“The ‘Red Death’ had long devastated the country. … But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Guest Essay: A better approach to fighting fraud: Bring in the whistleblowers
by Gordon Schnell and Max Voldman As the saying goes, Mountaineers are always free in West Virginia. Unfortunately, the cost of fraud is not. And as evidenced […]
Bad apples and worse cliches: We expect better of Joe Biden
Asked about race at last Tuesday’s presidential debate, one candidate gave a very disappointing answer. The other was Donald Trump. Which is not to suggest Trump had […]
Why America needs journalists
There is one week set aside each year to salute newspapers for the important role they have played in our nation, a role that goes back to […]
Echo chambers and rabbit holes: Dark side of social media
“If you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product. … Our attention is the product being sold to advertisers.” — The Social Dilemma […]
If Trump can’t disavow white supremacists, why should anyone want him?
I’ll get to the whole white supremacy thing in the presidential debate in a minute. But first, let me set the scene: Last Tuesday night, President Donald […]
‘Driving home from the hospital with no baby’
“Driving home from the hospital with no baby. How can this be real.” It was a middle-of-the-night tweet from Chrissy Teigen, the model and author married to […]
A test for the NFL and the Minn. Vikings
It isn’t uncommon for the playing status of an injured football player to be described as “day to day.” It’s novel for an entire team to acquire […]
Oct. 4 letters to the editor
Amy Coney Barrett’s paper trail of bad ideas S.E.Cupp’s op-ed last Thursday (DP-09-24-20) trivializes the objections to Amy Coney Barrett getting a seat on the Supreme Court. […]
COVID map confusion
If Gov. Jim Justice wants people to stop accusing him and his administration of manipulating West Virginia’s COVID-19 numbers, then he really needs to lock in […]