Racial profiling isn’t a figment of imagination The purpose of my letter is to enlighten those who believe that “racial profiling” by law enforcement is a figment of an African […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Why we can’t have nice things
This is why we can’t have nice things. Like reopened economies and schools. Have you the seen the COVID case numbers for West Virginia? For just Monongalia County? Our COVID […]
History has its eyes on us. What will be our legacy?
2020 is a year for the history books. It’s like every major event from the past century — from pandemics to economic crises to civil rights movements — decided to […]
July 17 letters to the editor
A compromise for West Virginia schools West Virginia parents find themselves in a desperate predicament: Send our children to school this fall — putting them, their families and teachers in […]
Senior citizens will be the ‘deciding factor’ in 2020 election
The ad shows a drive-by of a rural, post-industrial unnamed town in Westmoreland County, Pa. The woman in the ad says her name is Janie. She is a fisher who […]
July 16 letters to the editor
W.Va. ‘brain drain’ a decades-old problem I could not agree more with the editorial “Pulled gas pipeline shows pathway for W.Va.’s progress” (DP-07-10-20). West Virginia is well known as a […]
Slowly but surely, justice prevails in veterans’ deaths
Slow and steady, it seems, does in fact win the race. Almost three years from the first murder and two years from the time she was removed, Reta Mays has […]
Roger Stone’s ‘cornerstone’: Trump associate finds religion
President Donald Trump’s decision to commute the prison sentence of his longtime friend and political adviser Roger Stone just days before Stone was to begin a 40-month prison sentence — […]
A legal system that doesn’t throw people away
Usually the first response I get when talking about radically re-envisioning our criminal legal system away from mass incarceration is: “But what are we going to do about the violent […]
Businesses should be reimbursed for COVID cleaning
We’re walking the fine line between protecting our local economy and protecting individuals’ health. The Monongalia County Health Department released a new ordinance Tuesday to take effect today stating, “any […]
