by George Skelton If the U.S. Supreme Court had heeded a gun lobby warning, California Gov. Gavin Newsom wouldn’t be pushing Texas copycat legislation aimed at the firearms industry. The […]
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U.S. must be prepared for cyber warfare
Historically, “national defense” meant uniformed soldiers and sailors and pilots in tanks, ships and planes. But in warding off Moscow’s coming blows against the U.S. as the West lays on […]
Words, and deeds, in Jenny Secreto’s English honors class at Morgantown High
Think back, for a minute. Were you a weird kid in high school? Not weird-weird. Just shy and awkward, we mean. What’s the one class you had, though, where all […]
Dental care important for healthy pets
What do you get when you take a dog to the dentist? This may seem like the setup to a great dad joke, but the answer is serious: a happier, […]
Feb. 27 letters to the editor
Special request from a Va. third grader Dear people of the great state of West Virginia, Hello! I am a third grade student in northern Virginia. Our class is learning […]
Guest Essay: Let’s not make a mess of our sewers
by Mike McNulty It’s amazing how history has a way of repeating itself. One hundred years ago, in 1922, an engineering firm from Pittsburgh conducted a study of Morgantown’s sewer […]
Why do so many people in America die ‘accidentally’?
by Robin Abcarian Sometimes a book comes along that changes the way you think about the world. I’m questioning my acceptance of the word “accident” after reading Jessie Singer’s “There […]
‘Follow the science’ is a slogan, not policy
by Faye Flam Almost everybody wants to be seen as embracing science. That’s true whether they are arguing to take masks off or leave them on, or whether they’re pushing […]
Brooklyn native makes his mark on Morgantown
When Ray Glymph moved to Morgantown in 2011 for school, his plan was to study industrial engineering, but he would eventually discover that wasn’t what he really wanted. He decided […]
New federal guidelines remove restrictions on American Rescue Plan spending
MORGANTOWN — Updated guidelines released by the U.S. Department of the Treasury have essentially removed restrictions on how cities and counties can spend up to $10 million in American Rescue […]
