In 2022, at the University of Southern California commencement, valedictorian Adam Karelin delivered a stirring poem against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In 2021, valedictorian Tianna Shaw Wakeman spoke of living […]
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Jan. 6 case will test the Supreme Court’s hypocrisy
by Noah Feldman Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical that prosecutors could use the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to go after Jan. 6 rioters. It’s a closely watched case […]
How can Africa shake its ‘coup contagion’?
by Ivor Ichikowitz In a refreshing twist on what had been starting to look like a depressing U-turn to the days when coup d’etats were all too present in postcolonial […]
April 21 letters to the editor
‘Terrorist’ label won’t stop mass shootings In The Dominion Post on Feb. 22, Delegate Bill Ridenour (R-Jefferson) was quoted saying: “School shooters are terrorists. That’s all they are.” At the […]
Guest essay: Picking WVU’s next prez
by Patrice Harris Dear West Virginia University Community, The West Virginia University Board of Governors has begun the process of selecting the next president of our beloved university. This is […]
West Virginia’s childcare desert
A Talkline listener texted me this past week about their problems with childcare. They work, so they need childcare, which is their largest single monthly expense. But if they quit […]
Think life is getting worse? Try being nostalgic for the present
by Amanda Montell Nostalgia seems harmless enough, and then someone starts earnestly — absurdly — glamorizing the Stone Age. “Damn can you imagine being a human during the paleolithic age,” […]
‘Civil War’ and its place in civil discourse
by Kristina Becvar In an election year where the air crackles with political tension, the arrival of Alex Garland’s film “Civil War” has sparked a broad spectrum of reactions. The […]
Meet Mary Quarterman: Queen for a Day
FAIRMONT — If you attended the Johnnie Johnson Blues and Jazz Society concerts at Palatine Park in the early 2000s, when Johnson, the boogie-woogie piano player and Chuck Berry collaborator […]
Walking with survivors
Awareness is a key factor in the fight against sexual assault and domestic violence and that is what the Rape and Domestic Violence Information Center’s (RDVIC) annual Walking with Survivor’s […]
