EDITOR’S NOTE: LTTEs regarding WVU Academic Transformation OUT-OF-STATE SUBMISSIONS regarding WVU’s Academic Transformation are now CLOSED. However, we will still accept letters related to the transition from writers in our […]
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A crossroads for workers with disabilities
by Olivia Alperstein With Labor Day fast approaching, it’s time to talk about disabled workers. This issue is personal for me. I debated for years about whether to disclose my […]
DNR, DEP searching for cause of Decker’s Creek fish kill
Something fishy happened in the waters of Deckers Creek this week and now investigators with the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources (WV DNR) and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) […]
Four GOP gubernatorial candidates air their views during WV Chamber of Commerce forum
MORGANTOWN – The four Republican gubernatorial candidates leading in the polls met on stage Thursday to make their cases to members of the state Chamber of Commerce. The gubernatorial forum […]
Gee describes higher education crisis and WVU transformation at Chamber of Commerce conference
MORGANTOWN – WVU President Gordon Gee talked to members of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce on Thursday about the university’s Academic Transformation and its $45 million deficit. “Higher education […]
Morgantown Council approves Weez’s Way, Cypress Street on first reading
MORGANTOWN — Call it beginner’s luck. Better yet, call it Weez’s Way. In her fourth official meeting as Morgantown City Council’s 3rd Ward representative, Louise “Weez” Michael walked away with […]
‘Grade inflation’ or good teaching?
For the past two decades, education pundits and others have been worrying about what they say is the scourge of “grade inflation” in America’s high schools. Grade inflation is exactly […]
Lessons for U.S. hospitals after British nurse killed newborns
The case of Lucy Letby, a serial killer masquerading as a nice neonatal nurse at Countess of Chester Hospital in Northern England, is so horrific as to beggar belief. On […]
China’s faltering economy is a result of state-directed planning
Now comes the global fallout by Jonah Goldberg “China is going to eat our lunch? Come on, man,” scoffed then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2019. Two years later, now president […]
About Hunter Biden
by Susan Estrich EDITOR’S NOTE: Froma Harrop is on vacation this week. This column by Susan Estrich was provided as a substitution. Her next column will appear on Sept. 7. […]





