In a welcome move last week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the extension and re-designation of temporary protected status for Ukrainians, allowing those who’ve arrived as of Aug. 16 […]
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Trump won the GOP debate by being a no-show. But who came in second?
by Scott Jennings It is fair to wonder how the other Republican candidates for president can catch up to Donald Trump. What is their plan to beat someone with a […]
The March on Washington was more than a dream
by Michael G. Long Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream turned the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom into a near-religious revival. King’s speech remains […]
NETL team converts CO2 into acetate: Project can reduce greenhouse gas while supplying useful commercial raw material
PITTSBURGH – As greenhouse gas and global warming worries continue around the world, a three-person team of researchers at the National Energy Technology Laboratory have found a means to turn […]
Hope Hill Sobering Center facing closure due to lack of use
MORGANTOWN -— In theory, the Hope Hill Sobering Center couldn’t miss. It was viewed as the missing piece — the step between letting a visibly intoxicated person fend for […]
Aug. 27 letters to the editor – WVU Academic Transformation
EDITOR’S NOTE: LTTEs regarding WVU Academic Transformation From now until Aug. 31, we will open letters to the editor to WVU alumni and current and former staff and faculty, including […]
Aug. 27 letters to the editor
LA students’ sketches persuaded Gov. Caperton While many might not know it, our communities have benefited from the efforts of the WVU Landscape Architecture program. After the 1985 flood, an […]
A republic if you can keep it
On Sept. 18, 1787, emerging from the four-month Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin was asked, “Dr. Franklin, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” According to the […]
The right-wing campaign to make our kids dumber
by Michael Hiltzik For reasons that may not be too hard to understand, Republicans and conservatives seem to be intent on turning their K-12 schools, colleges and universities into plantations […]
Mon Health advances urologic surgery with single-port da Vinci SP
MORGANTOWN — Dr. Jaschar Shakuri-Rad came to Mon Health Medical Center’s urology department five years ago to develop a robotic surgery program. And in May, he advanced the program a […]
