by Mará Rose Williams The text and photo came just moments before Thursday’s Senate vote that would confirm the first Black woman, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, to the U.S. Supreme […]
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The EU’s awkward Hungary issue
by Elizabeth Shackelford On April 3, Hungary’s anti-liberal, ultranationalist prime minister, Viktor Orban, won a fourth term. While the West remains fixated on the war next door in Ukraine, the […]
Go ahead and improve Twitter, @ElonMusk
Anyone who ever has sent a tweet with a typo — and who among us has not? — craves an edit button. So the news this week that Elon Musk […]
Monongalia County Health Department using grant dollars to promote COVID vaccines
MORGANTOWN — “I never want to push my agenda or my way of thinking on people, but I will say … If you haven’t had your shot, you should consider […]
‘I don’t want this to be our legacy’
GRANT TOWN — Michael Whitten’s dad didn’t get rich from coal. While the Boone County miner was able to make an adequate living for his family during the boom years […]
April 10 letters to the editor
In memory of friend, activist John Pyles When I first heard that John Pyles had passed away, my heart was filled with sadness. I have known John since I was […]
Demand America be energy independent once again
by Delegate Guy Ward As a native West Virginian who spent nearly a lifetime devoted to our state’s electrical generation energy industry, I am always alarmed and saddened when higher […]
At UN, Russia slammed for creating war, food crisis
by Dan Rodricks The Russian ambassador had heard enough about global food shortages caused by his nation’s invasion of Ukraine so, when it was his turn to speak, Vasily Nebenzya […]
Inflation isn’t a Biden talking point
by Nolan Finley Nearly 60% of Americans say they worry a great deal about inflation, according to a new Gallup poll. Apparently, Joe Biden isn’t one of them. Inflation is […]
What has happened to us? Bad behavior is on the rise
by Gene Lyons A few months ago, I ran into a recently retired judge, a former prosecutor and friendly acquaintance, at the grocery store. I asked him what he thought […]
