Some people have no choice about why they end up being homeless. After all, it’s certainly not a kid’s fault if they are homeless, but at least 10,522 students are […]
Editorials
Don’t settle for being Ground Zero in state opioid crisis anymore
Huntington and Cabell County just went from Ground Zero to first in line. Monday, two Ohio counties reached a $260 million settlement with four major drug distributors and one drug […]
There’s no mistaking who made decision to withdraw from Syria
Being good at second-guessing everything that ends bad is not hard. However, when anyone’s decisions consistently defy reason, precedent and principle they deserve to be condemned, not just questioned. This […]
Coal industry facts not lost on anyone except our leaders
It’s fitting we attribute this maxim, “There is no avoidance in delay,” to the father of tragedy That is, Aeschylus, a Greek dramatist, who is credited with writing about 10 […]
Continuing to trot out new programs no cure for a crisis
Of course, there are times when it’s not only impolite but downright rude to bring up money. But we need to talk about that $631 billion the opioid crisis cost […]
Go to front of the bus to Canada for lower insulin prices
Riders can sign up and pay the $100 ride cost at: insulincaravan.eventsmart.com/events/caravan-to-canada. You don’t need to bribe your way into a camel caravan of smugglers to buy insulin in Canada. […]
Public forums offer chance to reset our focus on drug crisis
“What shall we do then?” It’s a question that spans the ages on complex issues about the social condition. That quote above is found in Luke, Chapter 3, Verse 10. […]
Attendance still key to learning and to teaching in schools
“The bottom line is, we’re all missing too much school.” That’s how Steve Paine, the state superintendent of schools, described the issue of absenteeism among West Virginia’s teachers and students. […]
He has a right to be wrong, but we won’t endorse it in silence
Cynicism and skepticism do not overlap. Of course, sometimes both come up at the same time. Skepticism is employed as a method for questioning any assertions of fact. Whereas cynicism […]
Newspaper forged in fire of Civil War still continues to matter
Allow us for one day to opine on what we know best: Newspapers. Our newspaper traces its origins to the founding of the Morgantown Weekly Post on March 12, 1864. […]
