by Jordan Maynor In the years since West Virginia adopted right-to-work legislation, our state has witnessed a staggering influx of more than $12 billion in new business investments. This law […]
Opinion
The union idea and its adversaries
by Andrew Moss American workers made great strides in 2023. Autoworkers, UPS drivers, Kaiser health workers, screenwriters and actors all scored significant gains in earnings and benefits as a result […]
Sandra Day O’Connor’s legacy: She listened
by Stephen L. Carter I’d never heard of Sandra Day O’Connor when the news broke that she was President Ronald Reagan’s likely nominee for the new vacancy on the Supreme […]
Holiday season finds us isolated
Let’s change that by Seth D. Kaplan We are living in an age of placeless possibility: a time when we can instantly get in touch with another person no matter […]
Words of advice on words
Merriam-Webster Dictionary has released its list of the words that defined 2023. At the top of the list was “authentic.” The dictionary’s website said “authentic” saw a substantial increase in […]
COP28 needs less talk, more action
In 2015, the world’s governments declared a collective ambition: to limit the rise in global temperatures to just 1.5 degrees Celsius. Since then, two things have become clear. First, the […]
Blaming Iran for all Middle East violence not right tack for U.S. policy
by Daniel DePetris The sailors aboard the USS Carney, based in the Red Sea, had a busy weekend — one that could have just as easily turned deadly were it […]
Lawmakers ignored reclamation fund issues for 40 years
We’ve said it before: Coal companies would much rather go bankrupt and forfeit their reclamation bonds — a kind of security deposit — to the state than clean up their […]
Supreme Court may push Sackler opioid case to Congress
by Noah Feldman Bankruptcy law is all about fresh starts. But just how much of a fresh start does the Sackler family deserve — without having to declare bankruptcy themselves? […]
Remember Pearl Harbor … and Lt. Jim Downing
Five years ago, Ray Chavez, the oldest U.S. military survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, passed away at age 106. His death reminded me of Jim […]
