Less than an hour after the House Ethics Committee published their extensive report on the elected fraudster from New York, Con(gress)man George Santos took to Twitter to claim that he […]
Opinion
A cat’s life: Not as complex as you might think
by Gene Lyons Look, here’s the deal: Anybody who tries to tell you about your beloved cat’s rich inner life is trying to sell you something. Most of it’s nonsense, […]
Will the stars align for Nikki Haley?
by Byron York The political world spends a lot of time discussing former President Donald Trump’s lead over the Republican field in national polls — currently at 45.4%, according to […]
WVU oddly quiet on voluntary give-backs
West Virginia University has been strangely quiet about something that, from a public relations standpoint, it should be shouting from the rooftops. A few weeks ago, it was announced that […]
Nov. 26 letters to the editor
JPNA does not condone threats Jerome Park Neighborhood Association (JPNA) was horrified to hear that Dani Ludwig and Pastor Stephen Prince were threatened online and sent hate mail. JPNA condemns […]
Where are the heroes our kids need?
“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘it’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then […]
Guest essay: What is the value of liberal education?
by Christopher Wilkinson While West Virginia University was in the throes of the fiscal crisis resulting in the elimination of faculty, staff and disciplines, there were repeated assurances that whatever […]
The Great Middle will be difficult to corral
Joe Manchin’s plans to travel the country to see if he can tap into the great middle of America that is fed up with the extreme politics of both parties […]
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: A partnership of equals
by Steven Roberts I’ve taught several thousand students during 33 years at George Washington University, and when we get together, many of them mention my favorite piece of advice: Who […]
Critical thinking is losing to TikTok
We’ve seen contagions induced by social media before. But the sudden popularity of TikTok videos in which confused young people muse on the merits of Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to […]
