The FBI surveillance my Muslim community actually endured by Assia Boundaoui Last month, an article in the New Yorker detailed discrepancies in comedian Hasan Minhaj’s standup specials. In one story, […]
Opinion
Individual parents’ rights are not a license for community-wide tyranny
by Don Kusler As a parent of two school-age children, I know I keep up with the lessons my children are working through each week. This includes discussion, explanation, questions. […]
Congress should do right thing on Afghan refugees
America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan is one of many blights on the Biden administration’s spotty record. The fact that this nation since then has turned its back on Afghans who […]
Where have all the good men gone?
by Nicole Russell In our feminist-focused society, where efforts to create legal and societal gender parity have been mostly successful, it’s easy to forget about the men. After all, thanks […]
Why Republicans’ impeachment of Biden may be stupid enough to work
by Jonah Goldberg House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to move ahead with impeachment proceedings — and the Democrats’ response — reminded me of something Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser reportedly […]
Dear DOH, neglecting is abdicating
The season is changing, the weather is cooling, the days are shorter and the leaves are putting on their autumn colors. Yet one thing remains the same: The state-maintained roads […]
Oct. 8 letters to the editor
What’s good for the world is good for W.Va. It often goes unrealized how addressing global poverty has an economic benefit to the United States. Likewise, it is often overestimated […]
Guest essay: Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with free event
by Cari Carpenter The City of Morgantown, one of hundreds of places proclaiming the second Tuesday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, is the site of the Oct. 9-10 free […]
Congress fails on budget — again
The stunning rebuke of Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker is yet another indication of the dysfunction of Congress. In this case, the House Republican majority was overruled by eight far-right […]
Don’t worry about global population collapse
by F.D. Flam The world’s massive human population is leveling off. Most projections show we’ll hit peak humanity in the 21st century, as people choose to have smaller families and […]
