India achieved a legendary feat last Wednesday. With the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft it became the fourth country to have landed on the moon — and the first […]
Opinion
If Prigozhin is gone, long live Putin?
by Andreas Kluth Yevgeny Prigozhin might have retired in peace someday. Or he could have been found writhing in the throes of Novichok, a nerve agent favored by Russia’s spy […]
The price of being Black in a small town
by Brian Williams On a recent Friday night my wife and I watched in stunned confusion as a man in a pickup truck tried to intimidate our son and, possibly, […]
A TPS extension for Ukrainian refugees is good
In a welcome move last week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the extension and re-designation of temporary protected status for Ukrainians, allowing those who’ve arrived as of Aug. 16 […]
Trump won the GOP debate by being a no-show. But who came in second?
by Scott Jennings It is fair to wonder how the other Republican candidates for president can catch up to Donald Trump. What is their plan to beat someone with a […]
The March on Washington was more than a dream
by Michael G. Long Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream turned the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom into a near-religious revival. King’s speech remains […]
Forgotten value of liberal arts
There’s a disheartening national trend where universities, as they contend with declining student enrollment and less government funding, shift their focus and narrow their offerings so earning a degree becomes […]
Aug. 27 letters to the editor – WVU Academic Transformation
EDITOR’S NOTE: LTTEs regarding WVU Academic Transformation From now until Aug. 31, we will open letters to the editor to WVU alumni and current and former staff and faculty, including […]
Aug. 27 letters to the editor
LA students’ sketches persuaded Gov. Caperton While many might not know it, our communities have benefited from the efforts of the WVU Landscape Architecture program. After the 1985 flood, an […]
A republic if you can keep it
On Sept. 18, 1787, emerging from the four-month Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin was asked, “Dr. Franklin, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” According to the […]
