by Michael Hiltzik For reasons that may not be too hard to understand, Republicans and conservatives seem to be intent on turning their K-12 schools, colleges and universities into plantations […]
Opinion
COLUMN: Wren Baker unsure if there is an end in sight with Bob Huggins drama
MORGANTOWN — After a summer filled with fireworks, it’s been too quiet lately, maybe eerily so, where it concerns the soap opera between Bob Huggins and WVU. It’s been more […]
Love animals? Here are some ways to show it
WVAQ’s Just Jaime will be “ruffin’” it (to borrow Erin Cleavenger’s pun) outside of The Glass Factory in Star City this weekend. She’ll be pitching her tent in the parking […]
Aug. 26 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 […]
Guest essay: Don’t subsidize dirty hydrogen, carbon capture with tax dollars
by Betsy Lawson As reported in The Dominion Post on Aug. 17, the governor announced a big state investment in a hydrogen plant to be built in Mason County by […]
Press pause on ‘safety’ ordinance
For months, as he has crafted his not-a-panhandling-ordinance, Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom has repeatedly said his proposal is based on an Alabama law that prohibits panhandling. So what is […]
Aug. 25 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 […]
Mountaineer Nation has to have hope
I’m hoping for a successful WVU football season, just like all Mountaineer fans. I hate the term “cautiously optimistic,” but that applies here, and I suspect many in Mountaineer […]
SCOTUS must reject efforts to ban mifepristone
A New Orleans federal appeals court has rejected ideologue Texas Federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling against the Food and Drug Administration’s 2000 approval of the medication abortion drug mifepristone, the […]
How to help animals and their people recover from catastrophes
by Sarah DeYoung An estimated 3,000 pets were still missing more than a week after deadly wildfires ripped through Maui. When disasters of this magnitude strike, people often flee with […]



