MORGANTOWN — Some WVU football fans look at the Mountaineers’ 2023 schedule and feel nothing but dread. Again playing one of the toughest schedules in the country, WVU will face […]
Opinion
Democrats or Republicans — Whom to believe?
It is an unfortunate truism of politics that partisans tend to believe the worst about members of the opposite party and no amount of facts — if, indeed, facts can […]
Leaving abortion to states not working
“It is time to heed the Constitution, and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his ruling last June overturning Roe v. […]
Legislature gets ‘F’ in state funding for higher education
The $45 million shortfall West Virginia University faces is still some of the biggest news around town. In the past week, we’ve discussed the issue in terms of what the […]
COLUMN: WVU will rightfully not remove itself from its relationship with Bob Huggins
MORGANTOWN — There was no pause, no hesitation as Josh Eilert spoke from the heart and with kind words about his predecessor Monday. Enter Eilert as the interim WVU men’s […]
Cast-iron stomachs: Hold the old dogs but not the cheese pizza
The hot dog was only in the ‘fridge for two to three days. And, maybe, it had a few hours of room temperature time before that. Certainly it was not […]
Biden can’t just slip a new Iran deal past Congress
If it looks like a deal, and smells like a deal, then Congress has the power to reject it. That is the message lawmakers are sending the White House as […]
Speaker McCarthy, Republicans abuse power to punish Adam Schiff
When 20 House Republicans joined with Democrats last week to reject a partisan censure of California Congressman Adam Schiff, along with a $16 million fine, for his handling of the […]
Is the Hunter Biden plea deal really a slap on the wrist?
Hunter Biden’s tentative federal plea agreement is bound to displease partisans on both sides, which is one sign that it’s a fair and suitable disposition of the long-standing investigation of […]
Global heat records are being beaten. A little panic might be in order
Modern humans generally think of panic as unhelpful, triggering stampedes at concerts, collapses at cookouts and endless hours of therapy. But our species evolved panic as a kind of superpower […]
