Former President Donald Trump says any member of his administration who runs for president against him — should he decide to run again in 2024 — would […]
Opinion
Can’t Truss it: Toodle-oo to a prime minister we barely got to know
Short-lived governments are routine in some democracies, with uncertainty the norm and predictability ever elusive. Yet never in London, where hundreds of years of steady parliamentary rule […]
Classroom litter boxes, cat translators and other myths running rampant
by Gene Lyons This just in: Regardless of what your ex-wife’s hairdresser’s brother-in-law says, there’s not a single documented instance of a school district anywhere in the […]
How ‘welfare reform’ steals from the poor
by Karen Dolan In reverse Robin Hood stories across the nation, the rich are stealing from the poor. In the process, they’re revealing a social safety net […]
The DP endorses candidates for office
Elections are the most direct impact many of us will have on our government, and it’s important everyone knows who they are voting for and what those […]
Oct. 23 letters to the editor
Mon County supports monarch butterflies On Oct. 15, the Monongalia County community met at the Monongalia Arts Center to create monarch butterfly-themed art and learn about these […]
Like his predecessors, Biden relies on executive orders
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Like other recent presidential candidates, Donald Trump was highly critical during his initial campaign of the increasing presidential use of executive orders, in […]
Russian fatherland is losing fathers
As Russian forces continue their retreat on the battlefield in Ukraine, Moscow has turned to attacking stationary civilian targets that don’t shoot back. It’s pathetic. And […]
COLUMN: Neal Brown, WVU face many tough questions about their future after Texas Tech rolls
MORGANTOWN — Casey Legg laid on the turf Saturday, twisting and turning while grasping his left knee like he had just been involved in a hit-and-run. Never […]
To defeat denialism, get partisans out of election management
The threat could hardly be clearer: Some candidates for secretary of state deny the verified outcome of the 2020 election, raising serious questions about whether they’ll reject […]