by Lionel Laurent The author Stefan Zweig once wrote that European politics has for centuries been a struggle between two schools of leadership: The common good espoused by humanist Erasmus, […]
Opinion
Tax cuts bring W.Va. to the brink
Gov. Jim Justice and the Legislature need to check their numbers before they send West Virginia into a financial tailspin. Right now, the state is looking at some very expensive […]
July 14 letters to the editor
Dear BOG: WVU’s next president must listen The WVU Board of Governors has launched a webpage for the upcoming presidential search. It suggests that this summer there will be on-campus […]
These are bullish times for adult bullies
by Nedra Rhone My bully radar developed fairly early in life. In junior high, I got caught in the crosshairs of Roderick. He would routinely tease me, then he took […]
Teaching your kids to swim this summer?
Steer clear of arm floaties by Lisa M. Zarda In the drowning prevention community, we dread hearing the other F-word: floaties. These seemingly innocuous devices give responsible parents a false […]
It’s time to end the two-cultures era between science and the humanities
by Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer The melody of human progress up to the present has played on two grand instruments: science and the humanities. But for the last few hundred years, these […]
The hot summer when the Kerchevals cooled off
Like many West Virginians, much of my early childhood was spent in a house without air conditioning. My father built our house — a two-story block structure with garages on […]
Russian disinfo targeting elections
What do the recent elections in France and the upcoming election in America have in common? They’ve been the targets of a concerted Russian disinformation campaign. France has been the […]
SCOTUS stacked the deck for MAGA
by Francis Wilkinson It’s wrong to view the Supreme Court’s ruling in the aptly titled Trump v. United States, its Constitution-torching invitation to authoritarian rule, as a decision without precedent. […]
The corporate greed behind bird flu
by Wenonah Hauter Three people, nearly 100 million chickens and 126 herds of dairy cattle across 12 states have, so far, been infected by the latest wave of avian flu […]
