by Mark Walter The Build Back Better budget reconciliation bill that Congress is now debating is the best opportunity in a generation to pass climate policy that […]
Opinion
Mexit: Maryland panhandle looks for Almost Heaven
Leaders from three Western Maryland panhandle counties have reached out to West Virginia about the possibility of becoming part of the Mountain State. No, really. As our […]
Westover needs that independent investigation
On Monday, Westover City Councilor Ralph Mullins called for an independent investigation into the various controversies surrounding the Westover Council and police department. Councilor Duane Tatar responded, […]
Climbing from world’s worst to first
by Robert Pearl Another year, another condemnatory report for American medicine. In August, the Commonwealth Fund ranked U.S. health care dead last among 11 of the world’s […]
School board meetings show only that freedom is messy
Twenty years ago, Paul Carson said he never would have hesitated to speak out at a school board meeting about any issue affecting his children’s education. But […]
Vaccine exemption bill exempt from common sense
“Frankly, I think this hearkens back [to] Nazi Germany.” The above quote came from West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, as he spoke in favor […]
The infamous Christopher Steele speaks
by Byron York The disgraced former British spy Christopher Steele has kept a low profile in recent years. Understandably so, given that investigations revealed his dossier — […]
My people are Americans
I’ve got something to say about “you people.” That, as you may recall, was how I referred, in a recent column, to Mike Pence and others who […]
Manchin is holding Congress hostage, but the ransom won’t help W.Va.
No single senator should have the power to hold Congress hostage. We said the same thing when Sen. Mitch McConnell was Senate majority leader and could kill […]
Opposing perspectives on the Holocaust?
by LZ Granderson Can you think of an opposing view on the Holocaust that isn’t antisemitic? Evidently, a school administrator in Texas seems to think so. Gina Peddy, […]
