Sen. Manchin is Charlie Brown’s Lucy Why can’t Joe Manchin be more like Robert Byrd? Why can’t he bring industry and jobs to our state instead of letting them go? […]
Opinion
Guest essay: W.Va. needs to develop a better mental health system
by Jason D. Parmer In the 2022 Regular Session, the West Virginia Legislature will be presented with proposals to change the “mental hygiene” court process. Mental hygiene courts involuntarily hospitalize […]
Nextdoor was supposed to encourage kindness
by Robin Abcarian It’s become conventional wisdom that the proliferation of social media sites and the ease with which strangers can communicate has led to a deterioration of civility. This […]
Guest essay: Champion policies supporting medical innovation
by Nick Rahall Nowadays, it is easy to feel like the news is filled with partisan issues that only matter in Washington. However, many of these issues have very real […]
Public opinion is unified on lowering prescription drug prices — why are Democrats settling for less?
by Elisabeth Rosenthal Democrats and Republicans are crystal clear in polls that they want government to be allowed to negotiate down high drug prices. Americans pay nearly three times as […]
Do we want politics to be ‘normal’?
by Robert A. George After five years of political, economic and social upheaval in America, this month has seen some hints of a return to normalcy. The question is whether […]
Book-burning a logical next step in the right’s classroom hysteria
Two school board members in Virginia last week called for the burning — yes, burning — of books in the school’s library that they deem sexually offensive. This is, of […]
Too many pregnant patients refuse vaccine
by Alyssa Stephenson-Fam and Linda Eckert In our high-risk pregnancy clinics there are three vaccine conversations that we have with patients regularly. First, there are patients who are vaccinated for […]
Right and left — political freeloaders are all around us
Political freeloaders. They are to the left of us. They are to the right. These are politicians who grandstand, who vote against their constituents’ interests, knowing that their tougher colleagues […]
Get an immunity boost before the holidays begin
Instead of beating the dead horse of “get the COVID-19 vaccine” (which you really should), we’re going to move on to a closely related topic: Get the COVID-19 booster. Gov. […]
