The Food and Drug Administration is set to ban the manufacture and sale of menthol-flavored cigarettes, the only remaining flavored cigarette still legally allowed. To borrow from an unintentionally grim […]
Opinion
2 elections: 2 parties’ strengths
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Every four years, a sparse array of local and state contests in the aftermath of a presidential election provides a challenge for politicians and pundits seeking […]
Surprise, face masks will be partly missed
When told to wear face masks two COVID-plagued winters ago, we thought: “Can’t wait until this is over and we no longer have to wear a piece of cloth over […]
W.Va. loses House seat, but maybe that’s a good thing
The results of the 2020 U.S. Census have been released, and West Virginia has lost a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. It’s a disappointing, though not unsurprising, development. […]
Guest essay: American Rescue Plan offers hope for rural health care
by Sen. Mike Caputo Traveling an hour or more for basic health care may sound unreal to some people, but for rural West Virginians, it is a fact of life. […]
2 views of Biden’s jobs plan
Good union jobs ahead under plan by Richard Trumka As President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress recently, he highlighted a fundamental truth about his American Jobs Plan. […]
GOP looks to oust Cheney
by Ramesh Ponnuru Liz Cheney, the Republican congresswoman from Wyoming, is likely to be dumped as chairman of the party’s House conference. That’s not because she recognized in public that […]
Facebook’s Trump slap just a start
by Jon Healey In a lengthy decision upholding Facebook’s temporary ban on former President Donald Trump, the social network’s oversight board called out several of the company’s most aggravating traits, […]
What will Joe Biden’s big crisis be?
by Doyle McManus When Harold Macmillan became Britain’s prime minister in 1957, a reporter asked him what could blow his government off course. “Events, dear boy,” Macmillan replied. “Events.” American […]
Momentum exists to offer Medicare to those under 65
In the days preceding President Joe Biden’s release of his $1 trillion American Families Plan, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and several of his Democratic colleagues lobbied for it to include […]
