Merry Christmas! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but in true 2020 fashion, Christmas is … different this year. Some of us decorated until the ho-ho-holiday spirit burst […]
Opinion
The miracle on 80th Street: Kindness and humanity prevail
by Froma Harrop I spent last week in New York, and no visit happens without a trip to Zabar’s, a specialty food store on Broadway and 80th Street. A destination […]
Kwanzaa during the pandemic
by Kiki Monifa Many people have aptly described 2020 as “unprecedented.” It was the year the nation’s twin pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism were publicly acknowledged and inadequately addressed. […]
Downtown may need to adapt to survive
Yet another downtown Morgantown business will close this week. Starport Arcade and Pub is the latest casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic, though unlike other businesses that have fallen victim to […]
Today’s Republican Party cult: Destroy America
by Bill Press for Leonard Pitts To say it was shocking is the understatement of all time. For those of us living in the Bay Area, the news of the […]
Time for a PSA on contact tracing
by Greg Pearson There is no silver bullet for defeating COVID-19. This is true in spite of the recent regulatory approval of two highly effective vaccines. It could be a […]
Take precautions to prevent holiday COVID-19 surge
West Virginia’s COVID-19 numbers are devastating; America’s, even more so. In the 24-hour period from 10 a.m. Sunday to 10 a.m. Monday, the Mountain State gained 995 new positive coronavirus […]
After Trump, what (and who) for the Republican Party?
by Cal Thomas At the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) delivered a speech following his defeat by Jimmy Carter for the presidential nomination. The […]
National security vs. political corruption
by Jim Rubens Earlier this year, I tried to explain to Congress how today’s special-interest-controlled pay-to-play campaign finance system is hostile to the conservative agenda. Support for campaign finance reform […]
The vaccine is the light at the end of the COVID tunnel
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel and, unlike the rest of 2020, this time it isn’t a metaphorical train barreling toward us. The announcement of not one […]
