When Joe Biden assumes the presidency in January, which is overwhelmingly likely as I write this, he will face an important decision: Should priority be given to reform or recovery? […]
Opinion
Inconvenience is a small price to pay to prevent deaths
Lockdowns are coming. It’s not so much a matter of if anymore as it is a matter of when. And people know it, too. Already, paper towels and […]
McCarrick report must be the Catholic Church’s #MeToo moment
The Vatican last week released an eye-popping report documenting how Theodore McCarrick, the defrocked former cardinal archbishop of Washington, D.C., ascended in the church hierarchy despite warnings that he had […]
How executive orders actually work
Facing urgent national challenges and probably a Republican-controlled Senate, President-elect Joe Biden will need to use executive actions to respond to problems such as COVID-19, economic recovery, racial equity and […]
Vaccine news brings hope
Finally … some much-needed good news in the battle against the coronavirus. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. announced Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine showed an astounding 90% effectiveness rate in early […]
Guest Essay: MPO explains rationale for Green Bag Road roundabout
By Bill Austin The Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization (MMMPO) is responsible for developing the Morgantown area’s Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). The West Virginia Department of Transportation’s project for Green […]
Nov. 15 letters to the editor
Why Mon County needs charter schools Since I am one of the founding members of the West Virginia Academy Board, people have asked me why I am trying to start […]
It might be the season of giving …
… but don’t give COVID We broke records here in West Virginia last week — but not in a good way. A record number of single day cases — 885 […]
Richard Neely: Brilliant, controversial provocateur
Former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Richard Neely died quietly at his Charleston home Sunday, surrounded by family and friends. Neely was diagnosed with liver cancer just a few weeks […]
Trump-GOP marriage nearing divorce
Bad marriages usually lead to ugly divorces, and that’s where the GOP is heading. After Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination in 2016, the word went forth on the right: […]
