There is one week set aside each year to salute newspapers for the important role they have played in our nation, a role that goes back to the beginning of […]
Opinion
Echo chambers and rabbit holes: Dark side of social media
“If you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product. … Our attention is the product being sold to advertisers.” — The Social Dilemma For anyone […]
If Trump can’t disavow white supremacists, why should anyone want him?
I’ll get to the whole white supremacy thing in the presidential debate in a minute. But first, let me set the scene: Last Tuesday night, President Donald Trump was belligerent, […]
‘Driving home from the hospital with no baby’
“Driving home from the hospital with no baby. How can this be real.” It was a middle-of-the-night tweet from Chrissy Teigen, the model and author married to singer John Legend. […]
A test for the NFL and the Minn. Vikings
It isn’t uncommon for the playing status of an injured football player to be described as “day to day.” It’s novel for an entire team to acquire that status, but […]
Oct. 4 letters to the editor
Amy Coney Barrett’s paper trail of bad ideas S.E.Cupp’s op-ed last Thursday (DP-09-24-20) trivializes the objections to Amy Coney Barrett getting a seat on the Supreme Court. Sure, some people […]
COVID map confusion
If Gov. Jim Justice wants people to stop accusing him and his administration of manipulating West Virginia’s COVID-19 numbers, then he really needs to lock in a counting strategy […]
Guest Essay: OSM’s water quality grants increase opportunities
by Lanny E. Erdos Since the day President Trump took office, he has demonstrated his commitment to responsibly developing and managing our nation’s natural resources. Under the leadership of the […]
Oct. 2 letters to the editor
RGB vacancy is more than filling a seat While we all grieve Supreme Court legend Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) in our own way, the nation grieves more. A champion […]
Debate debacle: A bad night for democracy
Tuesday night’s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was like a professional wrestling match … only without the sophistication. At least the WWE entertainers let each other finish […]
