As the adage goes, you can’t complain about government if you don’t vote. So go vote. Early in-person voting started last Wednesday and goes until June 6. Locations for early […]
Opinion
Justice dodges debate with Republican opponents
Somewhere in The Book of Campaigning it is written, “If you are ahead in the polls then avoid debates. If you’re behind, push for them.” That makes perfect sense from […]
Why presidents shouldn’t choose VPs
It’s clear from Jared Kushner’s sticky little fingerprints and crayon scratchings all over the country’s domestic and foreign policy that he’s President Donald Trump’s right-hand man. Why else would Trump […]
City needs to end harassment of homeless camp
When a city councilman can’t figure out what ordinances are supposedly being violated, you know it isn’t an issue of code enforcement. It’s a matter of criminalizing homelessness. At Tuesday’s […]
West Virginia is ready for a safe return to work
by Rebecca McPhail A few weeks ago, we told you how manufacturers had stepped up to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The #CreatorsRespond effort has helped our first responders and […]
Racing waiting to welcome spectators back
BRISTOL, Tenn. — April’s race weekend came and went with no one filling the steep stadium stands of one of the largest sports venues in the world; no one standing […]
Morgantown needs a drive-in theater for this summer
Can you remember summer nights at the drive-in theater? Rows of cars parked in the open field, windshields or open hatches facing the enormous screen. Radios tuned into the theater […]
When civil discourse has been reduced to name-calling
Writing and making public one’s opinions guarantees people will respond. Writers, performers and every human likely desire his or her thoughts, and even their life, to matter to others. The […]
‘You bothering me for nothing!’
It’s always chancy to write about somebody like Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery is the 25-year-old black man who was killed by a shotgun blast on Feb. 23 during a confrontation with […]
‘When Obama did it’: Truth behind Obama IG firing
Several people responded to last week’s editorial (DP-05-21-20) about Trump dismissing/demoting five inspectors general with cries of “What about when Obama did it?” So here are the facts about “when […]
