The governor might be ready to open the state, but are we? We did a poll asking respondents if they thought West Virginia was ready to reopen. We acknowledge the […]
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic makes end-of-life care harder
I just lost a dear elderly friend to cancer. Home hospice workers kept him comfortable. He spent his final weeks watching spring unfold in the outdoor Eden he had nurtured […]
May 21 letters to the editor
Welfare recipient states are mostly Republican The letter to the editor on 5/14/20 left me wondering where the writer got their info. As for Ronnie, it was Reagan who began […]
Trump’s retaliatory IG firings can’t be swept under the rug
President Jimmy Carter created the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in 1978 as a kind of apology to the American people for Nixon’s Watergate scandal. Not one of those […]
Stealth legislation: Bills passed without knowing what’s in them
In the pantheon of great lines suitable for induction into Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 2010 comment about Obamacare: “We have to pass the bill so that […]
A hashtag in search of a scandal
As American deaths from the coronavirus approached 85,000, the largest outbreak in the world by far, President Donald Trump was playing, “I Know Something You Don’t Know” with a newspaper […]
Why churches should remain closed — for now
A reader emailed us a question that people have been asking: Under Illinois’ shutdown order, why is it OK to go to the grocery store or Walmart, but it’s not […]
McConnell, just go ahead and call Obama the n-word
Dear Mitch McConnell: Why don’t you just go ahead and call Barack Obama the n-word? You know you want to. It’d probably do wonders for your blood pressure. And it […]
Oh, the Places It’s Gone: Dr. Seuss book turns 30
When he started working on what would become “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” Theodor Geisel — better known as Dr. Seuss — probably understood that it was his last book. […]
Life advice for high school and college Class of 2020
Congratulations to the Class of 2020! By now, most of you have already had your commencements (virtual or otherwise) or are preparing for graduation Plan B. We’re sorry you were […]
