California’s governor is no suffragette, civil rights worker or 1930s union organizer. But by signing Senate Bill 206 into law this week he and a unanimous California […]
Opinion
Old-school Democrats set to face primary challenges
PITTSBURGH Jerry Dickinson is the Democrats’ perfect House candidate — and not just on paper. Yes, he’s young, accomplished, academic and a charismatic liberal outsider who supports […]
Oct. 3 letters to the editor
Thank vets for success of Fix-A-Feral program The Monongalia County Humane Society sponsored a Fix-a-Feral or Stray in honor of the Oct. 16 Feral Cat Day. This […]
House leadership right to stand up for the rule of law
This was never a question of politics — Republican or Democrat, left or right, liberal or conservative. It was always simply about right and wrong. The rule […]
Pelosi and the power of restraint on impeachment
For a long time, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a stop sign before vocal Democrats’ revving demands to get President Donald Trump’s impeachment on the road. Now […]
Oct. 2 letters to the editor
Stansbury Hall bricks represent pride, too According to the Daily Athenaeum, WVU’s student newspaper, bricks from the Stansbury Hall demolition will be landfilled: “Joe Patten, head of […]
City’s business also to be prime location for all retailers, too
What business is it of ours, some will ask? Well, it’s everyone’s business that Appalachian Cannabis Co. is being driven to distraction, if not despair. Recently, we […]
Ukraine: Political rerun to unseat Trump
Back when reruns were a staple of summer programming, television networks aired repeats of their programs, giving viewers another opportunity to see what they had already seen. […]
Another pawn in adult crusades
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who has become the face of the climate wars, reminds me of another child I saw dominate international debate: Elián González. Years […]
Trump makes Capt. Queeg look like Kirk
Only the ball bearings were missing. The reference, for those who don’t know, is to Humphrey Bogart’s performance as the emotionally unstable Captain Queeg in the 1954 […]