Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays. We know because Perry Como reminds us incessantly every year about this time. And because the airports become madhouses and the […]
Opinion
Dec. 2 letters to the editor
Democrats should help make U.S. great again Here we go again with Steve Kopa’s (DP-Wednesday) opinions on how President Trump is staining the heart and soul of America. I could […]
New law enforcement academy can only help improve public safety
He or she won’t be just a new cop on the block not too far in the future. Indeed, he or she might be a graduate of an altogether new […]
Audit’s findings point to CPS leaving abused children more unsafe
There’s no pecking order to how the state responds to causes for concern. Be it roads, public health, the environment, education, elections, poverty, ethics and so on. However, the one […]
The Zen of the most American of nation’s holidays
Editor’s Note: This is a revised version of a column first published in November 2002. Thanksgiving is the most American of holidays. But there is something almost un-American about it. […]
Nov. 27 letters to the editor
Succession order could put Pelosi in Oval Office I watched the entire impeachment hearings on Donald J. Trump, the elected president of the United States of America. I was shocked […]
A lesson for all Americans from ‘The Crown’
There is a telling scene in Season 3 of the Netflix drama “The Crown” about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II that can instruct contemporary America about Democrats’ attempt to […]
Political courage is contagious
During his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Nov. 13, Ambassador William Taylor described our diplomatic relations with Ukraine in terms of two channels. The first emanates from the […]
City misguided on drag queens and the homeless
Morgantown garnered headlines that it certainly shouldn’t want to see again. Last week, the local library received angry phone calls and threats after some of the public found out that […]
‘This is America. …And here, right matters’
In her diary entry for July 15, 1944, Anne Frank wrote words that would harrow and challenge generations not yet born: “I still believe, in spite of everything, that people […]
