President Trump has repeatedly promised, “America will never be a socialist country.” Since Franklin Roosevelt began expanding government in the 1930s, the United States has increasingly adopted big-state policies associated […]
Opinion
Better government through AI
Patrick A. McLaughlin and Tyler Richards Tribune News Service The National Institute for Standards and Technology just delivered a final plan to the White House for developing artificial intelligence standards […]
Peculiar institution no artifact of dead past
Perhaps you’ve heard of white fragility. The term was popularized by sociologist Robin DiAngelo in her 2018 book of the same name that seeks to explain why white people often […]
Trump makes Israelis look weak by ban
Benjamin Netanyahu says he had no choice but to forbid two members of Congress from visiting Israel. Israeli law bans those who boycott it, and after reviewing the itinerary of […]
Aug. 19 letters to the editor
Walking, biking still not a bad way to get anywhere New pedestrian crossing systems have been installed at two locations in Morgantown. Everyone please alert yourself to their function whether […]
We want to say one word to you. Just one word: Plastics
More than 50 years later, we are still reckoning with that one word. In an iconic scene in the 1968 film, “The Graduate,” a brief dialogue ensues between the recent […]
Some things seem predictable about volatile energy rule
It was almost predictable that the other shoe would drop. And that the other shoe would be on the other foot. But what was not predictable were some of the […]
Open Borders Inc.: Who’s funding war on ICE?
All the gun control zealots out in full force last week have apparently gone to the beach. An alarming shooting took place at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices […]
Aug. 15 letters to the editor
Be patient as students get settled into town It’s an exciting time as West Virginia University welcomes students to campus for the start of the 2019-20 academic year. While this […]
Marketing tourism: Never a better time to be a small town
Susan Riddle is right, “We are better together.” Some have it that the times when it was best to be a small town or a rural county are long gone. […]
