Let people vote for or against annexation The Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary defines inconsistency as: “(of an argument) containing elements that are opposed and do not match, so that it […]
Opinion
State’s population losses will cost us for years to come
It’s not just the state’s cities, it’s the state. Not only have the states two largest cities (for now) lost population every year since 2000, but the state has in […]
Republicans get on same page, finally
It took a while — ok, it took six months — but Republicans in the state Senate, the House of Delegates and the Republican governor finally got on the same […]
Likability: Never underestimate it
Lynne Agress The Baltimore Sun As we near the 2019 Democratic debates, I clearly remember one January 2008 Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire — the site of the headline […]
Chernobyl: Who owns the risks
A recent book “Midnight in Chernobyl” and an HBO miniseries on Chernobyl have brought to light the nuclear power plant disaster that took place 33 years ago. Interestingly, the way […]
Monument to journalists a vital reminder
David Dreier The Baltimore Sun This week marks the first anniversary of the deadliest assault against journalists in U.S. history. On June 28, 2018, a gunman opened fire at the […]
New York Times’ Sulzberger is right (and wrong)
I never thought I would write this, but the publisher of The New York Times, A.G. Sulzberger, is right. Sulzberger wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal in response […]
‘At least there was some civility’
Critics of Joe Biden are falling over themselves in a rush to castigate the former vice president — and current front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination — for his latest […]
Developments in floodplains proving costly
BY HARRIET FESTING In early June, Diane Mueller fled her flooded home near St. Louis, for the second time in two years. She hopes it won’t happen again. When she […]
Suspend rules and let HB 206 become 2020 election issue
This should not even need to be said. But in the hyper-partisan context of the Legislature in Charleston today it does. Today, the state Senate is expected to reconvene in […]
