by Robin Abcarian Do you sleep with animals? No, I don’t mean people who, you know, do wild and crazy things in bed. I am talking about actual animals: dogs, […]
Opinion
Goodbye potholes and one-way streets? Maybe
R.I.P Potholes Gov. Jim Justice proudly announced operation “R.I.P Potholes” — an unusual off-season hot-asphalt pothole patching effort. As much as we criticize the West Virginia Division of Highways and […]
Two key antiabortion studies retracted as junk science. Will SCOTUS care?
by Michael Hiltzik If the effort to ban medication abortion now before the Supreme Court demonstrates anything, it’s that the damage caused in our society by junk science can be […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 4
Good: SB 293 — the “Glucagon for Schools Act” allows all schools to keep glucagon on hand and to allow personnel to administer glucagon to a diabetic student who is […]
My Ukrainian friend risked it all
by Rory Finnin I wonder whether my friend Maksym Butkevych knows the name of House Speaker Mike Johnson. Maksym is a defender of Ukraine and prisoner of war who has […]
Chris Miller is making noise in the governor’s race
Chris Miller is emerging as a wild card in the race for the Republican nomination for governor in West Virginia. An indicator of his building momentum came this week when […]
Dr. Rezai and RNI are leading the way
There’s a common malapropism: “It’s not rocket surgery” — an often unintentional mashing of the idioms “It’s not rocket science” and “It’s not brain surgery.” What Dr. Ali Rezai and […]
D.C. court’s forceful rebuke of Trump could put Jan. 6 trial back on track
by Harry Litman The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ denial of Donald Trump’s immunity claim Tuesday was comprehensive and emphatic — so much so that it could put his election […]
Republicans want the border to bleed
If House Republicans succeed in sinking the strongest border enforcement bill in a generation, they can go back to playtime, impeaching Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and spreading weird stuff about […]
Enforcing contracts can cut both ways
Here’s the thing about contract enforcement: It can be a double-edged sword. Republic Services will be enforcing the clause in the contract it negotiated with the City of Morgantown that […]
