Alleged abuse at Hazelton must be investigated Most everything we’ve seen in the headlines recently related to jails has been about the (still ongoing) staffing crisis. But Hazelton federal prison […]
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Sept. 24 letters to the editor
Value of higher ed underestimated West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair recently wrote in regard to the faculty and staff cuts being pushed through at WVU despite mass protests from […]
Rules exist for a reason
“Republic” refers to a government in which citizens elect representatives to govern according to the law. Thus, the supreme power of a democratic republic resides not in the legislative body, […]
Trump is rotten. But that doesn’t mean he should be kicked off the ballot
by Mark Z. Barabak Donald Trump is a cancer on the body politic, a malignant tumor of a man who turns just about everything he touches into rot. He’s coarsened […]
The mystery of the missing F-35
by Byron York It was one of the weirdest stories in years. The U.S. military lost a state-of-the-art F-35 fighter jet, last seen flying pilotless over North Charleston, S.C., and […]
Women’s reproductive freedom is moving backward
by Lilian Bui “We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back to see how far they’ve come.” That quote from Barbie creator Ruth Handler — or at least […]
India needs to stop the bleeding from Canada killing
by Mihir Sharma Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s dramatic statement in parliament that there were “credible allegations” Indian intelligence was behind the murder of a radical Sikh activist in British […]
Mountaineers score first win against Texas Tech under Neal Brown, 20-13
The stats and final score of last year’s drubbing at the hands of Texas Tech had been hung by the chimney with care. In a matter of speaking, anyway, as […]
COLUMN: It might not be pretty, but the Mountaineers are winning games
Having now completed a third of the regular season — if you can believe that — there is only but one question that needs to be asked about this WVU […]
An auction, for the ages: Populore owners selling museum-worthy pieces
No, Rae Jean Sielen and Ken St. Louis aren’t moving away. They aren’t getting a divorce. And the last time they looked in on each other, laughed Sielen, the owner […]
