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Veterans Day after end of 20-year war
Veterans Day is always bittersweet — a day dedicated to living service members but that always brings to mind the brave men and women we have lost […]
To negotiate with the Taliban, you must bring women to the table
by Bobby Ghosh Two and a half months since the fall of Kabul, the international community has yet to figure out how to stop Afghanistan’s new masters […]
Top commanders opt for honesty when bosses won’t
Congressional testimony this week by the top Pentagon officials charged with the Afghanistan pullout made clear that President Joe Biden opted against their recommendation against completely withdrawing […]
Americans have not forgotten the 13 soldiers
When judging the nation’s character, the media tend to gravitate toward its loudest voices, its most extreme measures, its deepest grudges. The result is a loss of […]
Sen. Capito sounds off on Afghanistan, Haitian migrant crisis, new voting rights bill
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito shared her thoughts with West Virginia press Thursday on the ongoing chaos in Afghanistan, the southern border crisis and the new […]
Sending aid to Afghanistan: Let’s save a million children
by Jay Ambrose Is President Joe Biden killing a million children in Afghanistan? No, certainly not directly, but he and varied other officials set the stage in […]
Sept. 11, 2001-21: 20 years of grief
The average college student has no true memory of Sept. 11, 2001. Neither do current high school, middle school or elementary school students. They were too young […]
I see you, Afghan girl. I was you, once
by Fabiola Santiago Dear precious Afghan girl, I see you. I see you in the belly of a packed U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, a telling […]
Taliban, ISIS, Al Qaeda: What’s the difference?
MORGANTOWN – The Taliban, Al Qaeda and ISIS are three names on our lips more often these days in the wake of the chaotic U.S. exit from […]
