by Steve Lopez When UC Davis violence researcher Dr. Garen Wintemute queried Americans on political violence, race and threats to democracy, he didn’t know exactly how scary the results would be. “We expected the findings to be concerning, but these exceed our worst ...
COVID still a threat; please get vaccinated Choices — life is full of them. Some choices are mundane. Some choices are life altering. Our friend’s family roots are on a farm in Wood County. He left this state years ago and settled in Tennessee. He met Mary. Her family roots are in ...
by Gregory A. Daddis Another American holiday. Another mass shooting. This time in Highland Park, Ill., where at least seven were killed. We seem destined to both celebrate and mourn these days. While the May 24 tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 schoolchildren and two teachers were ...
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito talked with members of the West Virginia press today, voicing her support for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act – the response to the Uvalde school shooting – and her opposition to President Biden's proposed federal gas tax holiday. Capito ...
by Rekha Basu On March 15, 22-year-old Eden Montang of Ames, Iowa, made an Instagram post about red flags, a topic that, uncannily, is now being debated in Congress. “Stop treating red flags as challenges instead of warning signs,” she wrote, framing it as “Unsolicited ...
Today we present the last of our gun reform proposals, and it is probably the most controversial of them all. The sale of AR and AR-style rifles should be limited, if not outright banned. We say this with the understanding that “AR” does not mean “assault rifle” or “automatic ...