MORGANTOWN — Kevin Dowdell said the right things, even if they were hard to believe. “It’s just another series,” the WVU utility man said, referring to a three-game series against No. 20 Texas that begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Mon County Ballpark. “We try to stay calm about it ...
by Rahim Kurwa Everywhere you look, people seem to be losing rights. Texas’ Senate Bill 8, which its legislators passed last year, was perhaps the most shocking example of this anti-rights wave. It’s one of the most severe restrictions on abortion rights in the United States, ...
by Carl P. Leubsdorf There’s an old saying in politics that the best government makes the best politics. But Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis seem to be approaching that backward. Much of their current legislative and executive agendas seems designed more to ...
The assault on women’s reproductive rights in state legislatures across the country has ramped up since the Supreme Court signaled in December that it might uphold a Mississippi ban on abortion at 15 weeks of gestation and dismantle the landmark ruling in Roe vs. Wade that protects a ...
We are pleased that Gov. Greg Abbott wants a task force to examine the reasons behind a chronic shortage of teachers in Texas and to recommend policy changes. But if we’re truly honest with ourselves, most of us already know a few uncomfortable truths about this shortage. The shortage ...
It is hard for most of us to imagine what it is like to have a child who is experiencing gender dysphoria. Even as the number of children expressing such feelings has been rising at a concerning rate across the country, such cases remain a tiny fraction of the total population. The correct ...