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The elephant in the room

<em>"Elephant in the room: </em><em>An obvious major problem or issue that people avoid discussing or acknowledging.” – </em><em>Merriam-Webster Dictionary</em>ThereĢƵ hardly anything predictable about ...

OP-ED: Trump creates a spin-off

Just how dominant is Donald Trump in the Republican Party?HeĢƵ so far ahead in the polls that he felt comfortable skipping the first GOP presidential debate in Milwaukee, while on the actual debate stage, his epigone, Vivek Ramaswamy, soaked up an outsized portion of the attention.The ...

In defying Trump, Pence risked all

Would they have actually done it – would the Jan. 6 mob have killed Mike Pence? And, in the process of wrenching the vice president away from his Secret Service protection on that terrible day in 2021, how many folks would have died on both sides? Pledged to do their duty, itĢƵ impossible ...

Students, faculty pay the price for miscalculations at WVU

When E. Gordon Gee became president of West Virginia University in 2014, he put forward an ambitious plan to increase the number of students attending its main campus in Morgantown, W.Va., along with its satellite campuses.Over a 10-year period, Gee asserted, WVU could boost its enrollment by ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> This region was once heavily populated by immigrants who came here to work in mines and industry and build a better life for themselves and their families. Immigrants are once again arriving, this time in the Charleroi area, which has seen an ...