Opinion

To the Editor, Civil discourse begins with a willingness to examine facts, not simply place unconditional trust in political leaders...

By Stephen Smoot Among the last works of the great Marcus Tullius Cicero was De Officiis, or “On Duties.” In...

Final exams at WVU are over, and as the academic year ends, the athletic year is also wrapping up. There...

The uniformed officers of the Public Service Commission’s Transportation Division crisscross our highways daily to protect drivers. They inspect tractor-trailers...

By Stephen Smoot Ted Turner died last week at the age of 87. For better or worse, Ted Turner served...

By Stephen Smoot A Leftist terrorist, no other honest way to describe him, tried to gun down as much of...

I was chastised by a reader in last week’s Letters to the Editor for not promoting civil discourse and for...

It’s no secret that the 2025 football season was, on the whole, disappointing. There were good moments, to be sure...

By Stephen Smoot The late, great Professor Robert Maddox of Marshall University used to say of West Virginia’s United States...

By Stephen Smoot Sometimes problems present themselves so gradually, individuals and society as a whole adapts to them while not...