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Consider the disgraceful ravings of Candace Owens

Columns

Joe McCarthy was famously undone by the rhetorical questions at a 1954 congressional hearing: “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” If the same queries were directed to Candace Owens at such a forum, she’d sail on unperturbed — since she has no idea what “decency” means. The conspiratorial podcaster has embarked on an investigative series on Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk. In this context, “investigative series” means a loosely stitched together collection of sewerish falsehoods and innuendo. Perhaps Owens can ...

St. C. helping its own

Editorials

It’s always good to see communities come together when one of their own is in need. The way that folks in St. Clairsville have rallied for police officer Greg Clark is a shining example of that. Clark recently was life-flighted to WVU Medicine Ruby Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia, after suffering a medical emergency while on patrol. St. Clairsville Police Chief Matt Arbenz told city council this week that he, recreation director Eric Gay and Mayor Kathryn Thalman are organizing a steak fry benefit to help Clark and his family with his recent medical bills. That benefit is ...

Supreme Court throws out Trump’s tariffs, upholds Constitution

Columns

So much for the notion that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, was going to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. That is a frequently voiced charge by partisan Democrats, and a fear of many ambivalent voters who find many of Trump’s policies agreeable but worry about his overreach. That’s one political meme refuted by the court’s Learning Resources v. Trump decision, announced after more than the expected delay for the drafting of concurring opinions. The court struck down Trump’s beloved tariffs, with only one ...

Difference between pettiness and patriotism

Columns

Most State of the Union addresses are forgettable the moment they end. Not this one. President Donald Trump delivered a consequential speech that highlighted what he believes are some of his major accomplishments during the first year of his second term. He also demonstrated a flair for the dramatic. It was likely the most partisan message of its kind ever delivered by a president. He frequently criticized those Democrats who bothered to attend (more than 70 members didn’t), calling them “crazy” and accusing them of favoring open borders and higher taxes. He also criticized ...

Consideration of how a party has been able to offend its voters

Columns

Gavin Newsom won’t be the Democrats’ 2028 presidential nominee unless he wins a significant share of the African American vote. So how’s he courting it? Promoting his new memoir to a largely Black audience in Atlanta, the California governor decided to forge a connection by boasting about his poor SAT scores and difficulty reading. “I’m like you,” he said. “You know, I’m a 960 SAT guy” and “you’ve never seen me read a speech. Because I cannot read a speech.” Newsom suffers from dyslexia, but he obviously wasn’t assuming he was addressing a room ...

Consider the differences between Jack Hughes and Eileen Gu

Columns

The Winter Olympics had its thrills and spills — and a deep philosophical divide represented by two American, or American-born, athletes. Jack Hughes, the gold medal-winning American hockey player for the U.S. team, gave voice to a patriotic reflex in his heartfelt expressions of love of his country. Eileen Gu, the gold medal-winning American-born free-style skier competing for China, exemplified a cosmopolitan ideal that floats above mere nationhood. This difference — between the bloody-mouthed hockey player draped in his own country’s flag and the exceptionally ...