A midterm election year is upon us, and that can mean only one thing: We have entered the realm of quickened speculation about the 2028 presidential election. On the Republican side, if President Donald Trump decides to abide by the Constitution in at least one respect, the nomination looks to ...

I recently saw Ryan, one of my former high school soccer players for the first time in years. Ryan played at the turn of the century on our first three teams to win regional championships and go to the West Virginia State Soccer Tournament. One of those teams played Morgantown High for the ...

Office Pool 2026 1. On Jan. 1, 2027, Joe Biden will be a. A criminal defendant in a case brought by the Trump DOJ. b. Generally regarded as smarter than he appears to be today. c. Gone from this vail of tears. d. In hospice. 2. On Jan. 1, 2027, Donald Trump will still be a. ...

At Harvard University today, professors who teach Western history are history. James Hankins, a specialist in Renaissance thought, was one of the last holdouts. Now Hankins, who has just published a hefty book that teaches what Harvard doesn’t -- “The Golden Thread: A History of the ...

You’ve probably heard commentators say that under President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is arresting and deporting a huge number of illegal immigrants who have no criminal record. The first response to that is: If they crossed illegally into the United States, ...

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed taxpayers get “zero” return from federally funded university research. He also suggested the federal government should take half of the licensing revenue universities earn when they transfer these discoveries to private companies. That proposal ...