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You don’t know what you don’t know

By Nick Jacobs When one of my former bosses, who was filled with both hackneyed phrases and horse pucky, tried to regain control of any given situation, he would often say, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” ​ ​He didn’t use those words as a source of profound insight into ...

The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub is another misguided investment in natural gas By Veronica Coptis The natural gas economy has had its chance. For more than a decade, our region’s decision makers have lavished shale gas drillers with tax cuts and other publicly-funded subsidies. We’ve put up ...

By Veronica Coptis The natural gas economy has had its chance. For more than a decade, our region’s decision makers have lavished shale gas drillers with tax cuts and other publicly-funded subsidies. We’ve put up with fracking and waste injection, even as our friends and neighbors got ...

By Gary Stout In the face of declining student enrollment, lost revenue, and mounting conservative political scrutiny, university administrators are putting humanities programs on the chopping block. This issue dominated the local news last summer when the West Virginia University Board ...

The presidential election as reality show

By Nick Jacobs After being inundated with another full day of news about the candidates for president, I’m exhausted from the petty bickering, finger-pointing, accusations, and madness of it all. This feels like a reality show with a plot filled with social media-inspired ...