A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Pretend you and a friend have gone together to buy a couple of acres of land. You have a 75 percent interest. Your buddy has 25 percent. Then, a company contacts you. They’d like to[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
$78 million broadband plan needs more study
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia state government already has made plenty of costly mistakes in the name of technology. Let’s not boot up another costly program before ensuring there are no bugs in it. A bipartisan bill introduced about a week ago in the[Read More…]
Social studies, science seem to matter less
An editorial from The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — An excellent example of why the federal government should not be permitted to dictate education policy is being provided right here in West Virginia. U.S. Department of Education officials monitor mathematics and English performance in public schools more closely than social studies[Read More…]
Cabin fever is real, especially for this editor
A column by Kyle Lovern, recently named editor of the Williamson Daily News WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Cabin fever is real. I’m sure many of you have experienced it the last few days here in the Tug Valley because of the huge amounts of snow and the frigid cold temperatures.I have definitely[Read More…]
Parents want science not propaganda: Too bad the left isn’t listening
By T.L. “Terry” Headley MBA, MAT, MA, BA ONA, W.Va. I have been following the controversy over science content standards for West Virginia schools with a great deal of interest. And it seems clear that one side of this argument wants to use the school system to indoctrinate our children while the other side wants[Read More…]
Booming oil shipments raise safety concerns
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — One of the problems with the oil boom on the American plains is how to move that product to market, especially to the densely populated Eastern United States. Northwestern North Dakota is now producing more than a million barrels a day, and[Read More…]
Rhetoric masks reality on nursing home liability bill
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senator Jeff Kessler had harsh words and dire warnings on Wednesday for those seeking to reform legal liability for West Virginia nursing homes. “We are capping and trading the rights of the people of this state! You want to talk[Read More…]
Op-Ed: Boy Scout Amendment’s enabling legislation needs work
Last November, 51 of West Virginia’s 55 counties voted to change our state’s Constitution to allow certain nonprofit entities to operate for-profit activities without paying property taxes. The Summit Bechtel Reserve, located in Fayette County, is currently the only organization that qualifies for the amendment. Fayette County voted it down[Read More…]
State officials need to be smart on Common Core
An editorial from The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — State Board of Education members are right to back away from wholesale adoption of national Common Core standards in West Virginia public schools. No one-size-fits-all education reform package permits the flexibility teachers and school administrators need to do their jobs effectively. Common[Read More…]
EPA not interested in impact here
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Now we know why Environmental Protection Agencies avoided West Virginia and other coal states during their “listening tour” and public hearings on proposed new rules that would devastate the coal industry and send electricity prices soaring. As EPA official Janet McCabe told[Read More…]