Opinion

The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.

Monongalia shootings renew gun debate

An editorial from The Dominion Post  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — “We have a perfect storm coming.” That’s how the FBI manager at the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), in Bridgeport, recently described the volume of gun sales in recent years. We don’t know the status of the firearm that was used[Read More…]

Holiday season puts stress on gun check system

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — With Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday now behind us, holiday spending has kicked into high gear. Toys, electronics, apparel and a host of other items are selling at higher rates than at most any other time of the year. Another category being sold in[Read More…]

Good news/bad news with West Virginia fuel tax

An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia motorists got a mix of good news/bad news from a Monday Daily Mail story by Joel Ebert about the state’s motor vehicle fuel tax. “West Virginia drivers can expect to save a little more money on gas next year,”[Read More…]

Don’t let rioters hold spotlight

An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Rioters in Ferguson, Mo., held the attention of most in the media and the public Monday night. By its very nature, violence usually becomes the big story in situations such as that in Ferguson – and too many other places. But the[Read More…]

Remember who your friends are

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Obama presidency was supposed to revive America’s image in the eyes of the world, but results on that score have been mixed at best. Recent blunders show the White House struggling to manage relationships with our closest allies. Speaking in the coal-producing Australian state of Queensland[Read More…]

Declining college enrollment could mean rising economy

An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Enrollment in West Virginia’s public four-year colleges and universities is down this semester, continuing a four-year trend. Could it be, as some explain, a sign of an improving economy? The Charleston Gazette recently reported on new figures from the West Virginia[Read More…]

Legslature has important task regarding Scout reserve

An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch  HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginians spoke out strongly in the Nov. 4 general election in support of a constitutional amendment allowing the Boy Scouts of America to lease out its Summit Bechtel Family Reserve for use in for-profit ventures without risking the organization’s tax-exempt status. So[Read More…]

Elevating energy to major committee logical

An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel   PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginians will likely look twice at news Republican leaders in Charleston are planning to elevate the Legislature’s energy committees to major committee status. After all, it may be a surprise to many that energy – in the Mountain State,[Read More…]

The president overreaches on amnesty

An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The most alarming aspect of President Obama’s executive action on amnesty isn’t necessarily what he is proposing, but the method in which he plans to do it. Though poll results vary widely depending on how the issue is framed, polls[Read More…]

Rockefeller vote on pipeline wrong for W.Va.

An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., has lost touch with his constituents – even with many of the Democrats who traditionally have supported him. That was made clear Tuesday when Rockefeller voted against allowing the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline to proceed. President[Read More…]

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