An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — We often hear laments these days about the way things used to be – “I rode my bicycle without a helmet, and I turned out fine,” or “No one ever put me in a car seat, and I turned out[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
War on coal accelerating
An editorial from The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Closure of coal-fired power plants in response to Environmental Protection Agency regulations appears to be accelerating. That is bad news for tens of millions of Americans who will pay much higher electric bills as a result. It may be even[Read More…]
Too much regulation hampers business growth
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Business leaders have long complained that too much government regulation hampers growth. But a study released by the National Association of Manufacturers last week goes a step beyond that general criticism and assigns an actual dollar figure to money spent by American[Read More…]
Surge in W.Va. crime rate must be confronted
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginians must know by now this is no longer the state in which most of us grew up. In addition to the qualities that make this the wild, wonderful state we love, another factor has crept into the fabric[Read More…]
Physicians should use ‘doctor shopper’ database
An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — One of the hoped-for consequences of substance-abuse legislation passed by the West Virginia Legislature two years ago is starting to take shape. But also apparent is that a significant portion of the state’s medical community is slow to get on[Read More…]
New Jessica Lynch movie
An editorial from the Sunday Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Wounded Iraq War hero Jessica Lynch — this newspaper’s West Virginian of the Year in 2003 — has a remarkable new role: She’s the leading lady in a religious movie about a government takeover of churches. Filmed at Rock Hill, S.C.,[Read More…]
Four truths about Interstate 79
A column by Matt Harvey, assistant managing editor of The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Interstate 79 has changed dramatically in the past 25 years. Traveling from Charleston to Morgantown used to be pretty much stress-free back then for the first 100-125 miles, unless it was the morning of a Mountaineer[Read More…]
Who will be the top employers in 25 years?
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Workforce West Virginia this week released its annual list of the top 100 largest private employers in the state. As Daily Mail Business Editor Jared Hunt pointed out Thursday, Wal-Mart tops the list, as it has every year since 1998, followed[Read More…]
FCC should authorize call-blocking technologies
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Just the names sound like good ideas — NoMoRobo, Call Control, Telemarketing Guard. Those are some of the new call-blocking technologies that have been developed to allow phone carriers to identify and block “robo” calls and other unwelcome telephone intrusions. Without a[Read More…]
Those who work each day to keep us safe true heroes
An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Every year on Sept. 11, the names of nearly 3,000 people are read during a memorial service in New York. Each name represents a parent, spouse, sibling or friend who was killed during the terrorist attacks 13 years ago today.[Read More…]