Opinion

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

Healing can begin after Elkins judge suspension

An editorial from The Inter-Mountain   ELKINS, W.Va. — After more than a year of uncertainty in the Randolph County judiciary, the long nightmare seems to have come to a conclusion. Last week, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals suspended 20th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Jaymie Godwin Wilfong for the[Read More…]

‘Last straw’ not a weighty issue for WVU faculty

An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — “The professor doth protest too much, wethinks.” At the latest WVU Faculty Senate meeting, some professors raised concerns about an initiative to require them to take out their own trash. From their offices, not public areas such as classrooms or hallways, mind you, into[Read More…]

Thank you: Pause to appreciate veterans’ sacrifice

An editorial from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it[Read More…]

Now Manchin must move beyond ‘No Labels’

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Now that the dust is settling from last week’s sea change election, eyes turn toward West Virginia’s most prominent “No Labels” guy. Senator Joe Manchin is his own label. That’s good since his official political party brand is in big trouble. After Election Night, Manchin looked like a quarterback[Read More…]

Opportunity there for Democrats

A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — At last, the ghost of Franklin D. Roosevelt has been banished from many West Virginia homes where he resided for three-quarters of a century. Does that mean Mountain State Democrats should emulate state Sen. Daniel Hall[Read More…]

Legislators take global look at education

An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — When you are trying to improve, it often helps to study the best. In public education, that road leads to China’s largest and richest city, Shanghai. In 2009, students from the Shanghai school system surprised the world by scoring first in all[Read More…]

Low voter turnout must be reversed

An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — When election results first started coming in Tuesday night, we were actually a bit encouraged by some of the data on the number of area residents who had voted. Some county clerks initially thought the turnout could be low, with some[Read More…]

Moves to put price on public information must not be tolerated

An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The importance of the Freedom of Information Act is clearly written in West Virginia Code. The “declaration of policy” is as follows: “Pursuant to the fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of representative government which holds to the principle[Read More…]

West Virginia voters reject liberals

An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginians have seen the extreme liberal wing of the Democrat Party in action, and they want no part of it in Washington or Charleston. If that does not convince state Democrat leaders to shift their agendas, those still remaining in[Read More…]

Why Democrats lost

An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For at least 14 years, national and state Democrats have been running from their successes. When it is time to explain to people what Democrats have to offer, instead they try to out-Republican the Republicans. Is it any wonder that approach[Read More…]

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