A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — It has become clear within the past couple of weeks that universities such as Harvard and Yale ought to be sending legions of recruiters to West Virginia. They are after the brightest of Americans, aren’t they?[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Pseudoephedrine Rx bill should become law
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — With the scourge of methamphetamines, and the dangerous labs that manufacture the product expanding, we’re glad to see Senate Bill 6 weaving its way through the legislative process. The full Senate passed the measure on to the House on a 25-9[Read More…]
Pseudoephedrine Rx bill victimizes allergy sufferers
An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The idea of regulating over-the-counter pseudoephedrine to prescription only is nothing to sneeze at. That’s about the only thing both sides agree on in the debate in the Legislature to do just that. For the record, we oppose Senate Bill 6[Read More…]
Banning youths’ use of e-cigarettes is right move
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Hoping to close the door on a relatively new product that they fear will promote smoking among youth and pose other dangers, lawmakers in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky are moving to fill a void in regulation of electronic cigarettes. This winter,[Read More…]
Stop meddling with educators
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Educators in West Virginia already suffer from far too much micromanagement. A bill approved by the state Senate Education Committee this week would make it worse. If enacted, the measure will ban school administrators from asking teachers to use their planning[Read More…]
Keep gun records open
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it. That is good advice, especially when West Virginia legislators are debating a bill aimed at a non-problem – but with the potential to increase government officials’ ability to operate in secrecy. Don’t we have[Read More…]
Morrisey’s real sin: Defeating McGraw
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — For 20 years, the Democrat-controlled Legislature gave former Attorney General Darrell McGraw free rein to run the office in the most unprincipled manner possible. Whether they were afraid of him or did not want to make waves in a[Read More…]
Legal concealed carry, open government must both be preserved
An editorial from the Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — We’re a strong supporter of the right of West Virginians to legally and responsibly own and use firearms. That includes the ability to obtain a state license to carry a concealed deadly weapon (pistols or revolvers). That process involves applying[Read More…]
Bill to exempt concealed carry permits is First Amendment issue
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A bill submitted to the West Virginia Legislature would change the state’s concealed weapon carry law to exempt records of permit holders from the public record. The bill, with bipartisan support, is being co-sponsored by Senate Majority Leader John Unger, Senate President[Read More…]
Wanted: Better approach to preventing hazing
An editorial from the Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A third arrest was made Friday in connection with a hazing incident within the West Virginia University chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. A 19-year-old Phi Kappa Psi pledge and WVU student was allegedly injured during a hazing incident Nov.[Read More…]
