An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG — Philip Seymour Hoffman was a rumpled version of every man. An Oscar winner, who was called among the greatest actors of his time, this generation’s Marlon Brando. Now he is dead. Hoffman, 46, was found by a worried friend on[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
CVS putting public health safety first
An editorial from the Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.VA. — One in five. That’s how many deaths are attributed to cigarette smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke in the United States each year, making tobacco use the single most preventable cause of death in the country. Smoking also has a[Read More…]
Flood insurance premiums should be based on risk
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Of course federal flood insurance premiums should reflect risk. But thousands of Ohio Valley residents are being told of drastic premium increases that don’t seem to be based objectively on potential damage from high water. By a better than two-to-one margin,[Read More…]
Ice a top reason for fire safety
Increase in blazes across region may be direct result of lengthy cold snap An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — They are two words that you would think cancel each other out. But actually one seems to fuel the other with disastrous and often tragic results. We refer[Read More…]
W.Va. should listen to chemical experts
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following Freedom Industries’ leak of 10,000 gallons of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol into the Elk River and the water supply of 300,000 people, the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department shut down every restaurant in town. The department has that authority. However, had the county[Read More…]
Student exercise: Move with caution
An editorial from the Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Lawmakers in Charleston are considering legislation that would mandate an extra 30 minutes a day of exercise for public school students. Rightly concerned by the state’s obesity problem among young and old, experts told members of the House Education Committee that body[Read More…]
Student exercise: Good idea, wrong approach
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Concern about childhood obesity is well placed. One in every seven high schoolers in West Virginia is listed as obese by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In an effort to curb obesity, Senate Majority Leader John Unger, D-Berkeley,[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Column from Sen. Jeff Kessler, President of the State Senate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — From the beginning of this water crisis, my pledge to all West Virginians has been to do all in my power to make sure that a completely preventable tragedy like this never happens again. I am proud to report that we took the first step in that direction this week[Read More…]
Sen. Rockefeller Column: For a healthy start, every child must have access to dental care
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month, which is an annual reminder of the actions families can take to ensure good oral health for their children so they are prepared for a lifetime of healthy teeth and gums. We know that dental cavities are one hundred percent preventable and that[Read More…]
Honoring Truly Great Teachers
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Really excellent school teachers, the kind whose influence sticks with their students throughout their lives, seldom get the credit they so richly deserve. That will change for some of them during an event scheduled for this evening. Members of the late[Read More…]
