An editorial from the Sunday Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Around noon Saturday, something important happened, but you may not have noticed. Planet Earth, slightly tilted on its axis, passed the point in its annual orbit at which the northern hemisphere tipped farthest away from the sun, producing the longest night[Read More…]

A column by NPR’s Giles Snyder for The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Note to self: don’t call your wife while she’s recuperating in the hospital because you ignored her warning to check the ink in the printer the night before your son’s Science Fair project is due. I’m embarrassed to[Read More…]

An editorial from The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Local charitable organizations and volunteers have worked many hours to help feed the needy this holiday season. Their efforts are to be commended, and they know from firsthand experience that we definitely have people in our community who are without food. This[Read More…]

An editorial from the Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A report released Tuesday by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation lowered the boom on West Virginia’s approach toward handling infectious diseases. We weren’t alone this time in scoring poorly  — 10 other states were right there[Read More…]

An editorial from the Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — It’s hard to watch our loved ones age. It’s heartbreaking to watch their mind leave them as they become a shell of the person they once were. We see the face we have known for many, many years, the hands that[Read More…]

An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG — Unless tax collections pick up, there will be no “happy New Year” in Charleston. Instead, there will be notices going out to state agencies that they must cut spending for the remainder of the fiscal year, ending June 30. Once[Read More…]

An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — No matter what states we have lived in, most of us no doubt have encountered the frustrating waits that seem common at government motor vehicle registration and driver licensing offices. Take a number, wait until it’s called, and then hope to have[Read More…]

An editorial from the Charleston Gazette: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The latest New York Times Magazine contains a long account of the 2013 showdown between West Virginia’s Sen. Joe Manchin and the National Rifle Association — a clash won, so far, by the all-powerful gun group. Although the NRA has only[Read More…]

An editorial from the Herald-Dispatch: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — This is the season for giving, and there are thousands of ways to give. But other than direct gifts to family and friends, most of our charitable giving is funneled through some sort of non-profit organization. That may be our church, a[Read More…]

An editorial from the Exponent-Telegram: CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — If you need any evidence of the Marcellus shale boom in North Central West Virginia, you don’t have to count the pickup trucks with Texas plates or the number of water trucks going down the road. All you have to do is[Read More…]