The Herald-Dispatch Opinions RSS 2013-05-18T21:59:12-04:00 urn:uuid:1b4aaecd-a220-4476-a731-f1603094589d Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported), except where noted. Editorial: Expanded showing of tourism channel helps boost region The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/2013+0518_editup 2013-05-18T00:11:32-04:00 <p> An obvious tenet in selling any product is first making potential buyers aware of it and its benefits, particularly people who may have a built-in interest.</p> Editorial: Judge has chance to fix ridiculously light sentence The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/2013+0518_editdown 2013-05-18T00:12:14-04:00 <p> The administration of justice sometimes is difficult to understand.</p> Voice of the people The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/2013+0519_allvoices 2013-05-18T21:40:44-04:00 <p>We want to encourage you to reflect on the drastic need for organ and tissue donors. </p> Editorial: High school grads need to continue education The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/2013+0519_+edit 2013-05-18T21:40:44-04:00 <p>The high school graduation season is in full swing. </p> Voice of the People The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/2013+0518_allvoices 2013-05-18T00:10:31-04:00 <p> Residents, if you have pets, be observant. With the approach of warm summer months and the grass growing season, please check your property for any unauthorized spraying of any unknown herbicide, which may injure you or your pets.</p> Voice of the People The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/2013+0517_allvoices 2013-05-17T00:16:25-04:00 <p> I just finished the article on the recent addition of Muslim works to the Marshall University library.</p> Milt Hankins: What should we do with Old Testament laws? The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/2013+0517_Hankins 2013-05-17T00:15:19-04:00 <p> If I am to believe the Bible is inerrant, without any errors, mistakes, or contradictions, &quot;God-breathed,&quot; and to be obeyed to the letter -- that is with no &quot;picking and choosing&quot; -- then I have a few, sincere questions about laws found in the Old Testament.</p> J. Wade Gilley: Building sprees, large debt taking toll on universities The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/2013+0517_Gilley 2013-05-17T00:18:44-04:00 <p> Dark clouds are forming over America&#39;s public universities as the Wall Street mind-set spreads across more of our institutions. A decade of excessive spending based largely on unlimited student loans is looming dangerously over a major national asset.</p> Editorial: Improving street lighting around campus good idea The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/2013+0517_+edit 2013-05-17T00:17:38-04:00 <p> Bright street lighting helps deter crime and make our communities safer.</p> Two separate cases display government overreach The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/2013+0516_edit 2013-05-16T00:00:04-04:00 <p>President Barack Obama was correct when he said it was "outrageous" that the Internal Revenue Service singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny in regard to their tax-exempt status. </p> Day of Hope will focus on the future The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/2013+0516_allvoices 2013-05-16T06:47:29-04:00 <p> The Day of Hope 2013 Remembrance Service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, in the Marshall University Medical School parking pavilion on Charleston Avenue in Huntington.</p>