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Sunday, January 29, 2023
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The Polymer Alliance Zone of West Virginia has taken on the challenge of bringing activity back to a former industrial site in Huntington. It won’t be easy, but it’s important for the city for the project to succeed.
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Reasons for reasonable gun restrictions abound. Among them: Nearly 47,000 people in America were killed with guns in 2021, the most recent year for which data are available. The homicide rate that year increased to 6.63 per 100,000 people, a three-decade high.
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At age 67, I’ve got a lot to learn the next few decades before losing the race to Father Time. He’s undefeated. Sometimes I forget what I’m saying but as I write today, I feel focused with a mind like a steel trap.
Friday, January 27, 2023
When Gov. Jim Justice was sworn in, he said education was the centerpiece of his administration. While I and others around the state agree that education is important, little attention and appreciation have been shared from the Legislature. If West Virginia wants to move forward, we have got…
Thursday, January 26, 2023
A bill moving through the West Virginia Legislature would allow some teachers in public schools to carry concealed firearms on campus during the school day — for the safety of children and others, of course.
West Virginia and China, so far apart in most ways, have one glaring similarity. For very different reasons, both have significant population declines that affect current and future economic conditions.
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
About a dozen years ago I was at the Guyandotte boat ramp with my camera getting pictures of the East End bridge over the Ohio River when a fisherman struck up a conversation with me. What we talked about is lost to time, but I do remember him warning me that I shouldn’t be there at night. T…
The passage into the new year is traditionally a time to refocus and revise our lives. Individually and collectively, we resolve to make changes that will result in greater health, hope, and promise for our world.
A billion dollars here and a billion dollars there, pretty soon we are taking big bucks.
Huntington Mayor Steve Williams cannot run for re-election next year. The city charter limits mayors to three consecutive four-year terms, and Williams is in the second half of his third term.
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Coal came to the rescue again during last month’s arctic cold spell as power plants burning natural gas were barely able to keep up with demand.
Rooting for my longtime favorite NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys, in their wild card scrap with Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, I found myself staring at the motto on the back of the Bucs’ helmets. It said: “Be Love.”
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Sunday, January 22, 2023
Naivete is a trait of the dim-witted, none of whom should be permitted to cross newsroom thresholds but whose ranks are increasing in those places, especially where hair spray is used more frequently than notebooks.
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In the past two weeks, the West Virginia Legislature has set about solving the most pressing issues facing state government: Who should get a break on their income taxes and by how much.
Saturday, January 21, 2023
The Charleston Gazette-Mail published this editorial on Friday:
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Friday, January 20, 2023
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The early days of the West Virginia Legislature’s annual sessions often feature proposed laws that address the concerns of small groups but which do not generate enough public interest to keep them alive as crunch time nears in the final days.
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Lying is as old as mankind. One of the Ten Commandments says, “Thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Other biblical statements remind us, “Do not steal. Do not lie. Do not deceive one another.”
The Toledo Blade published this editorial on Jan. 14. It was distributed by the Associated Press.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
The Charleston Gazette-Mail published this editorial on Jan. 17:
Once again our state legislature is off and running talking about how to spend the current tax surplus. They are calling it “investing.” Sounds cool, but investing in job-creating endeavors is the job of the private sector. I believe there is a law in our state that forbids the state from co…
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
One thing about the rushed transition to renewable energy sources is that it’s a one-size-fits-all strategy that sounds better than it works.
Buckle up! Indications I see in the news tell me that 2023 could well be a rough and tumble year for our economy, for public safety and for the fate of democracy.
Monday, January 16, 2023
The Wall Street Journal published this editorial on Jan. 9. It was distributed by the Associated Press:
To say that the health care landscape has changed over the last several years would be the understatement of the century. Looking back at, let’s say, the last 1,013 days, the health care industry was challenged to unprecedented levels due to the COVID pandemic. During this period, health car…
Sunday, January 15, 2023
On behalf of 157 full-time and 82 part-time staff, as well as 154 newspaper carriers, I thank you for your support over the past year and, for many of you, a lifetime of engagement with our products. I want to share with you what we accomplished last year and describe the news organization w…
Here in West Virginia, our people take immense pride in the energy status we’ve attained over the years as a top producer in the United States. For nearly two centuries, West Virginia has taken the reigns to help fuel our nation. Resources such as coal, oil, and gas have remained at the fore…
An area that struggles to maintain its population and create new jobs as old ones disappear undoubtedly will have trouble with vacant and dilapidated buildings. West Virginia is no exception to that rule.
Saturday, January 14, 2023
America and West Virginia care nothing for the affairs of Coon Branch Hollow, an area in McDowell County so remote it can’t be found on a map. Like many places here, one knows it principally by being there. Its inhabitants dwell in obscurity, their existence hidden from humanity like grains …
This editorial appeared in the Toledo Blade on Jan. 7. It was distributed by the Associated Press.
Friday, January 13, 2023
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January is my least favorite month for several reasons — cold, snow, darkness and W-2 forms.
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Cleveland Plain Dealer published this editorial on Jan. 4. It was distributed by the Associated Press.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Microsoft founder and clean-energy investor Bill Gates brought a dose of optimism and a dose of realism to Appalachia when he visited Charleston on Monday.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Derrick Evans attacked the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. He filmed himself at the violent breach of the East Rotunda doors. He obstructed the officers trying to protect the Congress as it counted electoral votes, saying “(b)ring the tear gas. We don’t care. We’re taking this country…
It’s cool, dark and often rainy these winter days. There are plenty of shows to stream and unbelievable political stories to follow, but often a good book, like “Demon Copperhead,” is a great way to spend time during this part of the year.
Mountain Health Network continues to expand its reach in this part of West Virginia. Last week it announced it, Marshall Health, and Logan Regional Medical Center have formed a new collaboration aimed at bringing more opportunities for specialty care to southern West Virginia.
The man once known as Josef Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany and regarded as the Catholic Church’s most brilliant and influential theologian of the late 20th century, who later became Pope Benedict XVI, was laid to rest at the Vatican last week at age 95.
Monday, January 09, 2023
The Youngstown Vindicator published this editorial on Dec. 31, 2022. It was distributed by the Associated Press.
As my team heads into its seventh legislative session, we once again set off to advocate on behalf of agriculture, our farmers and West Virginia’s food supply. Each and every session, we work diligently to remind our lawmakers the value agriculture adds to the West Virginia economy and secur…
Sunday, January 08, 2023
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Tom McCallister was one of those people who dominated Huntington City Hall beyond his tenure on the commission that wrote the city charter and his term representing the West End on the city council.
Saturday, January 07, 2023
Over the coast of California, the great storm formed May 26, 1889, and began from there a slow march across America toward Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where some 2,200 souls waited to die, unaware of the looming sweep of the scythe.
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