Opinions
THEIR VIEW: Court should strike down House redistricting plan
CHARLESTON -- It's now up to the West Virginia Supreme Court to correct what the Legislature just couldn't bring itself to do.
THEIR VIEW: Cato slams caps on med mal awards
WASHINGTON -- "Reducing physician liability for negligent care by capping court awards, all else equal, will reduce the resources allocated to medical professional liability underwriting and oversight and make many patients worse off. Legislators who see mandatory liability caps as a cost-containment tool should look elsewhere."
THEIR VIEW: Reflections, expectations for state's success
CHARLESTON -- Many good things are happening in the Mountain State and we can attribute a number of them to our stable government, talented workforce and positive business climate.
THEIR VIEW: Coal mining vital to W.Va, world
CHARLESTON -- Coal mining always has been an important part of West Virginia.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Mandate? Hardly
Dear Editor:
THEIR VIEW: Poll numbers should raise concern for Rockefeller
U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia has reason to be at least concerned about his chances, should he decide to run for re-election.
THEIR VIEW: A partnership that continues to pay off
WASHINGTON -- Success often starts small, but West Virginia's success in landing new investments by Japanese companies started big – with Wheeling Nisshin in 1986, NGK Sparkplugs in 1995, and then Toyota's $400 million automotive facility in 1996.
THEIR VIEW: Solyndra fiasco cost taxpayers $537 million
MORGANTOWN -- WVU economics professor Russell Sobel, in his book "Unleashing Capitalism," wrote that capitalism succeeds because it keeps the economy focused on the highest-value targets in the marketplace.
THEIR VIEW: Is W.Va. on the verge of a long-term care crisis?
CHARLESTON -- As West Virginia has one of the nation's oldest populations, we Mountaineers are typically alert to issues that have an impact on our elderly citizens.
THEIR VIEW: Reflecting on 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
WASHINGTON -- There are moments in history that define who we are as a nation, and who we can be as a people. They are touchstones, forever defining our history in terms of "before" and "after."
THEIR VIEW: Maloney's 'horror' story simply not true
CHARLESTON -- GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Maloney recently told West Virginia voters that the Stella-Jones Corp. closed its Ripley plant in 2010 because a Jackson County jury awarded a former employee wages in an age discrimination lawsuit.
THEIR VIEW: Maloney needs to be careful of what he asks for
HUNTINGTON -- Our Bill of Rights is the foundation of the liberties we enjoy as American citizens. Americans celebrate their 1st Amendment rights of freedom of speech and freedom of religion and their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, but what about their 7th Amendment rights?
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Magistrate Court is one-sided
Dear Editor:
THEIR VIEW: Cool down the rhetoric
MORGANTOWN -- I miss Ronald Reagan. The great conservative voice of modern times managed to be principled without being churlish. His ideas were rooted in reason, not resentment.
THEIR VIEW: Setting the Record Straight: Democracy 101
Farrell CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Record recently published an editorial offering a "remedial civics lesson" for a dissenting Supreme Court Justice. The editorial suggests that the West Virginia Supreme Court "does not have the right to nullify or amend" a legislative act or "overrule the legislature."
THEIR VIEW: Helping students achieve their peak potential
Tomblin CHARLESTON -- The future success of West Virginia's families and communities will rely on the success of our education systems. Broad-based collaboration aimed at fostering supportive communities that advance student achievement is an essential component in promoting the economic and cultural vitality of our state.
THEIR VIEW: Redistricting 'status quo' violates fundamental rights
CHARLESTON -- The conception of political equality from the Declaration of Independence, to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, to the Fifteenth, Seventeenth and Nineteenth Amendments can mean only one thing -- one person, one vote.
THEIR VIEW: Who is really greedy?
MORGANTOWN -- The constant refrain by those who believe the wealthy in this country should pay even more to the government is that they need to contribute their "fair share." President Obama used that very term recently during his weekly radio address.