Let me get this right: The new attorney general criticized Darrell McGraw for "grandstanding" and "showboating," but has announced to the press, in one of his many recent news conferences, that he is going to hold a press conference "just made for television." I think a new ego is under the Capitol dome.

Many of us who are older and who have few or no children still paid taxes to support our educational system. It was a comfort knowing that while our families were limited, that our tax dollars to the Board of Education did support a library that we can now use in retirement.

Our television networks can charge millions of dollars per minute for commercial time because they, and their advertisers, know how persuasive television is in shaping what we buy. Then they tell us that where violence and immorality is concerned, what we do, television has no influence on us whatsoever.

Floods, fires, famine, terrorism, war, political unrest and the world on the brink of financial collapse and what is at the front of millions of people's minds? A painting of Kate Middleton. Pitiful.

Americans continue to be shielded from the real cost of our government. As long as the Federal Reserve keeps printing monopoly money and as long as the Chinese pick up the tab for our credit card we will continue to live in the land of denial.

I saw concealed weapon permits issued for approximately 500 people listed in the Sunday paper for Kanawha County. It sure makes me feel a lot safer to know that these "good guys" are out there to protect us.

The Second Amendment begins, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state." If gun owners and the NRA are not a well-regulated militia, why do we permit them to have assault rifles, etc.? Do the citizens of Newtown feel secure?

To the person who said that I receive handouts for financially supporting the re-election of our president: Guess again! I work very hard and I have three jobs. I have worked non-stop for 45 years. So not sure why the narrow-minded folks think that someone who is educated and gives back is lazy.

I would love to know what the average length of stay was at the hospitals listed in Friday's paper. The average cost of a stay at CAMC was over $29,000 and about to go up. I was there for a four-night stay, and my bill was right around $65,000.

One hundred people died today because of drunk drivers running automobiles. So I guess now we're going to have two weeks of talks about getting rid of whiskey and the car just like we talk about the weapons. We've been talking about that for two weeks now.

I tried to watch "Buckwild," but there were so many commercials and so long that I didn't think I would live long enough if I lived to be 100, so I quit trying.

I'm sure that we have some intelligent people in Washington, D.C. Wonder why they don't step forward and come up with something to fix all this stuff that they're talking about.

With Jay Rockefeller not running, the state of West Virginia is in big trouble. We cannot depend on Shelly Moore to help the middle class.

I think if they're going to put a picture of Jesus in the schools, you ought to put a picture of President Obama in every church.

Mr. Rockefeller will be leaving. I think the time has come for Corey Palumbo.

I really hope that Republican Senator Joe Manchin and his wife Gayle are happy they finally got their revenge against Darrell McGraw. We all know what this is about. The cigarette money. Darrell wouldn't give it to Joe, so Joe got mad and now Jorea Marple doesn't have a job. That's the whole reason behind this.

No one has said to take away the guns from the people. It's just the assault weapons do not belong in with the public. They belong in the military. Can't people understand that?

Jay Rockefeller resigned and decided not to run in 2014 because he knew that Shelley Moore would cap his toe.

The Patriot union miners are going to go down the same path as the Cannelton miners went in 2004. They're going to be thrown out on the street with no benefits and just told to just suck it up. Retirees and all.

For the third time since Dec. 1, someone in Rand has unloaded a weapon of multiple shots at 5 in the morning and no police were called. Where were they?

Vote for Gaston Caperton for United States senator.

In reference to the reader wanting to know about Bob Huggins's salary, well maybe you might want to think he feels the same way about you. Of course, that depends on where you work. I'm sure you don't do too much work or you wouldn't be talking about him like that.