Readers Voice: Feb. 10, 2012

( ) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:39 -0500

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Editorial: Midpoint of Legislature is so far, so good

( ) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Legislature is almost halfway through its 60-day regular session, and progress seems promising. So far, conservative lawmakers havent pushed their usual attempts to prevent desperate teen-age girls from ending pregnancies -- o...

Readers voice: Feb. 9, 2012

( ) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:26:20 -0500

Express your opinion on any subject you wish. Not all comments are published. Call 304-357-4451 or email readersvoice@wvgazette.com. Today my daughter had teachers absent in two different clas...

John David: W.Va.s glass of water half empty

( ) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.V.a -- In addition to coal and gas, West Virginia possesses another extremely valuable resource: water. In fact, the state owns the water in all streams and rivers within the state as well as several rivers, such as the Ohio, that border ...

John Perdue: Fighting college debt disease

( ) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When sizing up this nations student loan crisis, we have to wonder if the cure isnt worse than the disease. The disease, of course, is entering this uncertain world without the benefits of a higher education. The cure is acquiring tha...

Feb. 8, 2012: Slot machines; war on coal; architect; crossbow hunting

( ) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:15:00 -0500

State makes money from dishonest slots Editor: On Jan. 25, Craig Hammond, former mayor of Bluefield, penned a commentary to the Gazette admonishing the Lottery Commission for readying the public for online poker and other youth-ori...

Readers voice: Feb. 8, 2012

( ) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Express your opinion on any subject you wish. Not all comments are published. Call: 304-357-4451 or email readersvoice@wvgazette.com.

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Lockup: Why waste people.

( ) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Two proposals are before the Legislature. One would force taxpayers to fund a $200 million new prison to house West Virginias overabundant felons. The other would solve the prison overcrowding crisis by putting more drug abus...

Joseph Wyatt: All GOP hopefuls run same playbook

( ) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- After the noise of the Republican debates dies away, a nominee will emerge. It is doubtful that his identity will matter. For example, Mr. (insert GOP nominee here), will advocate for lower taxes on the rich, calling them &q...

Editorial: Dropouts are a terrible waste

( ) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va -- In his State of the Union address, President Obama said America is damaged painfully because nearly one-third of high school students fail to graduate. He called for a new national standard requiring every student to remain in school ...

Readers voice: Feb.7, 2012

( ) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

Express your opinion on any subject you wish. Not all comments are published. Call 304-357-4451 or email readersvoice@wvgazette.com. Doesnt it seem weird that Newt and Mitt just love to accuse Obama of...

Gene A. Budig and Alan Heaps: Colleges offer right fit for any student

( ) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Many high school seniors, along with their parents, are currently on tenterhooks, anxiously scrutinizing their incoming e-mails and letters. They are in the midst of the college admission season, that annual rite of spring when student...

Letters: Feb. 7, 2012

( ) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

Middle East faces daunting task Editor: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- "Arab Spring" has now become "Arab Winter!" That is to say, the anti-government protesters in the Middle East have succeeded during 2011 to remove their l...

Readers voice: Feb. 6, 2012

( ) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:14:52 -0500

Express your opinion on any subject you wish. Not all comments are published. Call 304-357-4451 or email readersvoice@wvgazette.com. Regarding the new bill where theyre seeking wider use of protective orders ...

Minerals: Create a nest egg

( ) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

West Virginia should start an "Economic Diversification Trust Fund," using extra severance taxes from gas, oil and coal. Thats a suggestion by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. It recommends a trust fund modeled after those creat...

Potpourri: Feb. 6, 2012

( ) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

West Virginians are understanding. Nobody blames Rep. Shelley Capito because her father, former Gov. Arch Moore, went to prison for corruption. Nobody blames Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin because his father, former Sheriff Earl Tomblin, went to prison twice f...

Robert Rupp: The importance of optimism

( ) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

Each semester, at the start of my U.S. history survey class, I ask students to write down two adjectives that describe Americans. Year after year, common characteristics appear -- creative, independent, greedy, lazy, hardworking, self-centered, drive...

Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Small business needs help

( ) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:00:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Congress returned to the Capitol for the State of the Union speech and to get started on a full agenda of job-creating policies. As I have in past years, I intend to focus my energy on finding new opportunities for job growth in...

Charles McElwee: How can we make great teachers.

( ) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:00:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- What matters most in student achievement. Teacher quality. "Having effective teachers rises to the top of every study as the most important factor in determining student success," says the Education Efficiency Audit of...

James E. Smith: Mentoring for the new millennium

( ) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As the old adage goes, age and treachery almost always win out over youth and vigor. Those of us who are long-of-tooth clearly understand these words. Having lived long enough, we have learned the tricks of our trades. Earned exper...

History: State roots entwined

( ) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:00:00 -0500

This is Black History Month, a good time to recall that the creation of West Virginia was somewhat a black history event. The Mountain State was born because the Civil War erupted over Northern efforts to curb slavery. In the early 1800s, the Kanawha ...

Renate Pore: Happy anniversary to CHIP

( ) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Congress is not very popular with the American public these days. No doubt, they missed a lot of opportunities to get things right. But one thing they did get right was the passage of the Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorizat...

Thomas F. Guetzloff: Faculty pilots through problems at WVSU; students succeed

( ) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- I thank the public for their compliments, praise, and support for the West Virginia State University faculty during the past few months. Although recent developments have been difficult for the institution, the faculty is committed to ...

Victor Grigoraci: Simplify the tax code

( ) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- "If the IRS was in business, it wouldnt get a single customer. Not because of taxes but because of the poor service. Ask President Clinton to make the current income tax laws simpler before he proposes any new laws." This is...

Vent Line: Feb. 4, 2012

( ) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

If you are looking for a church that sings the old-time hymns and has a spiritual atmosphere, then come to Grace Nazarene in South Charleston at 499 Second Ave. You will feel very welcome and wonderful. Don Young is running Nitro. Wake up. He is wai...

Readers' Voice: Feb. 4, 2012

( ) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

Express your opinion on any subject you wish. Not all comments are published. Call 304-357-4451 or email readersvoice@wvgazette.com. Any building in the state where people, work, play, eat, sl...

Komen: Frantic retreat

( ) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

Republican Karen Handel ran for governor of Georgia two years ago, partly on a fundamentalist platform to revoke womens right to choose abortion. She vowed to halt government aid to Planned Parenthood, the womens health and birth control agency. She wa...

Charleston Daily Mail: Short takes

( ) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:23:59 -0500

LIBERALS say Obamacare is not government-run health care, but given the many edicts from the federal bureaucracy on what insurers must cover soon, its obvious that is not true. The latest rule from on high is a requirement that all health insurance policie...

Brad McElhinny: Its Tebow time for West Virginia

( ) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:20:21 -0500

WEST Virginia wants a cracker. In case you are unfamiliar, a cracker is the Tim Tebow of economics. Tim Tebow has become a mythical figure for making fourth-quarter miracles happen on the football field. When Tim Tebow touches water, it turns into Gatorade...

Readers voice: Feb. 3, 2012

( ) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:14:21 -0500

Express your opinion on any subject you wish. Not all comments are published. Call 304-357-4451 or email readersvoice@wvgazette.com. Way to go Governor Ray. Drug test the coal miners, but leav...

Editorial: Hiding state records

( ) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In private business and personal life, people may hide some activities, exercising their right of privacy. But government is different. All government agencies are owned by the public. Government officials are paid by taxpayers. There...

Rep. Shelley Moore Capito: Highway plan will help state

( ) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- This week, House Republicans rolled out a comprehensive transportation plan to fix our nations infrastructure and create jobs now and in the future. As a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I am honore...

Letters: Feb. 3, 2012

( ) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

Texting law takes away rights Editor: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Once again our Legislature is bowing to pressure from the federal government to enact legislation banning the use of handheld communication devices while operating a vehicle. T...

Readers Voice: Feb. 2, 2012

( ) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:37:26 -0500

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Editorial: Tragic CO posioning

( ) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Nearly everyone feels safe while checking into an attractive, modern, well-outfitted hotel like the Holiday Inn Express on Corridor G. Its horrible to realize that a fluke malfunction can turn the secure accommodation into a deatht...

Wade Gilley: Social Security in danger

( ) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Our political leaders are once again looking at the Social Security Trust Fund as a source of money to tap when they desire to spend more than they can through other tax and borrowing schemes. Im referring to the "payroll tax cu...

Letters: Feb. 2, 2012

( ) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHIP has been great success Editor: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Saturday is an important anniversary for West Virginia children. Thats the day in 2009 when a bill to extend and improve the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP, called WVCH...

Readers Voice: Feb. 1, 2012

( ) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:45:00 -0500

* A quote from 1 Timothy 6:17 might be beneficial to the presidential candidates. "Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, not to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God who gives us richly all things to enjoy.&...

Birth control: Now a human right

( ) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Believe it or not, birth control once was a crime in America. At the start of the 20th century, nurse Margaret Sanger began crusading for the right of women to avoid endless, recurring pregnancies. She was jailed eight times ...

Keith Humphreys: Scrips will stop meth labs

( ) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:45:00 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When I was growing up in West Virginia in the 1960s and 70s, many people I knew were damaging their health with alcohol or tobacco. But nothing I saw then compares to the epidemic of prescription drug and methamphetamine abus...

Feb. 1, 2012: Mideast film; payroll tax; democracy

( ) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:45:00 -0500

Film shorts womans work for justice Editor: In the editorial "Mideast: Truthful Jewish Film," a footnote at the end informed us that Paula Kaufman from Charleston is in the West Bank teaching Palestinian children to speak...

Readers' Voice: Jan. 31, 2012

( ) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:45:00 -0500

Express your opinion on any subject you wish. Not all comments are published. Call 304-357-4451 or email readersvoice@wvgazette.com. Regarding senior citizen computer class, you may phone the ...

The Charleston Gazette - Opinion

Readers Voice: Feb. 10, 2012

Editorial: Midpoint of Legislature is so far, so good

Readers voice: Feb. 9, 2012

John David: W.Va.s glass of water half empty

John Perdue: Fighting college debt disease

Feb. 8, 2012: Slot machines; war on coal; architect; crossbow hunting

Readers voice: Feb. 8, 2012

Lockup: Why waste people.

Joseph Wyatt: All GOP hopefuls run same playbook

Editorial: Dropouts are a terrible waste

Readers voice: Feb.7, 2012

Gene A. Budig and Alan Heaps: Colleges offer right fit for any student

Letters: Feb. 7, 2012

Readers voice: Feb. 6, 2012

Minerals: Create a nest egg

Potpourri: Feb. 6, 2012

Robert Rupp: The importance of optimism

Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Small business needs help

Charles McElwee: How can we make great teachers.

James E. Smith: Mentoring for the new millennium

History: State roots entwined

Renate Pore: Happy anniversary to CHIP

Thomas F. Guetzloff: Faculty pilots through problems at WVSU; students succeed

Victor Grigoraci: Simplify the tax code

Vent Line: Feb. 4, 2012

Readers' Voice: Feb. 4, 2012

Komen: Frantic retreat

Charleston Daily Mail: Short takes

Brad McElhinny: Its Tebow time for West Virginia

Readers voice: Feb. 3, 2012

Editorial: Hiding state records

Rep. Shelley Moore Capito: Highway plan will help state

Letters: Feb. 3, 2012

Readers Voice: Feb. 2, 2012

Editorial: Tragic CO posioning

Wade Gilley: Social Security in danger

Letters: Feb. 2, 2012

Readers Voice: Feb. 1, 2012

Birth control: Now a human right

Keith Humphreys: Scrips will stop meth labs

Feb. 1, 2012: Mideast film; payroll tax; democracy

Readers' Voice: Jan. 31, 2012