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On Christmas Day, a man allegedly armed with explosives slipped through our defenses and boarded a plane for the United States. But Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the man charged with planning this att...
Byrd’s Eye View: Pearl S. Buck: Great humanitarian, great West Virginian
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EDITORIALS
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The focus of the second week in the Kentucky House of Representatives was protecting victims of domestic abuse and promoting education at all levels. By a vote of 97-0, House Bill 1 was passed w...
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Editor’s note: As part of its Freedom Readers lecture series, Center for Vision & Values’ Executive Director and Ronald Reagan biographer, Dr. Paul Kengor, interviewed Thomas F. O’Boyle on the e...
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Last month was American Diabetes Month. Many of us know someone with diabetes, or suffer from it ourselves. More than 24 million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, and more than 57 millio...
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Many members of the younger generations may have wondered what all the fuss was about Nov. 9, when the media gave much attention to a celebration in Berlin, Germany, marking the 20th anniversary of...
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Dear Dr. Brothers: I am a single gal in my 30s. I’ve had my ups and downs in life, just like everyone, but I always have tried to look on the bright side of things. There is nothing gained by mopin...
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Many of us who live in Appalachia have lived here all our lives. So have our parents. So have our grandparents and our great-grandparents. What we learned from them became a part of who we are and ...
LETTERS
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To the editor: In regards to the TransGas Development, LLC (TransGas) permit to construct a coal-to-gasoline facility in Mingo County, it will help develop and diversify the economy of Southern,...
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To the Editor: When President Obama recently mentioned that one big insurer controlled 96 percent of the market in a just one state, a collective (and very loud) gulp went down the throats of insu...
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Dear Editor: First of all, I would like to thank you for allowing me the opportunity to express my concern for the citizens of Williamson. It is my opinion that the city is putting hardships on th...
MORE OPINIONS
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“I want it NOW!” Veruca Salt I admit it, I am the spoiled American public, hereafter referred to as SAP. I have bought softened cream cheese (its really hard to spread it when its cold), I don’t l...
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To the Editor: For too long Republicans have been playing political games in Congress without regard to the real needs of our working families. It is time for it to stop! This month 1.2 million...
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Daddy was a butcher. He went on to do other things in the grocery business, but during my early, most formative years, he cut meat. Every now and then, he’d come home with blood on his shirt or a ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For a man proposing to raise taxes in an election year on a product as sacrosanct as beer, Del. Don Perdue seemed awfully calm during the stormy public debate over his plan...
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The Washington political game is like a magic show. It’s filled with smoke and mirrors which create the perception that one thing is happening, when something else altogether is going on. At a m...
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