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Byrd’s Eye View: Pearl S. Buck: Great humanitarian, great West Virginian
March is Women’s History Month, a time when we celebrate the contributions of women to American history and society.  This year, I want to recognize a woman with whom every child in West Virginia ...
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It is ironic that Shiloh means peace
SHILOH , Tenn. — It is odd to have so many fond memories wrapped up in a battlefield. Strange to feel at peace near Civil War landmarks called Bloody Pond, Hornet’s Nest and Sunken Road. I’...
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Why does Obama need a Republican Congress?
The undertakers of Bill Clinton’s political doom showed up in Little Rock, Ark., in 1992 for a meeting with the president-elect two months before his inauguration. They were the leaders of the Dem...
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News Fountain: Sometimes my mouth gets me into trouble
I guess from the time I bounced in the cradle and chattered in language nobody but my mother understood, I have been all too ready to voice an opinion on matters and how to accomplish things. Some...
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Mountains are God’s gift to W.Va.
Byrd’s Eye View
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I’m breaking my own rules for a worthwhile cause
Writing about a book is like singing a song about a song: It rarely works. Yes, there are a few exceptions to the latter, the “American Pies” and “Singing in the Rains” and a few other classics. B...
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EDITORIALS
Ky. focuses on protection of victims of domestic violence
by REPRESENTATIVES HUBERT COLLNS, KEITH HALL, LESLIE COMBS
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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...
The Berlin Wall and me: Reflections on the fall 
by By THOMAS O’BOYLE
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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...
Diabetes Awareness
by U.S. SEN. ROBERT C. BYRD
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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...
When the walls came down
by CHARLOTTE SANDERS, Senior Writer
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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...
Hard to cope with unhappy people; Close knit neighborhood comes apart at seams
by Dr. Joyce Brothers
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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...
Sideroads: Mountain music in Appalachia
by Leona Baldwin
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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
Mingo needs permit for alternative fuel plant
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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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The business of healthcare reform
by Valerie Nagoshiner, West Virginia state director,
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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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Speaking for what I believe in
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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...
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The crosses are in need of repair
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City bill hike an outrage
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Is God reaching out?
MORE OPINIONS
That’s What She Said: Mother Nature needs a little work on her scheduling skills
by Julia Goad
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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...
Readers Write: Bunning torpedos benefits
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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...
Daddy was the original rock-star butcher — clothing and all
by RHETA GRIMSLEY JOHNSON Guest Columnist
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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 ...
Beer-tax gambit sets up Medicaid showdown
by Tom Breen
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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...
U.S. politics brewing up a tempest in a tea pot
by Julia Roberts Goad
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That's what she said
Independents see through Washington’s magic show
by Jackie Salit Guest Columnist
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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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