May 12 2011 - 8:54pm
Based on interviews and research conducted by Fairewinds Associates, a nonprofit organization exposing the inability of the nuclear industry to return decommissioned power plants to Greenfield status, some radioactive signatures from Fukushima are appearing in the Western United States. Read more
May 12 2011 - 5:52pm
No organization can best serve the people it represents in the modern world unless it reforms itself to cope with new global challenges. The Commonwealth – a voluntary association of 54 countries from every continent of the world and now 62 years old – decided to do just that.
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May 12 2011 - 9:50am
While other state newspapers have decided to go with the flow and follow what they call the "conventional wisdom" about this year's Governor's primary belonging to Earl Ray Tomblin and Betty Ireland, we see several reasons to think otherwise. Read more
May 11 2011 - 4:12pm
Next in the series from Come Home. Love, Dad, published by Bernard Street Books, a memoir about my father, Samuel Reuben – a truly extraordinary man.
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May 11 2011 - 4:05pm
Yes, times have changed, but this is one of those areas that I resist and don’t understand. A good scary movie is one thing, but movies that exist simply to portray the most creative, vile, and gut-wrenching torture of another human being is beyond the pale to me. Read more
May 11 2011 - 11:17am
While Bill Maloney and Betty Ireland are clubbing each other over the head like baby seals, many disturbed Republican voters statewide are joining with those who have already cast their lot with State Senator Clark Barnes of Elkins. Who can blame them? Read more
May 10 2011 - 4:10pm
Our euphoric national mood in the wake of the assassination of Osama bin Laden may make for a reluctance to look once again, or perhaps for the first time, at his demands. There has been almost nothing in the mainstream press that examines his motivations for terrorism. Read more
May 10 2011 - 2:14pm
No good can come from the ongoing blood feud going on between Morgantown businessman Bill Maloney and former Secretary of State Betty Ireland in these last days before the GOP Governor's Primary on Saturday May 14th. Republicans who saw this year as a real opportunity for a big pickup of the Governor's Office have every reason to be concerned. Read more
May 10 2011 - 11:07am
For years, two main themes have been used in American politics. For the newcomer, trying to shake things up, there is the theme, "Time for a Change." For the incumbent, the slogan is, "No Substitute for Experience." Only one candidate in the GOP race for Governor can offer both to the Republican rank and file this year: State Senator Clark Barnes of Elkins. Read more
May 9 2011 - 8:21pm
While Kessler, Tennant, Tomblin, Thompson, and Perdue fight it out in their TV ads on the Democratic side, Republican voters are getting annoyed with the mudslinging going on between Bill Maloney and Betty Ireland. Each now has shown that the other has given to Democratic candidates in times past, Ireland a few years ago, Maloney just last year. Meanwhile, the issues are getting lost in the shuffle, causing many GOP and Independent voters to cast about for better options. In State Senator Clark Barnes, they will have found a good one. Read more
May 9 2011 - 1:18pm
Last Saturday, horse racing lovers got the kind of finish they love to see: an unexpected surge from a feisty horse that had long odds to win. But win Animal Kingdom did, bustling out of the pack in the last quarter mile to win comfortably over the two horses who had led for most of the race. Read more
May 8 2011 - 4:24pm
“Church and State,” published by “Americans United for Separation of Church and State,” informs the reader that Gary Bauer, erstwhile Presidential candidate and former president of the Family Research Council (FRC), opined when addressing the Council: Read more
May 8 2011 - 3:29am
The birth of our second son was premature and his life hung by a thread for 3 days. It was actually on Mother's Day many years ago when the Doctor came and said "your son will live".. an almost 'born again' message. Read more
May 8 2011 - 1:51am
They are no longer young.
They saw middle age receding in their rear view mirror many years ago.
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May 8 2011 - 12:28am
GOP Gubernatorial candidate Bill Maloney of Morgantown is making national news. But this exposure was not what his campaign needed just now. Politico, the well-known online political journal, ran a story by David Catanese on Friday that showed that Maloney has given quite a bit to Democratic candidates--and recently. Read more
May 8 2011 - 12:08am
Let's face it: political food fights, especially in a primary election, can be interesting to watch--to a point. But after awhile, the sideshow that oftentimes occurs between two candidates demonstrates a lack of focus by them. The voters end up asking each other, "Do these clowns really care about our issues? Read more
May 7 2011 - 5:07pm
My reaction to news of the successful targeted assassination of al-Qaida founder and most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden was unlike many Americans’. Celebrating killing and death felt wrong, and to witness my fellow citizens cheering jubilantly and chanting nationalist slogans with joy and pride was disheartening. Read more
May 7 2011 - 1:10am
A very thoughtful person said "we always know the right thing to do" if we stay centered in God's Spirit. Read more
May 6 2011 - 11:19pm
West Virginia's voters have been up for sale in times past, though usually the efforts to buy an election, legal and illegal, have been on the Democratic side. Jay Rockefeller certainly altered traditional West Virginia politics forever by spending obscene amounts of money in order to convince his party that he was one of them. Now another New York native, Bill Maloney, appears to be attempting the same thing with the state's Republican Party. But can this strategy work with the Party of Lincoln? Read more
May 6 2011 - 10:52am
The annual National Day of Prayer was held across the nation and West Virginia yesterday. In West Virginia alone, thirty different cities participated, sometimes with small gatherings, other times with several hundreds of believers as in Wheeling. All those who came together prayed for their country, state, communities, and families, asking for God's blessing. Read more
May 5 2011 - 8:28pm
Sometimes, we have to go way back in our state's history to find the kind of leader we would like to have again today. We nominate our first Governor Arthur Boreman of Parkersburg as this necessary role model. And we find two men, one from each party, who both possess the one attribute Governor Boreman had in spades and what we need again desperately today: fearlessness. Read more
May 5 2011 - 4:09pm
Of the 249 places in the world in which human beings live and work, the small Caribbean island of Dominica (751 sq km or 291 sq mi or the size of Fort Worth, TX) ranks at 187 in size. Read more
May 5 2011 - 4:07pm
“This is a clear choice being presented to the region. Do you go the way of cynical violence that has been shown to be a dead end? Or do you follow a path of peaceful protest to secure universal rights and freedoms.” Read more
May 5 2011 - 1:28am
Next in the series from "Come Home. Love, Dad," published by Bernard Street Books, a memoir about my father, Samuel Reuben – a truly extraordinary man. Letter from my father. Read more
May 4 2011 - 1:44pm
The Bill Maloney for Governor campaign seems to be trying to find any TV ad that will work for them these days. The campaign has now had three separate ads up in the past week, and frankly, it all looks a little desperate. Apparently, nothing seems to be working for Maloney, a newcomer to West Virginia politics. The man and the message just aren't "sticking." Read more
May 4 2011 - 5:17am
For over a week access to Internet has been denied on my computer and finding a solution for "recovery" hasn't been an easy process and success is still pending. Read more
May 3 2011 - 10:56pm
Something is happening out there in the Republican-friendly counties across West Virginia. While Bill Maloney experienced an initial spike in his numbers, due to his strategy to put TV ads up early, interest in Maloney has faded. One veteran talk radio host explained it this way. "People thought Maloney might be the one at first, but that's changed now. He just didn't make much of an impression when he had his chance. No excitement generated." Read more
May 3 2011 - 12:42am
GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Maloney has made his recent experience in Chile the very centerpiece of his current campaign. He speaks of it often in his stump speeches, he talks about it in interviews, and his campaign TV ads focus on this trip to South America enough to make you feel transported to Santiago. But when will we hear more than the surface-level chatter about it? Read more
May 2 2011 - 12:54pm
We're going to be upfront with you when it comes to Big John Perdue. We have never heard anyone call the State Treasurer that nickname before this race. But what of it? He's about as tall as Paul Bunyan, and he's got a deep voice to match. Let's just say that when Big John Perdue comes into the room, everyone knows it. Read more
May 2 2011 - 9:27am
The Governor's race this year has been notable for the general lack of personal swipes taken by the candidates on one another. One exception is the shallow argument made by political newcomer Bill Maloney, who has conveniently tried to hide his lack of experience by slamming the public service of his Republican opponents. People are getting wise to this now. Read more
May 1 2011 - 6:32pm
In Sunday's Morgantown Dominion Post, a front page story shows how important it is for the Governor and legislature to clearly define the laws on the books when it comes to drilling the Marcellus Shale natural gas supply in West Virginia. When GOP Governor's candidate Bill Maloney provided mere "talking points" rather than informed analysis of that subject last week, he showed that he is not ready for the job he seeks. Read more
May 1 2011 - 5:18pm
Wherever you happen to be on the abortion issue, one thing is for sure: West Virginia is a decidedly pro-life state. While there have been a handful of Democratic statewide candidates who have been pro-choice, they have always been careful not to wave that fact around too obviously. Why? Because the vast majority of voters in both major parties here are pro-life of one kind or another. Read more
May 1 2011 - 4:33pm
I read letters to the editor with regularity. I discover the same writers writing about the same stuff over and over and supporting their arguments on an assumed truth with no effort to prove their premise; that is, they beg the question. Read more
May 1 2011 - 2:26am
Six candles represent 6 million Jews systematically exterminated by the Nazi regime. Read more
Apr 29 2011 - 10:30pm
He's tall, originally from New York, and the only reason he's being taken seriously as a candidate for Governor is his presumed wealth. Are we talking about West Virginia's political history and Jay Rockefeller? No. But that description sure does sound like Jay, doesn't it?
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