by Chris Stansbury The Biden administration seems to be a fan of doubling down on bad ideas. After adding more than $5 trillion to the national […]
Guest Essays
Guest essay: Inclusion’s fine print: Some limitations may apply
by Sen. Mike Caputo In a recent radio interview about some of the socially divisive laws just passed by the Legislature’s Republican-led supermajority, West Virginia GOP Chairwoman […]
Guest essay: Pleasants deal bad for Mon County
Also unfair to MonPower consumers by Jim Kotcon The Pleasants power plant is a 43-year-old, 1,300-MW, coal-fired power plant in Pleasants County. MonPower’s parent company, FirstEnergy, tried […]
Guest essay: What is Medicaid and WV CHIP renewal?
Here’s what you need to know By Tadd Haynes Three years ago, the federal government declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE) in response to COVID-19 that […]
Guest essay: Here’s how we grow West Virginia’s economy
by Stephanie Catarino Wissman and Charlie Burd From its early beginnings in 1860, West Virginia’s oil and gas industry has generated extraordinary job and economic growth. […]
Guest essay: Why coal remains necessary
by Syd S. Peng As the nation’s transition to renewable energy gains speed, with rapid deployment of wind and solar power and grid-scale batteries, a misguided idea […]
Guest essay: The ‘deschooling’ of West Virginia
by Ron Iannone Most people know that it’s very difficult to recruit students to go into teaching. In school districts, they are also finding it difficult to […]
Guest essay: Voices of Hunger: Right to food is a human right
by Madison Staten Voices of Hunger is a collective of people working to break the cycles of poverty that exacerbate household food insecurity, which is a precondition […]
Guest essay: The right to bear arms on campus? Founding Fathers addressed it in 1824
by Barbara Evans Fleischauer “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, […]
Guest essay: Artistic voices raise the creative economy in West Virginia
by Adam Booth and Monica Wilson Arts Day at the West Virginia State Legislature is coming up on March 2. It is a day for the arts […]
