Editorials

Other power customers should not be backstopping Century Aluminum
The FTC and attorneys general could shake down many companies
Legislators have to manage the costs of every state program
A history of dirty elections means authorities must keep on watching
Young people are going to look closely at the cost of a degree
West Virginia regulators must look out for other customers, too
The state must make changes if it is to contain costs at all

Commentary

Manufacturing chemicals here can help everybody
It's time to put 'distracted driving' in proper perspective
Polymer Alliance expects exponential growth in the state

Brad McElhinny

Brad McElhinny column: Here's hoping a cracker delivers a real miracle
You get a little bit of focus, a little bit of wiggle . . .
Carrying a sign can be satisfying, but changes little
Ke$ha sings seductive songs of self-destruction
Are you pork and beans, or are you sushi?
Suddenly, you can see how much the kids have grown

Don Surber

Disagree, and you must be a racist, Nazi or meth user
It's time to stop discriminating on racial grounds
Putnam County just keeps growing; Charleston, shrinking
As predictions fail to materialize, goodbye, junk science
Unable to run on a bad record, Obama is flailing

Hoppy Kercheval

Should it be harder to qualify for the ballot here?
Employers are looking for people who can actually think
A low turnout does not mean it will be a dull year
Supreme Court, ag commissioner are big exceptions
It's brilliant, and Americans should guard it
Crucify a few and the rest are easier to manage
Charlie March can provide that

Charles Krauthammer

Israelis just signaled their intent to survive
Obama is creating division to win re-election
Obama does next to nothing as Syria burns
Discovery's last rites symbolize national decline
Buffett tax would not even cover the 2011 deficit

Robert Samuelson

There is no longer much justification for ag subsidies
Economists' debate something that affects us all
We need to use less or get started producing more
And the massive national debt that goes along with it

Thomas Sowell

Why let Occupy break laws that other people obey?
But Republicans have to say what they would change
Now firms must give personal info to union organizers
Democrats don't think people sort themselves well

George Will

To find revenue for Obamacare, the party dug deep
Down syndrome: medical progress, moral regression
High taxes, debt, high unemployment and corporate welfare
Americans have a spacious sphere of personal liberty