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March 6 letters to the editor

Newspaper critical of Trump but not Biden I read with interest the editorial “Russia wages war on more than Ukraine” (DP-02-26-22) and the obvious lies put forth by the Russians, including their use of Facebook, Twitter and the media to flood the United States with misinformation about ...

Feb. 27 letters to the editor

Special request from a Va. third grader Dear people of the great state of West Virginia, Hello! I am a third grade student in northern Virginia. Our class is learning about the United States, and I will be teaching our school about the state of West Virginia. In the month of May, I will ...

Feb. 13 letters to the editor

HB 2232 could undo any city ordinance A delegate was  quoted in The Dominion Post on Sunday, Jan. 30, saying, “we have finally seen come to fruition what many people have been working on … A business climate that’s caught national attention and can really set the stage for the ...

Guest essay: The Bible is not anti-abortion

by Rev. Wes Bergen Most people assume that the natural Christian position is to be anti-abortion and that this position comes from the Bible. Neither of these things are true. There are many Christians on various sides of the issue, and the Bible itself is mostly silent. Often, ...

W.Va. Legislature jumps on abortion ban bandwagon

Disappointingly, but not surprisingly, the West Virginia Legislature is jumping on the anti-abortion ban bandwagon. Mimicking Mississippi’s law — which awaits judgment from the U.S. Supreme Court — HB 4004 bans abortion after 15 weeks gestational age. This ban only makes exceptions ...

Get your ‘church’ out of my ‘state’

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …” Since 2005, the Congressional Prayer Caucus has been pushing Christian-based legislation at the federal level ...