Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia likely killed the Biden administration’s nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to the Federal Reserve Board. Manchin cited Raskin’s opposition to carbon-based fuels as the […]
Tag: Capito
Russia wages war on more than Ukraine
Russia has invaded Ukraine. The news was not shocking — U.S. intelligence had been warning of an imminent invasion for weeks — but it was no less upsetting. Many of […]
In voting rights battle, moderate Republicans allowed to duck issue
by Tonja Jacobi and Warren Snead At a time when Republican leadership has come to tolerate, or even embrace, Donald Trump’s “big lie,” 19 states have acted to subvert previously […]
Dec. 26 letters to the editor
Families, average citizens are put last Two stories in the Dec. 17 issue of The Dominion Post drew my attention for different reasons. The first reported on a press conference […]
Nov. 7 letters to the editor
No tricks, only polite ghosts and goblins We must live in the wrong neighborhood. All of the complaining about today’s children being spoiled, self-centered and disrespectful to adults didn’t exist […]
When states take away voting access, Congress must act
When speaking to members of the press late last week, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito offered the following rationale for the GOP filibuster of the Freedom to Vote Act — voting […]
Oct. 10 letters to the editor
‘Even in govt., Job No. 1 is to pay your bills’ Sen. Capito has been playing partisan games long enough. The most urgent issues deal with budget processes such as […]
An open letter to our Congress members
Dear West Virginia’s U.S. Senators and Representatives, The residents of the state you represent — and who elected you to represent us on the national stage — kindly ask you […]
Sept. 26 letters to the editor
Manchin voting on W.Va. youths’ future As a West Virginia resident and person who has family in West Virginia, I unfortunately will have to leave the state unless Sen. Manchin […]
Sept. 19 letters to the editor
Protestors shouldn’t get front-page photos It has happened again! I opened the paper Saturday, Sept. 4, to find a photo of mothers in Preston County protesting the mandating of mask-wearing. […]
