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THEIR VIEW: Bad legal climate -- not bad geography -- holds our state back
8/31/2010 12:59 PM

CHARLESTON -- It's no surprise that the newest leader of West Virginia's personal injury bar, Michael J. Romano, thinks our state's legal climate is fine as is. However, it was quite interesting to read Mr. Romano's recent guest column on what really hurts West Virginia's job prospects -- too many mountains!

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THEIR VIEW: Candidates should rely on facts, not push buttons
8/26/2010 7:33 AM
CLARKSBURG -- Reading Judge John Yoder's recent guest column in The West Virginia Record reminded me why our country is so divided.

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THEIR VIEW: West Virginia courts impact jobs
8/19/2010 7:39 AM
In the current economic slump, jobs probably matter more to the State of West Virginia than anything else. It is therefore understandable that a lot of rhetoric is expended on legislative policies to encourage job creation, at both the state and federal level.

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THEIR VIEW: Education must remain a top priority
8/12/2010 7:15 AM
CHARLESTON -- The goal of last month's special session on education was to produce meaningful reform.

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THEIR VIEW: A hole in one for West Virginia
8/5/2010 8:15 AM
MORGANTOWN -- We West Virginians are protective of our state. Ridicule and even lesser slights are like emotional arrows that can pierce even a hide that's been toughened over years of abuse.

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THEIR VIEW: Business development will require legal reform
7/29/2010 7:33 AM
CHARLESTON -- With the recent passing of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia lost not only the longest-serving Senator in U.S. history, but also its pipeline to billions of dollars in federal funding that has kept the state afloat for years. This underscores the fact that the Mountain State must now learn to fend for itself.

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THEIR VIEW: McGraw's only the 5th worse?
7/29/2010 7:28 AM
CHARLESTON -- When it comes to lousy attorneys general, I thought no one could top West Virginia Democrat Darrell Vivian McGraw Junior.

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Modern liability state means less freedom for us all
7/22/2010 8:29 AM
WASHINGTON -- One of Shakespeare's plays includes a line about killing all the lawyers. Given the damage they do to the American economy by their abuse of our out-of-control tort system one can hardly blame anyone who adopts, in the figurative sense only, the wisdom of the sentiment.

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THEIR VIEW: Are business methods still in trouble after Bilski?
7/13/2010 7:45 AM
CINCINNATI -- The patent bar and the broader intellectual property community have been holding their breath since the Supreme Court granted certiorari on June 1, 2009, regarding the case of Bernard Bilski's patent application.

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THEIR VIEW: Now, more than ever, we need coal
7/12/2010 9:46 AM
CHARLESTON -- On Tuesday, July 6, electricity demand in the East surged to levels near those in the summer of 2006.

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Redistricting will be bad for Democrats, Southern W.Va.
7/1/2010 7:27 AM
CHARLESTON -- The freight train is coming, and it is called the 2010 Census.

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