Letters to the Editor

‘Narcan Approach’ Is a Disaster

Editor, News-Register: I’m not sure who said it first, but former Dallas Cowboy quarterback and ABC announcer, the late Don Meredith, made the quote famous. “If all the “ifs” and “buts” were candy and nuts, we’d all have a Merry, Merry Christmas.” This saying can be used after almost every competitive athletic event on any level. For the month of March in high school and college basketball, it has been and will be repeated often. Obviously in a more “life and death” scenario, it may be used in a political sense. Even though both political parties agreed at the ...

Approach To Pandemic Lacking

Editor, News-Register: With the devastating two-year surge of the COVID-19 pandemic appearing to have seen significant improvement of late, at least for the time being, it is quite noteworthy and troubling that it has been repeated that since the coronavirus vaccine became available to all Americans on July 1, 2021, that the 14 states in our great nation with the highest deaths rates — not coincidentally, all have Republican governors, with West Virginia leading the way with 199 deaths per 100,000, followed by Wyoming with 172 deaths per 100,000, and Florida with 153 deaths per ...

David McKinley Puts W.Va. First

Editor, News-Register: Hey West Virginians who used to live in the 1st Congressional District, you have a big election coming up and a lot depends on it. You now live in the 2nd District and the elected congressman in the new 2nd District will represent the Ohio Valley. It is going to be a competitive race with David McKinley facing off against current 2nd District Congressman Alex Mooney. My name is Tom Burgoyne and after a 33-year career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and eight ears as your Ohio County Sheriff, I think many of you know I am a registered Democrat and in ...

Is NATO Cause for Ukraine War?

Editor, News-Register: The war on Ukraine is a sad situation. We should be so thankful here in the U.S. that we have never had to endure this kind of persecution and displacement in our lifetimes. And even sadder is that this might never have had to happen. Unfortunately, many people in the U.S. seem to have the attitude that we can go about and do to the rest of the world as we please and they all should humbly bow to us as if we are God and master. The Russia/Ukraine situation is a prime example. Our current illustrious leader seems to have this lord-over-all mentality. Rather than ...

Learning About West Virginia

Editor, News-Register: 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 create a display for our State Fair that I hope will make you proud. Although I have gathered facts about your state from books and websites, I think I can receive the best information from the people who live there. This is why I am writing to you. I am hoping that you would be willing to send me some items to help ...

What’s Wrong With Republicans

Editor, News-Register: How wonderful the Republicans are? Oh, how they acclaim accolades for their party as they piously preen about, full of themselves. Enough sarcasm, though. Let’s take a hard look at the Republicans: - Republicans committed a treasonous insurrection assault on the U.S. Capitol — our altar of democracy — where six people died and 140 were injured. - They deny Joe Biden trounced Trump in the 2020 election by over 7 million votes. - They brought over 60 bogus lawsuits trying to overturn the fair election and had their heads handed to them by a fair, ...