Palin Crossed Border For Canadian Health Care
Federal No. 2 Mine shut down again
by Ken Ward Jr. Patriot Coal Co. said late Friday that it had closed its Federal No. 2 Mine in north-central West Virginia again because of bad gas readings in a sealed area of the mine. In a news release, the company sa[...]
President Obama: Replace Rahm with Me …an open letter from Michael Moore
Dear President Obama, I understand you may be looking to replace Rahm Emanuel as your chief of staff. I would like to humbly offer myself, yours truly, as his replacement. I will come to D.C. and clean up the mess that&#[...]
Dave Matthews Headlines Music Bash to End Mountaintop Removal
More than 1 million acres of Appalachia have already been destroyed. An estimated 1,200 miles of headwater streams have been buried under tons of mining wastes. Over 500 mountains have been permanently scarred. Homes hav[...]
Sen. Byrd splits with Rocky IV on bill to block EPA from issuing greenhouse gas limits
by Ken Ward Jr. This just in: Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., on why he declined to co-sponsor Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s bill to block EPA from issuing greenhouse gas limits: I do not plan to cosponsor Senator Rockefellerâ[...]
Rocky IV seeks more delay in greenhouse gas controls, but offers no plan of his own
by Ken Ward Jr. West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller today is introducing legislation seeking to delay — for two years — any federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Rockefeller says his bill aims to give Congress: [...]
Obama signs one-year extension of Patriot Act
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed a one-year extension of several provisions in the nation’s main counterterrorism law, the Patriot Act. Provisions in the measure would have expired on Sunday without[...]
Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Mike Roselle
By Jeff Biggers The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very like to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? —[...]
What’s the Matter With Midwestern Democrats and Coal?
By Jeff Biggers What’s the matter with the Democrats in the Midwest and the challenge of coal? Have they turned their backs on the great American pastoral and our devastated coalfield communities and gobbled up the[...]
The race to stand up for coal
by Ken Ward Jr. Well, the race to stand up for coal continues at the West Virginia Legislature … Yesterday, the Coal Association lobbyists gave their pitch about mining permits to the special committee set up by Hous[...]
Health Care
Palin Crossed Border For Canadian Health Care
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — who has gone to great lengths to hype the supposed dangers of a big government takeover of American health care — admitted over the weekend that she used to get her treatment in Canada’s single-payer system. “We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada,” [...]
Federal No. 2 Mine shut down again
by Ken Ward Jr. Patriot Coal Co. said late Friday that it had closed its Federal No. 2 Mine in north-central West Virginia again because of bad gas readings in a sealed area of the mine. In a news release, the company said: Patriot Coal Corporation today reported that it has temporarily suspended active mining operations at the [...]
