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Reader: It’s all about states rights

America is entering the strangest phase to date of its COVID experience. We were told by those in charge in Washington that we must not cower from the virus, yet they have now placed the issue of mask mandates and an increase of restrictions in the midst of our national life like a dull headache. The same people who promised their ideological soulmates a new dawn of America have embraced vaccine passports and mandated masking. Meanwhile, references to personal responsibility have brought a new unease to everyday life, as the Democrat-led federal government does what Democrat ...

Reader: It’s time to mask up, get vaxxed

The delta variant of COVID-19 is burning across the U.S., in some states worse than others. We here in West Virginia have been lucky so far but that cannot last much longer without taking precautions once again. Gov. Jim Justice, as of this writing, has yet to reinstate mandates on masks, social distancing or even a partial form of lockdown, such as capacity limits in stores, schools or other forms of business. If we want to mitigate the dangers of this new wave of outbreaks then we must take these measures as well as get vaccinated. To those who are or have been complaining about ...

Reader: Labor Day offers hope for animals

Labor Day offers a powerful reminder of the crucial gains experienced by American workers in the past century. In 1894, when President Grover Cleveland proclaimed the first Monday in September as Labor Day, Americans worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks in abysmal conditions to eke out a living. They were treated as animals. A century later, animals in factory farms still are. Mother pigs suffer a lifetime in tight metal stalls. Their babies are torn away, mutilated without anesthesia, crammed into crowded pens for six months, then slaughtered. Dairy cows spend their ...

Vaccination, mask mandates raise issues

Consider this letter a rebuttal to a rebuttal. I refer to Mr. Brenwalt’s letter of Aug. 28 in which he identified me and many other right-leaning conservatives as Trumpcakes. It is written in perfect Dumocrat style and carries the tune of the Bob Dylan classic “Blowin’ In The Wind.” I want to point out to the readership of the Inter-Mountain that Mr. Brenwalt has grossly misrepresented my position on COVID to a potential 10,000 subscribers if they all read the editorials and letters on Saturdays. I feel the need to address that in case some of those readers reached the same ...

Tired of vaccination, masking controversy

It has been a while since I last wrote a letter to these pages but a recent letter by one regular Trumpcake that just refuses to stop talking, Harold Arbogast, has spurred me to write a rebuttal. He mentioned how President Biden is going have to declare mask and vaccination mandates, which he then points out is a complete contrast to the state governors of Florida and Texas. However, he said it as though that would a bad thing, something about government overreach or whatever. Here is the thing: You are complaining about President Biden doing something when Abbot (of Texas) and ...

Reader opposes masks in schools

No more mandates in West Virginia! So, yesterday I saw a briefing from our governor in my news feed. I’ve been trying to ignore things, and trying not to say too much. But now this joker Jim Justice is starting back on our kids... again! First, where exactly is he getting his numbers from? Did he pull them out of a hat? Do you personally know someone hospitalized for COVID right now? Is Davis Memorial out of beds for other patients? Have you noticed ambulances running on our streets any more than before? Almost everyone I know has a scanner. What calls do you hear, or are they ...