Whirlwind year for Tazewell High School columnist
Larry Hypes, a Daily Telegraph columnist and Tazewell High School teacher, writes of a chaotic week juggling teaching duties, football coverage, and other after school projects while noting Pat Summit's dementia diagnosis and his own aging process. He highlights planning, photography, broadcasting, and racing travel as part of a busy journalism and education life.
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James
Monica
Jerry Smith
Tom Keene
Tazewell
Bristol
Coach Summit
Larry Hypes
Tazewell High School
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Daily Staff and Motto Quotation Note
The Bluefield Daily staff list includes Darry Hudson publisher news editor and sports editor Andy Patton with Brian Woodson Samantha Perry in various editor roles. A biblical vanity quote from Psalms 144 4 frames the note as a city paper motto.
West Virginia mocked by US lawmaker during EPA conference
Representative John Conyers faced swift backlash after remarks at the EPA Environmental Justice Conference singled out West Virginia and its coal industry. Senator Joe Manchin and Acting Gov. Earl Tomblin condemned the comments as offensive and unnecessary, inviting Conyers to visit the state to learn about its people and the coal sector.
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EPA
Lisa Jackson
Conyers
Conyer
U.S
Joe Manchin
W.va
Michigan
Home
John Conyers
D-Mich
Manchin
Earl Tomblin
Tomblin
Bill Raney
West Virginia Coal Association
Mountain State
Social Security Trust Fund myth debated in letter to editor
A reader argues that Social Security monies are not in a separate fund but are accounting entries in the Treasury. Citing David John of The Heritage Foundation, the letter claims no cash exists in the trust fund, with IOUs representing future repayable obligations, and that tax revenues fund government spending.
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Heritage Foundation
David John
IOU
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Social Security Administration
Letters to the Editor guidelines from Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph invites public letters on matters of interest. Letters should include the writer’s signature address and phone number. Submissions may be sent by mail to Bluefield Daily Telegraph P O Box 1599 Bluefield WV 24701 or by email to editor at bdtonline com.
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Bulldogs
Barbara Gillespie
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Black Swans and Earthquakes Reveal Debt Fears
The piece links Tuesday’s East Coast quake to Nassim Taleb’s Black Swan theory and the global debt crisis. It argues deficits and debt loom as powerful unknowns with extreme impact, challenging belief in economic predictability and Nobel laureate guidance.
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Capitol
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Australia
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Paul Krugman
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Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Darry Hudson
Andy Patton
Brian Woodson
Samantha Perry
Bill Archer
Charles Owens
OOD
Donald Ingram
Princeton
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Moo
Jay Ambrose
Washington
Scripps Howard Newspapers
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