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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1998
Page
4
The Daily Telegraph editorial board asserts their consensus on First Amendment principles and freedom of expression. Included is today’s Bible quote from Jeremiah denouncing idolatry and abominations as context for the column.
Editorial notes Virginia's welfare reform since 1995 cut state residents on public assistance by nearly half aided by a strong economy. Yet concerns arise over hard-to-serve recipients meeting a 90 day job search requirement. Officials defend maintaining the rule as crucial to continued success.
Bill Archer, Virginia desk chief for the Daily Telegraph, reflects on the year 1998 focusing on the linguistic debate around the verb to be. He muses on Clinton, Starr, and the politics of Washington while noting life beyond the Beltway feels increasingly strange.
Governor Cecil H Underwood discusses the Southern Regional Electronic Campus as a nationwide multistate online marketplace for higher education. The system offers about 1,250 courses and 60 degree programs from 175 colleges and universities for spring 1999, enabling students to study from home or work and earn credits or degrees. The piece highlights benefits for students, colleges, employers, and states, with a case of a part time student close to finishing an undergraduate degree and pursuing a master’s through cross-state courses.
A reader denounces Bill Clinton’s alleged sexual conduct and questions his fitness for office, suggesting impeachment or resignation. The letter also shares Thanksgiving travel woes and praises a courteous stranger who guided the writer’s daughters to their destination.
AP veteran Walter R. Mears frames the Clinton impeachment as a collision between party lines and evolving public mood. House Judiciary Committee moves toward censure or impeachment amid perjury charges, while polls show most Americans oppose impeachment. The article tracks shifts from expectations of bipartisanship to a partisan battle shaping the Senate trial prospects.
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