It took just minutes last week for the U.S. Senate’s newest member, Sen. Carte Goodwin of West Virginia, to cast a decisive vote. Given Goodwin’s experience with Gov. Joe Manchin, we feel certain he had mixed feelings about the action.

For many years liberals insisted the United States had to have strict pollution policies in order to set a good example for the rest of the world. Our country was the world’s largest consumer of energy, after all.

Liberals out to destroy the U.S. coal industry — and with it, the economies of West Virginia and Ohio — believe they have found a secret weapon against a reasonable bill sponsored by U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and George Voinovich, R-Ohi.

The state of Arizona is not the only government entity in hot water for attempting to take action against illegal immigrants. Now, the city of Fremont, Neb., is being sued, too.

If West Virginians thought Gov. Joe Manchin’s decision to run in the special election to fill Sen. Robert’s C. Byrd’s vacant seat would keep others from the race, they were mistake.