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Ben Fields: We all wind up in the same place if we do nothing (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: We all wind up in the same place if we do nothing (Opinion)

  • Updated 12 hrs ago

A passage from George Orwell's "1984" keeps popping up in my mind these days. 

Ben Fields: Want to become a friend of the pod? (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: Want to become a friend of the pod? (Opinion)

  • By Ben Fields
  • Aug 7, 2025

A couple of years ago, I was having a discussion with my buddy and former colleague Eric Eyre about some of the new media outlets that were fo…

Ben Fields: For whom the phone rings (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: For whom the phone rings (Opinion)

  • bfields
  • Updated Jul 31, 2025

Kicking and screaming (sort of), among the last of the holdouts, we bought the boy a smartphone.  

Ben Fields: If 'God's Not Dead,' he might be napping (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: If 'God's Not Dead,' he might be napping (Opinion)

  • Updated Jul 24, 2025

A once trusted and beloved man has been accused of sexual assault, along with drug abuse and wild, out-of-control behavior. It goes back a lon…

Ben Fields: Some genius money moves to get past 'sneakflation' (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: Some genius money moves to get past 'sneakflation' (Opinion)

  • By Ben Fields
  • Updated Jul 17, 2025

You've heard of shrinkflation and skimpflation, but have you heard of the latest way corporate greed is screwing us all over? 

Ben Fields: That's a sweaty wrap on another Independence Day (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: That's a sweaty wrap on another Independence Day (Opinion)

  • Updated Jul 10, 2025

I think July 4 is officially my least-favorite holiday. 

Ben Fields: It's simple: Capito doesn't have to care anymore (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: It's simple: Capito doesn't have to care anymore (Opinion)

  • bfields
  • Updated Aug 7, 2025

I was a bit put off when Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced Tuesday that she couldn't wait to confirm her son, former state legisla…

Ben Fields: Deploying the F-bomb against Israel, Iran (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: Deploying the F-bomb against Israel, Iran (Opinion)

  • bfields
  • Updated Jun 26, 2025

I don't have a problem with President Donald Trump deploying the F-bomb when, in addressing the media earlier this week on the conflict betwee…

Ben Fields: The childish nature of the Legislature (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: The childish nature of the Legislature (Opinion)

  • bfields
  • Updated Jun 19, 2025

Sometimes, we say lawmakers act like children, and it seems a valid criticism. But have we ever considered that's an insult to some children? 

Ben Fields: Doug Skaff Jr.: The likable guy and the difficult job (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: Doug Skaff Jr.: The likable guy and the difficult job (Opinion)

  • bfields
  • Updated Jun 12, 2025

Like everyone here at the Gazette-Mail, and most everyone in Charleston and throughout West Virginia, I was stunned and saddened by the news t…

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