Thank you, members of the West Virginia State Bar, for once again providing the Chief Justice with the opportunity to offer comments on the State of the Judiciary in West Virginia. Billions of dollars in paper wealth disappear in a matter of hours when the stock market takes a sudden drop.
Parents say goodbye to their child at breakfast.
By lunch time, they learn that their child has been killed at school by another student. These are truly roller coaster times. We live in a society that seems disposable and is sometimes very dangerous. Our society is constantly changing. In times of change, it is human nature to grasp at some semblance of order and control in our lives.