Suddenly it's fashionable to beat up on West Virginia. Two weeks ago a spill of a chemical used in the coal-mining industry fouled the Elk River, prompting a don't-drink-the-water order that affected 300,000 households at the start and wasn't finally lifted for the final 6,000 or so until Saturday, 10 days after the spill, as Reuters reports.

A week ago Eric Waggoner, "chair" of the English Department at West Virginia Wesleyan College, took to the Puffington Host to deliver a declamation, which began:

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