Even West Virginia gets it right sometimes

Here's a good one from tonight's Wall Street Journal evening wrap-up. They're moving in the right direction in WV against multi-culturalism, maybe we should try this nationwide:

West Virginia: Now Available in English

The fact that most U.S. state legislatures write their proposed laws in English doesn't make them any easier to read, apparently. West Virginia lawmakers, for example, recently voted to make English the state's official language, but didn't realize they'd done so until two days after taking a recess. To a not-so-hotly-contested bill concerning boards of parks and recreation, Senate Majority Whip Billy Wayne Bailey added an amendment that set rules about record-keeping -- and oh, by the way, said, "English shall be the official language of the State of West Virginia." Lawmakers passed the bill and its amendments on the last day of their latest session. House Majority Leader Rick Staton pushed for the bill's passage, but didn't realize it contained the English-only amendment until he was asked about it by the Associated Press. West Virginia is the eighth state in the past 10 years to adopt English-only laws, which proponents say will encourage immigrants to learn the language. They've pushed for such a change in West Virginia for the past several years, but opponents, who believe the law would unfairly punish immigrants, have blocked it until now.