Videocast | AFP News sits down with Sam Rasoul

AFP News sits down with Sixth District Democratic Party congressional nominee Sam Rasoul about the 2008 elections. Length:...

Videocast: AFP News reports on the Bush Legacy Tour

Chris Graham of AFP News reports on the stop of the Bush Legacy Bus Tour in Waynesboro on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Length:...

David Cox: Abraham Delano Obama

Column by David Cox Readers of this column may not be surprised that Barack Obama is my choice for president of the United States. What may surprise them is how long it took me last spring to get to that opinion. But, having made it, subsequent events have confirmed, at least in my own mind, the wisdom of...

Haresh Daswani: Hindu Extremists

Column by Haresh Daswani I have watched several news reports about Hindus that have attacked Christian temples in South India. These acts were barbaric and despotic. This does, indeed, cause an international uproar that I do find unimaginable. But they never did talk about the entire proper story. Here is a...

Valley Blue Dog: Republican Tricks, Democratic Treats!

Column by Steven Sisson Halloween is a time for dressing up in a costume and wearing a mask and having fun. But grownups wear masks, too, especially politicians, and more than ever Republicans are masking the truth behind their agenda. According to nationwide polls, 70 percent of leaders can’t be...

Sixth District: It’s time for new blood in Congress

Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Sam Rasoul forced the Sixth District Democratic Party to live up to its name. It had been 10 years since the party had even tried to challenge Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte in the Sixth, after his 40-point win over then-Roanoke mayor David Bowers in a race...

Fifth District: A vote for solutions, not controversy

Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net The Danville Register and Bee endorsement editorial put it well, I think. Noting that the paper hadn’t endorsed a Democrat since Virgil Goode was a Democrat, the editorial board relayed that it is changing course not because it is leaving Virgil Goode....

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