BRCC business group to lend a hand to Haiti
The Blue Ridge Community College Students in Free Enterprise Team will travel to LaGonave, Haiti Jan. 18-24. Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has been ravaged by four hurricanes this year that destroyed 60 percent of domestic crops and caused billions of dollars in damages. Read more
Ogletree going pro
A curious move, to say the least – that’s UVa. wide receiver Kevin Ogletree announcing that he will forego his final year of college eligibility to enter the NFL draft.
Ogletree, who graduated with a degree in sociology in December, had one year of eligibility remaining after redshirting in 2007 with a knee injury suffered in the preseason that year. He led the Cavs in catches as a sophomore in 2006 with 52 and again in 2008 with 58. Read more
Sanford D. Horn | Blago’s Senate pick – taint right
Circus Maximus plays the palace – the palace being the governor’s mansion in Springfield, Ill. For a man who doesn’t know how to keep his mouth shut, embattled Illinois Gov. “Lightening” Rod Blagojevich (D) is a shrewd genius for his selection of Roland W. Burris to become the Land of Lincoln’s junior senator. Yes, genius, as the choice of Burris, 71, deflects Blagojevich’s legal and political troubles while turning the selection into a commentary on race. Read more
My Two Cents | Nobody’s thinking here
Talk about a political misstep. Senate Democrats are making a serious one with their handling of the Roland Burris issue. Read more
Sanford D. Horn | Israel v. Hamas – No Moral Equivalent
“We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.” – Golda Meir (1898-1978), former Israeli prime minister
For Israel, the axis of evil is Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran with the latter supporting the two terror groups. With all three entities hell-bent on the destruction and eradication of the Jewish state, aside from ignorance and jealousy, one must wonder why. Read more
Is there a plan post-Commonwealth Center? Of course there isn’t
The state is closing the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents as part of a strategy to shift mental-health care for children to the private sector and local community services boards.
OK.
Except that the closing is the result of the state budget shortfall.
Got it.
I think we have our real motivation right there. Read more
Smoke-free Virginia?
Whaddya think about being able to go into a restaurant and not having to deal with the contradiction in terms that is a no-smoking section?
“The scientific evidence about the health risks associated with exposure to secondhand smoke remains clear and convincing,” said Gov. Tim Kaine, who announced yesterday his support for legislation that would ban smoking in restaurants, including dining establishments in public and private clubs. Read more
Finally, early voting in Virginia?
Gov. Tim Kaine is backing legislation that would allow for no-excuse, in-person absentee voting in Virginia.
Patroned by State Sen. Janet Howell, D-Reston, and State Del. Rosalyn Dance, D-Petersburg, the legislation, styled SB 810, would allow Virginia voters to cast absentee ballots in person at their local registrar’s office during the 45-day absentee voting period without providing an excuse or reason. Read more
The saga of the Downtown Wall
If you’ve been to Downtown Waynesboro at any time in the past eight months, you’ve probably wondered to yourself. What the … why don’t they … who’s responsible for …
Funny thing, that. Everybody that I’ve talked to about the unfortunate landmark that is the Downtown Wall, as people have taken to calling it, is asking the same set of questions. Read more
A spiritual look ahead at ’09
What does it mean to love God’s created world? And, what impossible, or even possible things, are you dreaming of and what obstacles are looming for you in this world at the beginning of 2009?
Lee F. Snyder, EMU interim provost, asked these questions of the campus community at a convocation service Wednesday, Jan. 7, the opening week of second (spring) semester at Eastern Mennonite University. Read more
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Rick Gibson | The other side of the story on privatizing psychiatric services
Posted January 7, 2009
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