Local student voted runner-up in Post photo contest
Edited by Chris Graham
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A Stuart Hall student was voted one of two runners-up in a recent Washington Post high-school photo contest. Read more
Staunton: Back to the drawing board for conservatives
Special Report by Chris Graham
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Two years ago, the Staunton May elections saw conservative Dickie Bell elected for a fourth term, Amdrea Oakes, fresh off her work with a community group that had raised a fuss over the opening of a porn shop, elected for a first, and musician Bob Campbell outpoll incumbent Dave Metz in two of the city’s five voting wards and nearly do the same in a third while falling just short of being added to City Council. Read more
Tony Panaccio: The start of Hypocrites Season
Column by Tony Panaccio
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I wish hypocrites had seasons, like allergy season. Every spring, we all know that the dander will be flying and most of us will be loopy on antihistamines to keep us from sneezing our proboscis off. That’s why I wish there was a hypocrites season, so we’d be able to anticipate their yammering, and be able to take an Advil in advance to prevent the headaches these idiots cause. Read more
Jim Bishop: Laughter at the altar – art thou kidding?
Column by Jim Bishop
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Some of my friends call me Moses – because every time I open my mouth, the bull rushes. Permit me to finish this manna sandwich (fifth time this week) and demonstrate . . . Read more
An introduction to Create Waynesboro
Edited by Chris Graham
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Augusta Free Press Publishing is helping to jumpstart a new venture called Create Waynesboro that we hope can lay the foundation for creative-class economy in Waynesboro. Read more
Tea, latte and T-Mac
Column by Chris Graham
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I had a good conversation with a colleague today who happens to be a Tea Partier. I told him how I was planning to write a column today on the shocking vote in Utah over the weekend that ousted Sen. Bob Bennett from the upcoming Senate Republican primary, and how it seems to me that the Tea Party is running the risk of making itself and the Republican Party electorally irrelevant by demanding strict ultraconservtive ideological purity. Read more
Poll: Obama approval at 50 percent
Edited by Chris Graham
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A new Public Policy Polling survey has Barack Obama’s job-approval ratings back at the 50 percent mark for the first time since October. Read more
Chris DeWald: Dealing with grief
Column by Chris DeWald
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Grief may be triggered by the death of a loved one. People also can experience grief if they have an illness for which there is no cure, or a chronic condition that affects their quality of life. The end of a significant relationship may also cause a grieving process. Read more
Bruce Sallan: My 13-year-old know-it-all
A Dad’s Point-of-View column by Bruce Sallan
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There’s nothing new dealing with teens that think they know it all, but recently I’ve found that my 13-year-old is making me crazy with his attitude. I’ve got another teen at home – his 16-year-old brother, so I do have some experience living with a teen, but it doesn’t get any easier! Read more
Skip ahead to ‘The Good Parts’
Photos by Mark Miller
Story by Chris Graham
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The basketball players weren’t that good, so the filmmakers had to improvise a little.
“Maybe we have them read it as written, and then shoot one where we have him say, No, they’re bad, just as a backup.”
That was Matt Warner, the writer and producer of “The Good Parts,” the movie version of an unpublished short story that he wrote in 2002 that is being made into a short feature film by the Charlottesville-based Red Army Films. Read more
Wal-Mart helps Ride With Pride mark 20 years
Edited by Chris Graham
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The Wal-Mart Distribution Center has made a $1,000 donation to Ride With Pride, a local nonprofit therapeutic horsemanship riding program celebrating its 20th anniversary this year serving children and adults with special needs. Read more
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Jim Webb: The case for financial reform
Posted on May 12, 2010 · 1 Comment
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In the early days of our republic, President Andrew Jackson established an important principle of American-style democracy – that we should measure the health of our society not at its apex, but at its base. That focus has been lost, as many on Wall Street have accumulated vast wealth while the middle class falls steadily behind. When regions of Virginia are experiencing more than 21 percent unemployment and so many working Americans continue to struggle in this economy, it is only just that our leaders protect the interests of America’s working people. Read more
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