Jim Bishop: ‘Come and see’ where Jesus walked

Jim Bishop

Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected]   Can anything good come from Nazareth? A rhetorical question? Not really. In John 1:46, Nathaniel made that inquiry, and Jesus’ disciple Philip answered, “Come and see . . .” Since the year 2000, people have come to the heart of Nazareth, Israel, traveling back in time…

State of the Union: A Virginia perspective

Chris Graham

  Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Everything you wanted to know about the State of the Union, but were afraid to ask. We have the full texts and videos of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Republican response. We also have reactions from Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner, congressmen…

Wolf: ‘We are going broke

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Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th) today told the Senate Budget Committee that the only way to address the nation’s growing debt is to create a bipartisan commission and require Congress to vote up or down its recommendations. Wolf, who for three years has been advocating for a blue ribbon panel that would put everything from entitlement…

Press Briefing | Press Secretary Robert Gibbs

Chris Graham

Monday, Oct. 19 Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is joined in the press briefing by Dr. Jared Bernstei, deputy assistant to the president on economic policy, and Melody Barnes, director of the Domestic Policy Council. MR. GIBBS: Good after – or good morning, I should say. Sorry, I’m used to doing this in the afternoon. Before…

AAA: Gas prices ease slightly

Chris Graham

The average U.S. retail price for regular gasoline dropped 2 cents to $2.53 Friday, $1.17 below year-ago prices and $1.58 below the record price of $4.11 set last July. Current gasoline prices are in stark contrast to the then-sky-high prices seen one year ago in the aftermath of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, which interrupted refining…

1,200 more jobs to Fairfax with relocation

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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today announced that technology and defense powerhouse Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is moving its corporate headquarters from San Diego to the company’s McLean campus in Fairfax County. The scientific, engineering, and technology applications company plans to invest $25 million as part of the relocation and is expected to create 1,200…

Remarks from President Obama to the UN General Assembly

Chris Graham

United Nations Headquarters New York, N.Y. THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to address you for the first time as the 44th President of the United States. (Applause.) I come before you humbled by the responsibility that the American people have placed upon me,…