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After farming for most of the last sixteen years in semi-rural Sonoma County, Northern California, and being raised partly on our family farm in Iowa, I have come to understand that agriculture can serve many functions, in addition to producing food, fibers, and beverages. Some farms – especially non-industrial small family farms – are places…
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– Perriello criticizes tobacco tax in SCHIP bill, Wednesday, 1:40 p.m. – Conservation easements top 100,000 acres in Valley, Wednesday, 12:50 p.m. – Treasury announces new restrictions on executive compensation, Wednesday, 12:50 p.m. – House GOP pushing mental-health reforms, Wednesday, 12:50 p.m. – House bill allowing government-sanctioned sectarian prayers at government meetings unconstitutional, ACLU says,…
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Column by Steven Sisson It’s becoming clear as mud after last night’s debate that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is worst running mate since Thomas Eagleton in 1972. McCain’s political strategy ensuring women will vote for the Republican ticket because Palin’s sexuality is condescending to say the least. To quote Charlie Chan, the “mud of bewilderment…
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More from our Calendar of Events. Saturday, Sept. 20 Guest speakers, including several Virginia Indian representatives, artists and dancers offer perspectives on Virginia Indians past and present, Festival Conference and Student Center, James Madison University, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: http://web.jmu.edu/thegallery/new_page_1.htm. Volunteer Firefighter Auction, Waynesboro Fire Department, West Broad Street, Downtown Waynesboro, 10…
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Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] “Sarah Palin represents everything they hate,” conservative radio host Laura Ingraham told an audience at the Republican National Convention this week. Which piqued my interest, because I’m guessing that I’m one of those they that she was referring to – a Democrat, a member of the news media. Come…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] LET THE SIDESHOW BEGIN: The Robertson Crusade commences And that’s what we have to call it here, folks. Because this isn’t about the Code of Virginia, as Ray Robertson told me in his law office several months ago, thumping the book as if it were the Bible. This is a…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You listen to Republicans, and you’d think that the only thing we need to do to address our current fuel and energy crisis is drill, drill, drill and drill some more – even if the Department of Energy, the Bush administration’s Department of Energy, that is, has done…
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Earth Talk From the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What are the major environmental issues that our next president, be it Obama or McCain, will have to confront? – Melinda Barnes, via e-mail Global warming is unquestionably the most pressing environmental issue facing whoever ends up in the White House in January 2009….
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: The eaglet we’re reading so much about I tell you, I’m glad to hear about the now-famous eaglet is recovering from the surgery at the Wildlife Center and all. But seriously … Are we that hard-up for anything substantive in the news business that we have to write about…
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The Summer 2008 edition of The New Dominion Magazine is out today. The stories featured in the magazine include: – A religious Revolution: Waynesboro church turns tradition on its head – 2025 Vision: What does Greater Augusta look like in the future? – Vineyards in the Valley: Wine industry gaining foothold in Augusta, Rockingham –…
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