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Story by Chris Graham Terry Kilgore thought his brother had a future in politics – as the next great GOP campaign strategist. “Jerry actually ran my first House campaign 12 years ago,” said Terry Kilgore, the twin brother of Jerry Kilgore, the Republican Party gubernatorial nominee. “He was so good at it, so organized. He…
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(This is the first installment in a six-part series on The Valley Responds, an effort that links the Shenandoah Valley with residents of Long Beach, Miss.) Impressions of Long Beach: 2005 A boat. Hundreds of feet from the Gulf Coast. Cars crumpled and littered along streets like paper along the highway. In the distance,…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham There was an unspoken tension in the room – beneath the surface, but very much palpable. The Valley Family Forum hosted an event last week in Bridgewater titled “Gay Activism: Its Impact on America.” The idea was to get Shenandoah Valley residents together to hear from a group…
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Story by Chris Graham Political observers across the Commonwealth have the 26th House District race on their radar screens – and for good reason. The contest between Democrat Lowell Fulk and Republican Matt Lohr is very much a toss-up at this stage – which is headline news for a political campaign in the Republican-leaning Shenandoah…
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Story by Chris Graham Virginia Gov. Mark Warner wants to take the national Democratic Party back to the political center where it enjoyed success in the 1990s. A Shenandoah Valley political analyst, for his part, isn’t so sure that is the right course of action for the party’s future.
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Story by Chris Graham Tim Kaine and Jerry Kilgore are still feeling their way around the abortion-rights issue. They both might be well advised to find a path and stick to it – because the pending political battle involving John Roberts’ nomination to the United States Supreme Court promises to keep the issue in the…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The group from John C. Myers Elementary School in Broadway was wrapping up its Thursday-afternoon field trip to downtown Harrisonburg when it happened upon a real-life civics lesson. Republican Party gubernatorial-nomination candidate Jerry Kilgore was at a Court Square eatery holding court with reporters on the issue of, yep,…
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Story by Chris Graham Every time that Weyers Cave Republican Del. Steve Landes ran into Democratic Gov. Mark Warner or House Minority Leader Frank Hall the past couple of months, he would hear a familiar refrain. “Do we have anybody to run against you yet?” was the refrain.
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I watch a lot of things on TV that my husband does not approve of. I think it must be something in the female genes that we are drawn to programs very different than our male counterparts.
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Golf Things Considered column by John Rogers [email protected] In the era of fast food, DSL and guaranteed overnight deliveries, improving the golf game can seem like a long and difficult process. Especially when a golfer wants to turn his chunky pull-slice into a power draw with a one-hour lesson.
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