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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Film offers a glimpse into life and ideas and culture. And a chance to spread understanding and a sense of community. The organizers of the upcoming Staunton Jewish Film Festival hope the April 11-17 event can create a bridge between a local Jewish congregation and the Staunton and Central Shenandoah…
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Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz “The world is hungry for the kinds of things taught in our Mennonite schools,” said Daryl Byler, a 1979 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University and 1985 graduate of Eastern Mennonite Seminary. Byler and his wife, Cindy, administer programs in Iraq, Iran, Israel/Palestine and Jordan for Mennonite Central Committee. The Bylers…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte Just a few weeks ago, President Bush and Secretary of State Rice hosted an international conference at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The conference focused on supporting the efforts of Israeli Prime Minister Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Abbas on their road to peace.
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Story by Jim Bishop Four persons from Lebanon and Laos will reflect on the reality and tragic effects of cluster bombs on their families, communities and countries in a story tour coming to Eastern Mennonite University.
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Story by Chris Graham State delegates Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah, and Clay Athey, R-Warren, are calling on House Democratic Caucus chair Brian Moran to disclose what role, if any, he played in the appointment of the controversial leader of the Muslim American Society to the Virginia Commission on Immigration. The what role, if any part relating…
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Story by Chris Graham Last year it was baseball. Now it’s Floyd Landis and Justin Gatlin … and baseball. The issue of the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes continues to get scads of press – and you know what that means.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham David Ray Griffin is the least likely conspiracy theorist that you’ll ever meet. A theologian by trade, Griffin was working on a book on Western imperialism at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. At the outset, Griffin said, he…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Gov. Mark Warner was able to deliver one particularly good line in his brief speech to the Democratic National Convention Thursday night. Noting that the Old Dominion hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964, Warner went Old Testament, invoking images of the Israelites fleeing Egypt to…
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