Breaking down the race in the 27th Senate District

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham The 27th Senate District promised to be a wide-open affair even before moderate Republican Sen. Russ Potts announced his retirement plans. But now with Potts out of the picture, the battle between his successor as the Republican standard-bearer in the district that stretches from Winchester in the Shenandoah Valley…

Rasoul delivering letter to Goodlatte on SCHIP

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham Sixth District Democratic Party nomination candidate Sam Rasoul wants to let Congressman Bob Goodlatte know where he stands on the extension of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program – a bill that would continue the provision of health-insurance coverage to millions of poor children that was vetoed this week by President…

On meeting with the ‘enemy’

Contributors

Op-Ed by Pat Hostetter Martin I met with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, last Wednesday (Sept. 26) in New York City. Why would I be part of ongoing efforts at “dialogue” with people and institutions that some Americans view as the “enemy”? The branch of Christianity in which I am rooted, Anabaptist-Mennonite, holds that…

Husky boy

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham The pants were taunting me from afar. You couldn’t possibly fit into me. Ha. Fool. They still had the price tag on them when I pulled them out of the closet this morning.

The Rec-Center 3

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham Think the Jena 6 case couldn’t happen here? Oh, yeah – it could. “You’re going to need to break this up,” a security guard warned a group of African Americans outside the Augusta County Recreation Center in Fishersville two Thursday nights ago. I was inside getting ready for…