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The Top Story by Chris Graham The Shenandoah Valley is usually pretty tame as far as its politics goes – but even the solid Republican Mountain Valley has seen its share of contentiousness this political season. To wit … – One of the highlights of the Augusta County Fair this summer was an episode…
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Story by Chris Graham Mark Warner has been down this road before – lending his name and expending his political capital to aid political protege Tim Kaine’s run at the governor’s job last fall. The businessman-turned-Virginia political favorite son knows that there is risk involved to engaging in such efforts. “If you feel like you…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham By now you’ve certainly seen the video of a liberal blogger being tackled to the ground by a supporter of Republican Sen. George Allen at a campaign stop in Charlottesville from earlier this week. And most likely, you have also heard that the Allen campaign has tried to…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham It’s politics to some people – the debate over a proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution that would prohibit gays and lesbians from being able to enter into a state-recognized marriage or civil union. For those whose lives would be impacted directly by the much-talked-about change to the…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Former Virginia governor Mark Warner was being talked about as a top contender for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination. To say that his announcement in Richmond today that he will not seek the nomination was a surprise, then, is a pretty good understatement. “It was definitely a…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham You see a Confederate-flag bumper sticker on a truck in a parking lot or on the highway, and already you have some ideas in your mind as to the identity of the person who put it there. “Nowadays, you’re not going to see a $30,000 SUV going down the…
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Golf Things Considered column by John Rogers [email protected] “The turn is the swing.” That’s what I tell golfers who come to the driving range at Lakeview Golf Course to work on their technique. It’s a little bit of a simplification, but a good shoulder turn around a stable spine is the primary engine for…
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Story by Chris Graham Jim Webb has closed the gap on George Allen – and has even, according to one newspaper poll, surged into the lead in the United States Senate race between the two. The conventional wisdom attributes the momentum that the Democratic Party nominee has been enjoying in recent weeks to an incident…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The adage in the world of sports has it that it is sometimes better to be lucky than it is to be good. Jim Webb could argue that the same might be said of life in the world of politics. The Democratic Party Senate nominee entered the month…
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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.
