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I do not wish to be the Grinch who stole Christmas. However, someone stole part of my Thanksgiving. It was bumped almost into October to make room for another holiday. I am sure that there is a good reason why Washington & Lee University decided to make the switch. In the meantime, let us take…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that he will call for the elimination of certain contracts for information technology consultants in the Department of Taxation, saving the Commonwealth $1.4 million. The elimination of the contracts will save taxpayers $328,000 in fiscal-year 2011 and slightly over $1.0 million in fiscal-year 2012. The functions performed by the consultants…
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Tirrell Baines led four players in double figures with 17 points as Marshall rallied from a second-half deficit to defeat James Madison 67-63 in a non-conference men’s basketball game on Tuesday night at the Cam Henderson Center. JMU lost its second in a row to fall to 6-3 for the season. MU improved to 6-2…
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Last week, Congress completed several pieces of overdue legislation to provide economic relief for the middle class and the unemployed, approve adequate reimbursements for doctors under Medicare, and to censure a senior legislator following an ethics investigation. In the weeks remaining in the 111th Congress, we have an opportunity and obligation to complete meaningful work…
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It hasn’t been that long since the word “maverick” triggered the next drink in the drinking game. John McCain, the original GOP maverick, has since made a hard turn to the far right, judging his political survival to be of more import than his political legacy. The maverick is a dying breed in the Republican…
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Emily Henline could very well be the next Taylor Swift. But first things first – she has to do her homework.
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Bath County State Sen. Creigh Deeds announced today in an e-mail that he will run for re-election to his 25th District seat. “I am running for re-election because I am not finished,” said Deeds, who was the Democratic Party nominee for governor in 2009, losing that race in a landslide defeat to Republican Bob McDonnell….
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David H. Shenk is leaving his home in Harrisonburg for South America on Sunday, Dec. 5, and doesn’t expect to return for two years. It’s a long time to be gone, but he’s ready to put into action that which he feels prepared to do. Shenk, 23, was born at Shenandoah Hospital in Woodstock, Va.,…
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The Virginia Department of Transportation completed installation of 70 mph speed limit signs in November, more than a month before the estimated completion date of Dec. 31. The initiative results in 61 percent of Virginia’s interstates having speed limits of 70 mph. The last segments – Interstate 95 from Ashland to Spotsylvania, the southern piece…
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This column is not for wine lovers. Rather, it is directed to my conservative friends who have no love for government, who think that all governments are nothing more than intrusions into our private lives, who never met a tax they liked and who believe that all public budgets should be filed under fiction. Sorry,…
