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Story by Chris Graham Nicholas Patler is nothing if not persistent. He hatched an idea for a fresh look at the politics of race in the administration of former president Woodrow Wilson over a period of a dozen years – the last three of which he spent researching and crafting his examination of the protest…
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I think I am starting to know what it’s like to be blind. Man, oh man. Somehow I managed to get a couple of cuts in my eye.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham For Virginia Gov. Mark Warner to be able to run a viable campaign for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 2008, does he need to see his top lieutenant win his job in November? This is the question on the minds of more than a few people in Old…
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Story by Chris Graham Everybody, it seems, wants to know what Emmett Hanger is up to these days. It has to be a nice place to be in. “I’ve been encouraged to learn that my name is already known across the state. I also realize that it might not always be for positive things,” quipped…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham When Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon, brought up his concerns with respect to the No Child Left Behind education-accountability initiative during the news conference in 2003 in which he announced his candidacy for re-election to the Virginia General Assembly, it didn’t take long for fellow Republicans to paint a…
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Story by Steven Sisson Poet Robert Frost wrote, “I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.” But what about being a … radical conservative? That could be the best description for Libertarian Party presidential candidate Michael Badnarik out there. Badnarik, 50, is a baby boomer – nothing…
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Story by Chris Graham The people have spoken – 20 percent of them, anyway. The one-in-fives who did the speaking for Staunton and Waynesboro in this week’s city-council elections in the twin cities stated loudly and clearly that they are very much in favor of the status quo.
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Story by Chris Graham Tom Reynolds won election to represent Ward B on Waynesboro City Council in 2000 after receiving more than 80 percent of the votes cast in his two-way race with Blue Ridge Area Food Bank chief-executive officer Marty White. On Tuesday, Reynolds, a member of the faculty at Fishburne Military School, is…
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Story by Chris Graham Staunton’s all at-large election system should make for an interesting time on Tuesday. Six candidates – incumbent council members Dickie Bell, Dave Metz, Dick Robinson and Rita Wilson and challengers Doug Manning and James Welsh – are running for the four seats open on the seven-member public body.
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Column by Emmett Hanger Wait a minute! We are talking about reforming Virginia’s antiquated tax system, and I mean really, actually debating the pros and cons of revising Virginia’s tax structure. For years, the need has been there, but it was more convenient to sweep things under the carpet rather than talk about it. Now it’s…
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