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Column by Bruce Sallan Sometimes there are many ideas fighting for attention in my mind, covering all the subjects I tend to write a column about, but each isn’t worthy of its own full-length coverage. Consequently, I collect them. So, in no particular order, here are my current random musings. * A great feel-good dad…
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Staff Report 11th District Congressman Gerry Connolly has called on Pat Robertson to apologize for his statement on his “700 Club” TV show that Islam is “not a religion” but a “violent political system.” In a statement issued Wednesday, Connolly said Robertson caused substantial hurt and damage for the Muslim community in Northern Virginia and…
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Excerpted from Mad About U: Four Decades of Basketball at University Hall, by Chris Graham and Patrick Hite In an effort to set a new Virginia women’s basketball single-game attendance record, the promotion that helped set the current mark 22 years ago is back on Nov. 22 vs. Tennessee – Hot Dog Night. All Cavalier…
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Story by Chris Graham With AFP Audio If you believe the partisan rhetoric, it’s the wealthy who bear the tax burden, and who are deserving of tax breaks to get the economy moving. A new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the Virginia Organizing Project puts the rhetoric in a new…
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Some of the problems faced by new college grads Column by Kathleen Herring You’ve just graduated from a major public university with a bachelor’s degree in your chosen field. Finally, you have the time, energy and ability earn your own wages, pay your own rent, and work towards an ideal job in your field while…
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Responds to attacks on Perriello, Connolly, on health-care votes Staff Report With YouTube video A television-ad counteroffensive was launched today backing up U.S. Reps. Tom Perriello (D-Fifth) and Gerry Connolly (D-11th,) who voted for the Affordable Health Care for America Act and now find themselves in the crosshairs of the special interests and the target…
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Column by David Cox No question about it, Virginia Republicans had a field day. Congratulations rightly go to Mssrs. McDonnell, Bolling, Cuccinelli, and Cline and, in the nonpartisan local elections, to re-elected Supervisors Ford and Lewis. No question about it, too, they all face huge problems, both in Richmond and, as a result, locally. But…
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Column by Norman Leahy Primum non nocere, a Latin phrase meaning “First, do no harm,” is the first principle in the provision of health care. It should also be a first principle in health-care reform. Of course, this assumes the debate is truly about health care and not just another excuse to further expand the…
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Story by Chris Graham With AFP Audio UVa. is missing 7-footer Assane Sene (three-game suspension) and 6-9 power forward Jamil Tucker (indefinite leave of absence). So when Mike Scott got into early foul trouble at South Florida Monday night, and eventually fouled out with only 16 minutes logged in the post, the four-guard offense that…
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Column by Krysti Mayers We gathered as old friends in a comfortable room, a circle of chairs and desserts on a table nearby. In the past, our conversations have been about our homeschooling techniques and curriculum, but this night instead, we talked about the life we lived before we homeschooled. Most would view us as…
