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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Virginia head football coach Mike London has announced that Scott Wachenheim has joined the Cavalier football coaching staff. He becomes the ninth member of London’s staff. He will coach the tight ends position. Wachenheim brings 21 years of collegiate coaching to UVa after spending the 2009 campaign as the…
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The budget, voter ID and, yes, clotheslines, in the Senate of Virginia Column by Mark Obenshain www.markobenshain.com Another week of session is behind us, and although actual budget negotiations still lie ahead, producing a balanced budget remains the matter on everyones mind. The budget will be balanced, of course; the law requires it. The real…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s not that you know that you’re having a stroke, and tell the nurse, Hey, I’m having a stroke! You only went to the hospital because somebody insisted. We all want to feel like we’re tough. It’s probably just a headache. The staff at Augusta Health is trained to…
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Column by Linda Gunter Submit guest columns: [email protected] It is perhaps no accident that the nuclear power industry chose a French word – “renaissance” – to promote its alleged comeback. Attached to this misapplied moniker are a series of fallacious suggestions that nuclear energy is “clean,” “safe” and even “renewable.” And, in keeping with…
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Column by Krysti Mayer Submit guest columns: [email protected] It was a surprisingly quiet drive home as my boys and I were leaving soccer practice. The car in front suddenly slammed on his brakes, and as I gazed out of my windshield to see what caused our sudden stop, I saw a young boy jump…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] Is conflict, often resulting from widely-divergent viewpoints in organizations, religious and secular, a bad thing? I think it largely depends on whether it’s avoided, allowed to fester or addressed head-on. For example, argumentation and adversarial roles seem to drive most talk radio/listener call-in and “talking heads”…
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Column by Sen. Creigh Deeds www.creighdeeds.com The General Assembly session is now in full swing. The subcommittees and committees meet around-the-clock, and the halls are packed with lobbyists, legislators, and citizens interested in the process. More often than not, I have several meetings scheduled at the same time. This week has seen some interesting…
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Column by Kai Degner www.whykai.com As the DNRonline.com has been “paywalled,” meaning people need to pay to read it online, there are a number of added challenges to inform the public on important matters. However, there’s one with a more direct added financial impact: business leaders from outside the area can’t read about or…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce made its presence known in Richmond on Wednesday at the annual Virginia Chamber of Commerce “Chamber Day at the Capitol”. Twenty-six Chamber of Commerce and 58 statewide organizations, leadership programs and businesses descended upon the Capitol to express support for business friendly legislation and…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello has introduced legislation that would ban electioneering activity by corporations whose shareholders include any foreign nationals. Perriello introduced H.R. 4523, the Save Our Democracy From Foreign Influence Act of 2010, to close a dangerous loophole that “would appear to afford the same protection to…
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