Timelines
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It’s the end of the semester for Eastern Mennonite Seminary students. For first-year students, it means one thing – “Christian Tradition” timelines.
Search Results for REAL ID
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It wasn’t Sammy who drew up the play, Coach
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You ask me, Dave Leitao threw Sammy Zeglinski under the bus. When in reality somebody ought to be throwing him under the bus. Everybody who knew what was going on was aware what Leitao was going to do, and that it was going to involve Zeglinski’s backcourtmate Sylven Landesberg. Setting the scene – Auburn up…
Common Cents | Sustainability Already High on GSA Priority List
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President-elect Barack Obama recently announced an economic-recovery plan that includes a massive effort to make public buildings more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.
Jim Bishop | Comforting Contemplations on the Cusp of Christmas
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The other night, I washed down my cholesterol pill with a glass of egg nog. Ahh . . . that most wonderful time of the year is here.
Kaine’s proposals drawing critics
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Tim Kaine’s budget balancing act is earning the Virginia governor critics across the Commonwealth. “While the decisions are tough and certainly not anything that the governor or anybody else would have wished for, the ultimate impact is going to be on the various localities. And the poorest school divisions are going to be among the…
A semester in Europe
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“Adjustment,” “family relationships,” “frustration” and “siesta” were some of the words that Eastern Mennonite University students used to describe their cross-cultural semester in Spain and Morocco. The group shared the joys and struggles of their life-changing experience in a chapel service Wednesday, Dec. 10.
Cigarette-tax increase, K-12 cuts get budget deliberations going
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A proposed increase in the cigarette tax and $400 million in cuts to K-12 education are among the strategies being proposed by Gov. Tim Kaine for dealing with the state’s $2.9 billion budget shortfall.
McDonnell proposes election reforms; Dems question commitment
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Election reforms were on the mind of Attorney General Bob McDonnell today. Democratic critics of the presumptive ’09 Republican gubernatorial nominee for their part are accusing McDonnell of being a Johnny-come-lately to the election-reform game.
Downtown, or industry?
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The chicken, or the egg? The debate over Waynesboro’s economic future is akin to the timeless yarn over which came first, with a twist. Which should we do first in Waynesboro – build up the downtown, or rebuild our industry base?
A downturn, or a chance to regroup?
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I don’t want to accept that we’re in an “economic downturn” just because everybody says that we are. OK, sure, I get it. The banks aren’t loaning money because they got burned by the subprime-lending fiasco. And now the auto industry is supposedly on the kabosh. And factories are laying off left and right, just…
