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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A 25,000-seat stadium in I-AA football – sorry, but I refuse to go with that stupid new nomenclature that divides college football’s Division I into a Bowl Subdivision and a Championship Subdivision, and really, you should, too … Ahem. Sorry. I allowed myself to get off track there. What I…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The last time that you were paying any attention to the U.S. Senate race, former governor Jim Gilmore was the Republican candidate. Be careful now, though, because Gilmore has two opponents for that GOP nomination that you might have assumed was an automatic. Northern Virginia state delegate Bob…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Just last week, that big Golden Gate up yonder creaked open, and Charlton Heston was admitted to Movie Star Heaven. Naturally, he received a standing ovation from the ghosts of William S. Hart, Douglas Fairbanks, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Gary Cooper and Kirk Douglas (who is not…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Democratic Party gubernatorial-nomination candidate Brian Moran, the sponsor of Alicia’s Law legislation to provide monies for local law enforcement to investigate online sex predators, offered praise on Thursday for the arrest of a Stuarts Draft man who stands accused of molesting a 3-year-old girl. “The work of local law enforcement…
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Column by Jim Bishop When I was a child, I thought as a child. When I became an adult, well … This adult, a senior citizen still reliving his second childhood, often reflects upon that early, formative period of life. Recently, in the church small group I belong to, we spent time responding to a…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] He’s taking a shower one morning when he realizes something odd. Three hours have just passed, and he can’t remember what has happened. Slowly, Rob comes to learn that he has the ability to skip hours, even days, with no perceptible break in consciousness. Which is great for him, because…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Do you miss those wonderful old screwball comedies from the 1930s? Well, now’s your chance to carpe diem – seize the day – and return to those jolly times of yesteryear. You’re in for a real treat watching “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” currently playing at…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The cook had been blackmailed into poisoning a high-ranking bishop, then naturally was caught for his crime and sentenced to execution. To deter future such crimes, and to distance himself from any apparent involvement in the poisoning incident, Henry VIII arranges to have the man boiled to death. The scene…
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Column by Jim Bishop Is it irreverent to suggest that the Ten Commandments were not an immediately smashing success – centuries ago as well as today? When Moses came down from Mount Sinai after receiving God’s laws and saw the people preoccupied with hanky-panky, he became so incensed that he threw the stone tablets to…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I surely didn’t see it coming. “I am suspending my campaign for the Democratic nomination effective immediately,” Sixth District Democratic congressional candidate Drew Richardson said in a statement today that ended his run at the party nomination. “I congratulate the presumptive nominee, Mr. Rasoul, and wish him and his supporters…
