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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The State Corporation Commission has spoken on the proposed Highland New Wind case. A state legislator would like the SCC to keep its nose out of these types of cases in the future. “What this has the effect of doing is eliminating their review of projects such as the one…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte Last year, I had the opportunity to travel as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation to the war-torn nation of Sudan and see first-hand, in Darfur, one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent times. As a nation dedicated to freedom and the rights of the individual, the United States has…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s not the football game, but … It is still Virginia–Virginia Tech. And at least one of the teams in Wednesday night’s game in Charlottesville will be pumped a little more than usual heading in. “Playing Virginia Tech is always a challenge for us as it would be for both…
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Column by Scott German It’s 2008, and officially the Atlantic Coast Conference is 0-2 in football play, thanks to the Old Dominion’s two ACC entries dropping games earlier this month. (See Gator and Orange Bowl results) The conference known better (OK, totally) for its basketball presence know faces the continued challenge of improving its gridiron…
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Column by Jim Bishop “… to see Thee more clearly, day by day by day by day …” – from the musical, “Godspell” It’s one thing to have a clear vision of what we want to accomplish today, tomorrow and beyond. It’s another to have 20/20 vision – or even better.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You don’t often hear the term radical associated with people in the political center. Mark Warner wants to get you thinking of moderates as radicals anyway. “This is driven by people who are saying, We’re tired of partisanship. We want to get things fixed. They know in their gut that…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Don’t get Nathan Moore wrong. He lives for his music, is happy with life in the indie scene, loves having total creative control from start to finish. But … Well, you’re familiar with the concept of the grass being greener on the other side, right?
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I often wonder when watching games why coaches whose teams are going through a lull don’t call timeouts to make their players run wind sprints or some such thing. The thought there being – a little bit of motivation can go a long way from time to time. UVa. basketball…
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] Everybody seems to want Gregg Williams to be the next Washington Redskins coach. I guess what everybody really wants, then, is for the ‘Skins to slide back into mediocrity. I’m being blunt here, but also accurate – when you look at the NFL head-coaching record…
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Column by Todd Wickersty TheButterRoom.com It’s been a week since the Hokies disappointed thousands of Virginia Tech alums, students, and fans with a 24-21 loss to Danny Manning and the Kansas Jayhawks. I am still pissed, partly because I’ve been involved in a spirited e-mail exchange with a few other Hokies about public enemy #1,…
