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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] I haven’t been eating out as much lately. Which is to say, I haven’t been eating out for lunch and dinner four or five days a week. And yes, I realize that this is contributing to the economic downturn that we’ve been dealing with here lately. And…
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Column by Jim Bishop “How the time flies, When I’m near you …” – Jerry Wallace ( 1958 ) Time munches on … and sure gives you a lot to chew on. That reality smacked up against my head again the other week as my good wife and I greeted another milepost on the superhighway…
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Formulas for Fishing Success column by Jay Yelas It might be summertime, but did you know that bass have already gone back to school? Back to schools of baitfish, that is. That’s because there are huge clouds of baitfish everywhere. The baitfish that hatched earlier in the year are now the ideal size for bass…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] And the blowhards are trying to say that Virginia would be better off without Tim Kaine … Forbes.com has once again named Virginia as its “Best State for Business.” It was the third consecutive annual recognition for the Commonwealth by the folks at Forbes, all three on the watch of…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] ‘CELEB’ DEATHMATCH: John McCain takes yet another shot at Barack Obama OK, I’ll bite. Who at the McCain HQ thinks Paris Hilton and Britney Spears are still international celebrities? What, are we running for president in 2004 now? Seriously, the message in the latest McCain backwater offering, “Celeb,” is not…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] The talk about Tim Kaine being on Barack Obama’s VP short list is no accident. Just look at the timing. That’s what has Christopher Newport University political-science professor Quentin Kidd thinking there’s more to the firestorm of coverage on this short-list news than maybe meets the eye. “There are two…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Fear and Loathing is bigger than one person. I’ve been coming to realize this lately, but it hit home last night with a phone call about who was seen eating dinner with whom at a local restaurant. “Frank, Tim and Bruce are at Ciro’s,” I…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] BEATING A DEAD HORSE: McCain campaign trots out military man to attack Obama on canceled troop visit Seriously, this nonissue is starting to become an issue that has me wondering if the McCain people have their heads on straight. It’s not enough that they went out and misstated the real…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] Gas prices are down 11 cents from where they were a month ago in Virginia. But at an average per-gallon price of $3.86, we’re still paying more than a dollar over what we paid last year. And we weren’t all that enthused last year about paying what we were paying…
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Bass Patterns column by Boyd Duckett If you respool your reels as much as I do, I hope you stocked up on some extra fluorocarbon line recently, because it’s summer, and you’re going to need it. Summertime fishing conditions are different from any other time of the year. Much of this centers around water clarity….
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