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Golf Things Considered column by John Rogers [email protected] Here’s a common scenario on the golf course. Mr. Topskuller, a 30-handicapper, stands on the first tee with his Supercharged, 2000cc, Titanium Tomahawk driver, takes a mighty swing – and rolls the ball almost 100 yards straight down the fairway.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The summer of 2004 was the best time in a long time to be a Democrat in Virginia. The polls had presidential candidate John Kerry within shouting distance of George Bush, for one thing. Kerry, sensing the possibility of an upset in the heart of what Republicans throatily consider…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Independent presidential candidate John Anderson was threatening to break down the door to the two-party system. The Illinois congressman was running strong in the national polls, which showed him with the support of as much as a fifth of the electorate in the summer of 1980. He also had…
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The last 12 years haven’t been easy for me. Every day, I wish I could have somehow changed the way one particular night turned out.
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Story by Chris Graham The presidential campaign trail is a long, winding, unforgiving road. Indeed, if it weren’t for the letters DQ, Vanessa Kerry might have a hard time staying in between the white lines. “When I think of the words campaign trail, my mind immediately goes to little sleep, lots of coffee and cravings…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham When Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon, brought up his concerns with respect to the No Child Left Behind education-accountability initiative during the news conference in 2003 in which he announced his candidacy for re-election to the Virginia General Assembly, it didn’t take long for fellow Republicans to paint a…
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Story by Steven Sisson Poet Robert Frost wrote, “I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.” But what about being a … radical conservative? That could be the best description for Libertarian Party presidential candidate Michael Badnarik out there. Badnarik, 50, is a baby boomer – nothing…
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Golf Things Considered column by John Rogers [email protected] Welcome to Golf Things Considered, a roving weekly column dedicated to anything and everything related to the game of golf. As a teaching professional I have access to and a good view of what’s going on in the world of golf. From instruction to the latest…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Gov. Mark Warner was able to deliver one particularly good line in his brief speech to the Democratic National Convention Thursday night. Noting that the Old Dominion hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964, Warner went Old Testament, invoking images of the Israelites fleeing Egypt to…
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Story by Chris Graham The votes are in, and the winners are … Drum roll, please. OK, so there were no real surprises in Tuesday’s general elections in Staunton and Waynesboro – with all six incumbents running for re-election to the respective city councils winning handily.
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