White House ’08: A media love affair with Barack Obama?

AFP

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Chances are that whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, you’re sure that the media coverage of the ’08 presidential election is tilted toward Barack Obama. A George Mason University study would show that not to be true, but hey, perception is reality these days, ain’t it? “The perception is indeed…

Joey’s roots

David Reynolds

Column by David Reynolds We all have roots. Some have local ones. They’re RB&B folks, Rockbridge Born & Bred. Others, like myself, have roots that were planted elsewhere. Last week lightning struck a man whose roots I proudly share. You may have caught this man’s name in the news over the past few days. I…

The absolutely fabulous list of the greatest Alternative Lifestyle movies ever made on planet earth

Carl Larsen

Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Sometimes watching a lousy movie can lead you down an interesting primrose path. Like the other day, I was in the mood for a musical, and noticed one I had never seen was playing on cable. I TiVoed it, and later sat down to watch what turned…

No YouTube for you

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Dave Rexrode is all up in arms about news reports that said that his boss, Congressman Bob Goodlatte, would be participating in a YouTube debate hosted by his Democratic challenger, Sam Rasoul. There’s just one problem. No such news reports exist. I have scoured the Googler and found three references…

Obama’s GOP backers talk military policy

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I knew that Brett Hayes and John Martin had a couple of things in common when I set up my interviews with them for this week’s Top Story on “Republicans for Obama.” The headline gives the two key ones away – both are Republicans, and both are actively supporting Democratic…

Who gets the economy?

Chris Graham

Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] I thought we’d already decided as a nation that the massive federal budget deficits that Reaganomics brought with them were decidedly bad for the economy. Seems like some of us didn’t get the memo. “It’s important that we have a president who understands how to get our economy moving…