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Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall I was holding off on writing this column, waiting for the results from Indiana and North Carolina, then I realized nothing is going to change, in spite of what Russert said. At this point I’m pretty sure Hillary has exercised the “nuclear option,” and she’s hell bent on destroying…
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Column by Jim Bishop “Ridin’ along in my automobile … my baby beside me at the wheel …” reminding me that our vehicle is running on “empty.” “I’m well aware of that,” I reply. “Problem is, we can’t afford to fill the tank. I’m just praying we’ll make it home.” Chuck Berrily we roll along,…
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Column by Philip Day Those words reverberated through her adolescent ears long ago, and she still hears them today, more than 25 years later. It wasn’t the question, however, that changed her life. It was the response. “No, I don’t want her to stay. She’s a ‘Washington’”. It was a response that sent her through…
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Earth Talk From the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I really want to eat healthy and organic, but am constantly traveling and on the go. How can I eat fast food without having to always end up at McDonald’s and Burger King? – Dylan Baker, Seattle The latest trend in fast food is…
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Column by Erin Gutzwiller For years it has always been a tradition that the last weekend in April the students of Bridgewater College go camping in West Virginia. Rain or shine, the camping trip known as Flagpole occurs, and this year was my last Flagpole adventure ever. Camping attire on, coolers packed with hot dogs,…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen I met Joseph Greco, writer/director of the 2006 film “Canvas,” at a regional conference of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. He showed clips of this remarkable movie and spoke about his own growing up with a mother suffering from schizophrenia. The film is one of the…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Rising food and fuel prices are pushing more people to food banks and food pantries. Food distribution in the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network was up 25 percent in March over the same period last year. And through the end of the first quarter of 2008, the local food…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte Currently, more than 47 million Americans are without health insurance, and millions more are underinsured. These statistics are simply unacceptable. It is time for real health-care reform which focuses on strategies that help Americans obtain the best-quality health care at the least cost.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] When we think the words attorney general, we think crime and justice. We don’t think about the role that an attorney general plays in how government runs on a day-to-day basis. Just because we don’t think about it doesn’t mean that it’s not an important part of the job.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Chris Long is OK with the pomp and circumstance that goes with being a projected top-two or top-three pick in the NFL Draft. I say that, and then I think, you know, that maybe he’s not. “The only thing that’s taxing or annoying about it is that I’m not really…
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