The Senate seat – that’s where this column is going

Chris Graham

The Politcs Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] Jim Webb just makes too much sense as a VP on the Barack Obama ticket. And no, you can’t see where this column is going, so stay with me here. I’ll finish the above thought, which again is not where this column is going. Ahem. Webb brings Virginia…

You lose some, you lose some

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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] “The budget will allow services to remain substantively intact while shielding already strapped taxpayers from increased cost.” That’s definitely one way to look at the city budget. Another view that I’ve been advancing is that we’re actually losing on both ends. Because services aren’t going…

Political code words uncoded

Chris Graham

Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall adullache.today.com Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more We’ve been slogging along for the last – what is it, hundred years? – with this endless campaign, and every step of the way we’ve been treated to the muzak of political code words. Both politicians and pundits throw these little…

Universal religious moderation

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Op-Ed by Haresh Daswani Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more I am a firm believer of my faith, but have also welcomed friends and beliefs from everywhere. Belief, after all, is what we might have arrived to having our questions most satisfied by scriptures, experience, prescribed way of life, or to whichever have brought…

Photocast: Jungle fever

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Photos by Mike Hodge It’s a jungle out there at Willow Oak Plaza in Downtown Waynesboro. Willow Oak is playing host to a Jungle Safari that will run through the weekend. Visitors to the safari can get pictures taken holding a real lion cub, watch monkeys at play, pet and feed the llama and other animals, ride…

America – the new old Germany

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Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall adullache.today.com I should have seen this coming. I’ve been around the edges of it for years now. After watching the Bush machine slowly grind America into a second-rate debtor nation, I figured we were on our way to becoming Great Britain or France. I even thought – if the…

Exchange Club wants … you

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Item by Crystal Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro Exchange Club is opening its doors – inviting business leaders to join them in making the country a better for place for all. As part of the nation’s most established service organization, Exchange Club members are business and professional leaders working with families and fellow citizens to improve…

You’re paying more than you should be

Chris Graham

Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’d like to get all worked up about how great it is that Waynesboro City Council figured out a way to save stormwater despite the pressure from the ultraconservatives to delay things another year, but … I have to say that I’m disappointed. I’m sure…