David Reynolds | Why write?
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Because it is hard. And talk is easy. That’s one reason for these opinion pieces of writing I have done during most of my 14 years in paradise.
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Videocast | Live United
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The United Way of Greater Augusta is projecting a possible 30 percent shortfall in its 2008-2009 fundraising campaign. AFP editor and United Way board of directors member Chris Graham explores what this shortfall means in real terms to area United Way member agencies. Length: 6:34.
Rhetoric vs. reality
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“Frederick pointed out,” the release related, breathlessly, “that state spending has more than doubled over the last decade and increased by over 50 percent during the last five years.” That amounts to an indictment from the RPV chair, there, doesn’t it? Democrats, Jeffrey Frederick is saying, like Tim Kaine and Mark Warner spend money hand…
A really pretty dance that we never got to see
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Lindsay Hyson was so looking forward to The Nutcracker. She was gushing when I asked her about it. “Oh, my gosh, yes. I’ve done The Nutracker four times, and I’ve loved every one,” said Hyson, the Snow Queen in the Progressions Repertory Dance Company and Old Dominion Performance Arts Studio production of the classic ballet.
David Cox | Terry, Don’t
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Elections now almost precisely one month behind us can only mean that Virginians will go to the polls again in 11 months. Next year we get to elect a governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and the whole House of Delegates. So, if they must, let the games begin. Actually, they have already begun. Two legislators,…
Top-ranked Dukes get off the playoff schneid
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At some point you got the feeling that the team that had the ball last would end up winning this one. JMU ended up with the ball last. The top-ranked and top-seeded Dukes held off a game Wofford squad by recovering an onside kick with a minute to go to post a 38-35 win in…
David Cox | Count those blessings!
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Thanksgiving 2008 could not come at a better time. With the hubbub of the elections subsiding, one and all are taking new stock of what enormous problems incoming officials face: Rising unemployment. Citibank laying off 50,000 people — that’s lots more than everyone in our entire Lex/Rockbridge/BV region, including students who haven’t even been employed…
David Reynolds | Giving thanks
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Thanksgiving is an American holiday which remains faithful to its origins. It is a peaceful day set aside to give thanks for our many blessings. Every year I publish mine. For Thanksgiving 2008, I am thankful for … – The end of the endless presidential campaign. Now we can get serious about 2012. – Nov….
Former DNC chair considering run for governor in ’09
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Terry McAuliffe for governor. Of Virginia. Seriously. And he knows what he’s talking about. “What I’ve been doing is I’ve been going out and asking questions. Here are my ideas for where I’d like to see the Commonwealth go. What do you think? What are your ideas? Because as I’ve said from day one, I…
Jeremy Epstein | What did Virginia learn about voting systems in 2008?
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The election is over. But is it? What can we learn from the election itself? First, optical scan systems are the voter’s friend. Forward-looking localities that added optical scan systems had far shorter lines than localities with only DRE (“touch screen”) machines. If lots of voters show up and you’re using optical scan, you hand…
