Kaine talks economy, jobs in Hampton Roads
Share
U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine visited the Portsmouth campus of Tidewater Community College in Hampton Roads
Search Results for United Way
Share
Minsterial wives’ group to feed homeless
Share
The Ministers’ Wives and Ministers’ Widows Alliance of the Charlottesville & Vicinity will be hosting a breakfast for the homeless on Saturday, Aug. 18, at 9 a.m. at the United Methodist Church at 489 N. Winchester Ave., Waynesboro
Chris Graham: Unchained melody
Share
Unchain Wall Street. Put us back in chains. It’s OK to say one, but not the other. Shame on all y’all, really. The toothpaste is out of the tube, so it’s only going to get much, much worse between now and November. But that said, haven’t we all had it up to here and beyond with the negativity? This is what we get for putting in place a Supreme Court that felt it necessary to protect the rights of billionaires to spend as much money as they can to help their favored candidates win elections
Chris Marston: The politics of Chick-fil-A
Share
I have not eaten at Chick-Fil-A in over 6 months. It is not because I disagree with their corporately shared religious and social beliefs
Chris Graham: The Sarah Palin ‘mistake’
Share
The right-wing echosphere is howling once again. Another lefty critic has come down hard on Sarah Palin
Andy Schmookler: People Power
Share
You raise the good question, “How can Andy Schmookler win when his opponent has access to so much more money than he has?” The question could be rephrased, “How can People Power defeat the Money Power in America today”
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport announces new air carrier
Share
The Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Commission announced today a change in United Express carrier from Colgan Air to Silver Airways. Silver Airways will operate all United flights from SHD utilizing the newer generation Saab 340Bplus aircraft. This transition will be seamless for passengers as Silver Airways takes over the route Aug. 1, 2012
Book from Rockbridge publisher wins national award
Share
The winners of the 16th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards were announced at the annual BookExpo America publishing convention in New York City. Founding Spirits: George Washington and the Beginnings of the American Whiskey Industry by Dennis J. Pogue won the silver medal for excellence (Mid-Atlantic Region) Best Non-Fiction category.
Report: 2012 summer on track to be one of hottest on record
Share
AccuWeather.com reports the summer of 2012 is in the running for one of the top three hottest summers in the past 60 years in the United States and southern Canada
Rafael Espada/Raymond Baker: The money behind the cartels
Share
Several Latin American leaders have proposed legalizing aspects of the drug trade in recent months, clearly acknowledging that the current strategy in the war on drugs is not working. They are correct in highlighting the flaws in the traditional approach to battling illicit narcotics, but do we really need to wave the white flag? Or…
