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Column by Haresh Daswani I believe this is a cycle the whole world encounters during growth. It is not only in Beijing, where we have seen the levels of pollution through pictures trying to present the beauty of the new infrastructure. These pictures also showed the price to the environment for those infrastructures. It was…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro Choral Society is holding auditions for its upcoming Christmas concert scheduled for Dec. 1 and Dec. 2. Auditions will be held at the Main Street United Methodist Church at the corner of Main Street and Church Street in Downtown Waynesboro on Monday, Aug. 11, and Monday, Aug. 18,…
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Column by Sam Rasoul Two weeks ago, I addressed the reasons behind the astronomical prices for gasoline. These serious increases hurt not only individuals and families, but also weaken our already vulnerable economy. The price of oil has decreased somewhat since then, but the cost of both gasoline and fuel oil threatens to destroy local, state…
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Op-Ed by Joe Roman Earlier this year, Virginia officials endorsed a proposal to establish more than a million oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Oysters in the Chesapeake. That’s as natural as maple syrup in Vermont, crawfish in Louisiana, salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Except in this case, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission isn’t looking to restore…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen It started out as a really fun idea for a movie. With all the political hanky-panky in the past few years, the voting machine screw-ups and such, why not have an election so close that it comes down to one vote? Like, one anonymous, schlubby little guy…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] I expected more out of John McCain. A lot more. I remember thinking a few years ago, circa 2000, that the Arizona senator might make a pretty good president. I bought into the whole Straight Talk deal that he was selling, supported his efforts to clean up campaigns through McCain-Feingold,…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] The talk about Tim Kaine being on Barack Obama’s VP short list is no accident. Just look at the timing. That’s what has Christopher Newport University political-science professor Quentin Kidd thinking there’s more to the firestorm of coverage on this short-list news than maybe meets the eye. “There are two…
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Op-Ed by Sanford D. Horn Sometime in the not-so-distant future: A man enters a nondescript building, opens a door to what appears to be a classroom or a conference room and takes a seat. Man: “Hi, I’m Sanford, I’m an English-speaking American.” Chorus from the room: “Hi, Sanford.” Sanford: “This is my first meeting of…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] TOO MUCH TIME ON OUR HANDS: Zogby poll shows one in five favor secession “One in five American adults — 22 percent — believe that any state or region has the right to ‘peaceably secede from the United States and become an independent republic,’ a new Middlebury Institute/Zogby International telephone…
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Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz For the second year in a row, Eastern Mennonite Seminary has admitted more students from other denominations than those who are Mennonite. This year, EMS has admitted 22 new degree-seeking students and eight non-degree seeking students at the Harrisonburg campus. Three more degree-seeking students and one more non-degree seeking student…
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