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Column by Susan Shaer Submit guest columns: [email protected] It’s not enough that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have topped $1 trillion. Now there is a supplemental appropriations bill awaiting a vote in the House of Representatives that will add $37 billion more, plus some other odd bedfellows. This so-called supplemental allows other “emergency”…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] How was your coffee this morning? If it was a special blend it was likely very good. If not, if there was no theme, you may have spit it out. Next Question: How do you believe the experiment is going? You know, the great American experiment….
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. marked on Wednesday the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which has offered more than a quarter of a million veterans and their families the opportunity to attend college or training programs. After introducing the bill on his first day in…
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Column by Shepherd Bliss Submit guest columns: [email protected] Peter and Susan Kendall of Orinda, Northern California, are not your typical political activists. This couple really wants some peace and quiet, so they can be comfortable within their suburban home and with their backyard chickens, berries and tomatoes. But wait! While at their home recently…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] An international music exchange between Staunton and France gets back going this week with a visit by a group of French gospel singers to the Queen City. The group will arrive in Staunton later this week to begin preparations for a concert tour beginning Sunday, July 11, with a…
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Column by Ken Becker Submit guest columns: [email protected] I want to introduce to the public a new concept for funding the federal government. A new efficient tax system that is completely voluntary. This tax plan has been introduced to the United States Congress as the Fair Tax Act (H.R. 25/S. 296). Imagine keeping every…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] I will keep Part One short. Give. There are needs out there. It is the American way to take care of those needs. Whether you have fifty cents or a thousand dollars to spare for a good cause, do it. Just do it. Give it away….
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Column by Sanford D. Horn Submit guest columns: [email protected] Rahm Emanuel is the opportunist’s opportunist. The Obama administration chief of staff first said “never let a serious crisis go to waste.” Then, this past weekend, Emanuel referred to Congressman Joe Barton’s apology to BP as a “gift,” demonstrative of how the GOP would behave….
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Column by Sanford D. Horn Submit guest columns: [email protected] Before the Helen Thomas apologists jump on my mere mention of the name Hitler, I am not comparing the retired anti-Semitic journalist to the Nazi dictator. However, when Michael Freedman, former managing editor for United Press International, titles his op-ed, “Remember all the good that…
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Column by Tom Perriello www.house.gov/perriello During last week’s congressional district work period, I spent time talking with business owners, workers, job seekers, and others about what we can do to turn our economy around. I cherish my time here because I never want to lose touch with the challenges and needs of the families…
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