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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] A majority of Americans support opening public lands up to oil exploration-related drilling, but a bigger majority thinks the drilling will be more of a benefit to oil companies than to average consumers. These were the rather mixed findings of a poll released today by the Washington, D.C.,-based research firm…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] “Gas prices – $4, $5, no end in sight, because some in Washington are still saying no to drilling in America, no to independence from foreign oil. “Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump?” the announcer intones, and then you realize what you were hearing in the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] “Radical centrist.” The words don’t seem to go together, but then you listen to Mark Warner describe the concept that he’s trying to sell, and it makes a lot of sense. “We’re going to have a window in January of ’09, whether it’s McCain or Obama, and if we can’t…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Congress is continuing its efforts to dampen market speculation as a factor in raising crude-oil prices to what some economists feel are unnatural highs. U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., is sponsoring two pieces of legislation that would deal with the effects of speculation. S. 3134, proposed by Florida Republican Sen….
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Letter from Sharon Wright What do Virginia senators John Warner and Jim Webb have in common? What do our past Governors George Allen, Mark Warner and our current governor, Tim Kaine, have in common? What do seven of 11 of our congressmen that represent Virginia at the federal level have in common? All these people…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s official – Rockbridge is in the Valley League. The league announced today that the Rockbridge Rapids will join the lineup in 2009. The Rockbridge team will play its games in Lexington at Cap’n Dick Smith Field on the campus of Washington and Lee University.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A final local performance of the Hamner Theater’s own Poe & All That Jazz is scheduled for Thursday night at the Nellysford venue – and then Poe and friends hits the big stage. The show will be staged at the 2008 Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, D.C., from July 12-20….
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Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall It’s the silent softener. The disease that weakens not only the backbone, but preys upon the very resolve of men and women who once had both. It’s a tragedy unfolding everyday in America, but unlike most disorders, it doesn’t infect the poor and disenfranchised, but it’s rampant among the…
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Op-Ed by Joe Russo I have never visited Virginia, even though I know their slogan is “Virginia is for Lovers.” I might convince my wife to take a vacation there with me now; I don’t know about the “Lover” part of it, but at least I’ll be in the company of “thinkers and doers.” Apparently,…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Fifth District is no longer safe for Virgil Goode. That’s the word from Congressional Quarterly, the Cook Political Report, and Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball, all of which have moved the Fifth Congressional District race between the Republican Goode and Democrat Tom Perriello from “safe Republican” to “likely Republican.” Which…
