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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] SPAM-A-LOT: Seriously, ACLU, we don’t want no more of this spam stuff The ACLU sent out a press release today to tout its work on a case that led to a decision from the Supreme Court of Virginia striking down the state law banning spam on grounds that the law…
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Column by David Cox It happened in Buena Vista. Then Minneapolis. I guess it was inevitable that 2008 political races would get downright mean. On Labor Day, when each year our very own BV becomes the political capital of Virginia, senatorial candidates Jim Gilmore and Mark Warner wasted no time in trying to flatten the…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Sixth District Democratic Party congressional nominee Sam Rasoul wants to get on a stage with Republican incumbent Bob Goodlatte to debate the issues of the day in front of Western Virginia voters. Rasoul today proposed a schedule of six debates – two each in the Roanoke, Lynchburg and Shenandoah Valley…
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] One more speech to go. Then we look forward to the debates. And the rallies. Maybe a Virginia campaign stop or two or more. But first things first. It’s John McCain’s night at the RNC, and we’re going to provide the place in the Valley to discuss the speech from…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] MUCH ADO ABOUT … HOUSES? McCain owns at least one “I’ll have my staff get to you,” John McCain told an interviewer when asked how many homes he owns. I know a lot of to-do has been made about this. Methinks it might be too much. I mean, if it’s…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You listen to Republicans, and you’d think that the only thing we need to do to address our current fuel and energy crisis is drill, drill, drill and drill some more – even if the Department of Energy, the Bush administration’s Department of Energy, that is, has done…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] “I want you to know that I think you’re doing a good job.” “Thanks.” A simple way to begin a conversation that spoke volumes about where things are going in Waynesboro these days. I ran into Tim Williams the other day at the YMCA. OK,…
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Column by Steve Landes In last week’s column, I mentioned how many bills we had to process before the midpoint of the General Assembly session, commonly referred to as “crossover,” on Feb. 12. In just one day, Monday, Feb. 11, the House considered more than 200 bills. In order to complete this task, we began…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You don’t often hear the term radical associated with people in the political center. Mark Warner wants to get you thinking of moderates as radicals anyway. “This is driven by people who are saying, We’re tired of partisanship. We want to get things fixed. They know in their gut that…
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Story by Jim Bishop Beryl H. Brubaker’s connection to the place where she has studied and worked for nearly 38 years extends to the year it was founded – 1917. Dr. Brubaker, who joined the Eastern Mennonite University faculty in 1970, reflected on her long years of involvement with the school in a convocation address…
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