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Story by Chris Graham A new twist in politics – an endorsement war – has sprung up in the Emmett Hanger-Scott Sayre race for the Republican Party nomination in the 24th Senate District. Sayre, the challenger to Hanger, the three-term incumbent, has laid claim to the grassroots – with the endorsement of Augusta County GOP…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen I’m not sure why we humans are fascinated by fakes, crackpots, con men, charlatans and snake oil salesman of all ilk. Maybe it’s because the rest of us are so dull. But for whatever reason, our interest is doubled when the crackpot is also a billionaire.
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Like most other American guys who have a symbiotic relationship with their living-room couch, I think Figure Skating is about as silly as Synchronized Swimming or that TV show where the British Nanny comes to your house and tells you how to raise your kids.
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham Beep, beep … The guy behind us in the white luxury car was obviously heading to a fire. Had to be – he was driving 85, 90, easy. My wife had been trying to pass a semi on the mountain on the way to Charlottesville – innocently as…
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Story by Chris Graham Scott Sayre wants to take his conservative values to Richmond. He also wants to take the high road from the Shenandoah Valley to the State Capitol. “This is going to be a very, very positive campaign,” said Sayre, who announced today that he will be challenging the three-term incumbent in the…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham For a brief moment or two after the 2006 midterm elections, it had seemed that the Republican Party was perhaps going off its ideological moorings. The talk was reaching the level of near-clamor regarding how the GOP was going to have to consider retreating from the right-wing conservative…
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Story by Chris Graham Mark Warner has been down this road before – lending his name and expending his political capital to aid political protege Tim Kaine’s run at the governor’s job last fall. The businessman-turned-Virginia political favorite son knows that there is risk involved to engaging in such efforts. “If you feel like you…
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Story by Chris Graham It began to get out of hand when the group of people carrying a banner proclaiming that “Love Is Not Wrong” came face to face with another group carrying signs advocating that Virginians “Vote Yes 4 Marriage.” Or was it when the self-avowed atheist started chanting satirical anti-gay slurs and jabbing…
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Story by Chris Graham Everything about soccer in the United States would seem to point in the direction of the sport taking on more prominent status in American popular culture. An estimated 18 million Americans are on an organized youth or adult soccer team – only basketball has more active team participants.
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Story by Chris Graham Kevin Nash isn’t bashful about being a big man. The 6-foot-11 grappler knows he’s not asked to do huracanranas and five-star frog splashes and dives from the top of cages. “I’m kind of limited in what I can do now – I’ve always been limited, because size does limit you to…
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