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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] “We have a strong set of standards and values on our team that reflect those of the University, and we do not compromise those values to win football games.” A pretty strong statement from a coach who spent the better part of a week castigating…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Peter Lalich won’t be making the trip with his UVa. football teammates to Connecticut this weekend. “We stand by Peter and in talking with him have made a decision which is best in the short term for him, the team, and our University. We have a strong set of standards…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] How do we describe Paul Galanti? Former POW-turned-Swift Boat critic of John Kerry? That would be one way. Another would be strong Mark Warner supporter who was appointed by Warner and then reappointed by Tim Kaine to serve on the board of the Virginia Department of Veterans’ Services. Galanti, who…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A Recovery Walk-A-Thon is set for Saturday morning at Beverley Manor Middle School west of Staunton to raise money and awareness of local substance-abuse recovery efforts. Registration begins at 9 a.m., and the walk starts at 10 a.m. Thie event is being organized by a community coalition that includes Valley…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Jason from Arlington did what a hundred sportswriters armed with notebooks and tape recorders and laptops hadn’t been able to do yet in 2008. He got Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer to talk about his anemic offense. “Now, I don’t care where we rank statistically. I think part of…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] They are the ones who are the most affected by cancer and what it can do. They know how important it is to try to get ahead of cancer to beat it before it can do its damage. And they are starting to see the proverbial light at the end…
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Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] Why isn’t Jane Swift out demanding an apology from the Republican Party of Virginia? “Smoking hot in a ‘naughty librarian’ sort of way” is how the RPV website described Palin as late as Monday, when I happened upon a side-by-side comparison of Palin and Barack Obama that I will…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] John McCain said of Hillary Clinton’s health-care proposal last year: “I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” McCain made a similar-sounding remark about former GOP presidential Mitt Romney during the New Hampshire primary: “Never get into a wrestling match with a pig. You…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A funny thing happened on the way to me writing the story about how out of touch Barack Obama is on the Southwest Virginia coal industry. Turns out that he’s not. “The truth is that if Sen. Obama has his way, and we impose these massive new taxes…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Those of us who dare to raise questions about Sarah Palin’s public record are officially on the enemies list now. “We’re proud of Gov. Palin’s leadership in Alaska and record of taking on entrenched special interests and the good old boys network,” said former Massachusetts governor Jane Swift, a member…
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