Divided Ds, motivated Rs, and other ’09 trends

Chris Graham

The formal entree of former Democratic National Committee chair Terry McAuliffe into the 2009 governor’s race on Monday means all the players are present and accounted for now. McAuliffe, who filed papers today to run for governor, but is officially still only exploring a possible run, will compete for the Democratic nomination with Northern Virginia…

The Festival of Trees

Chris Graham

A chance to take home a beautifully-decorated Christmas tree and contribute to the efforts of AMC Hospice of the Shenandoah is on tap for Friday and Saturday at Fairfax Hall in Waynesboro. The first annual Festival of Trees will begin with a gala reception set for 6-10 p.m. Friday. The auction of Christmas trees decorated…

‘Wake up, damn it!’

Chris Graham

For the uninitiated, Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene told it like it was in his world on the Washington, D.C., airwaves on WOL during the late 1960s and early 1970s before succumbing to cancer. The ex-con, who described himself in his boss’s word – a miscreant, because it sounded more sophisticated – would no doubt be…

Still ‘Raging’ after all these years

Chris Graham

They didn’t call Manny Fernandez “The Raging Bull” because it sounded like good marketing. “The old-timers, they liked me, for some reason. OK, they liked me because I used to get into fights all the time in football,” said Fernandez, who will be wrestling Dylan Eaton on the card at Night of the Superstars VI…

Yes, We Can!

Chris Graham

Column by Chris Graham “If I forget everything else when I get old and gray,” a friend told me Tuesday night, “I hope I never forget this feeling.” I understood completely what he was saying, because I had just had a similar thought myself. CNN and Fox News had just called the presidential race in…