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Story by Chris Graham Four years ago, Nancy Sorrells was the political outsider looking in at an uphill battle to win a seat on the Augusta County Board of Supervisors. Today Sorrells is the old pro – OK, not exactly.
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I’m a scofflaw – I admit it. I have a dog, and since I can’t remember whether or not I have a license for her, I’m guessing that means that I don’t. Which means, of course, that I’m subject to prosecution and exposed to a possible one-year jail…
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Column by David Cox The nation is in one of its periodic political shifts. As FDR inaugurated the party of the New Deal, which evaporated under the pressures of the Vietnam War and social turmoil, and as Ronald Reagan brought “a new day in America” that now darkens amidst the Iraq war and administrative cynicism,…
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Column by David Cox As if you haven’t heard: The new traffic fees stink. Really bad. So bad, they need to be repealed. ASAP.
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Column by Jim Bishop OCEAN CITY, N.J. – Something was definitely missing last summer. It wasn’t quite the same without our annual family pilgrimage to “America’s Greatest Family Resort.”
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Op-Ed by Ben Cline I am writing to encourage Virginia taxpayers to take advantage of this year’s Back-To-School Sales Tax Holiday, which is scheduled from Friday, Aug. 3 through Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007.
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Story by Jim Bishop A post-9/11 program to help survivors of trauma has enabled some 7,000 people to discover sources of resilience in the aftermath of attacks of all kinds over the last six years.
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Story by Chris Graham Maxine Hope Roles knows that she is facing an uphill battle in her 26th Senate District challenge to incumbent Republican Sen. Mark Obenshain.
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Column by Bob Goodlatte Private ownership of property is vital to our freedom and our prosperity, and is a basic principle embedded in our constitution. However, a Supreme Court decision issued two years ago jeopardizes the protection of private property from government seizure guaranteed by the Constitution. The narrow 5-4 decision in the case of Kelo…
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Story by Jim Bishop Two undergraduate students are getting intensive, practical experience in molecular biological research this summer at Eastern Mennonite University with the help of a National Science Foundation grant.
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