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I watch a lot of things on TV that my husband does not approve of. I think it must be something in the female genes that we are drawn to programs very different than our male counterparts.
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Story by Chris Graham Everybody, it seems, wants to know what Emmett Hanger is up to these days. It has to be a nice place to be in. “I’ve been encouraged to learn that my name is already known across the state. I also realize that it might not always be for positive things,” quipped…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham A George Fitch for governor campaign wouldn’t necessarily surprise Republican Party insiders who have been talking for months about the Warrenton mayor’s interest in mounting a challenge to Attorney General Jerry Kilgore. But a Fitch candidacy might shake up the 2005 gubernatorial race nonetheless.
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My resolution for the new year is probably identical to yours. In fact, my bet is that my goal is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions. Of course, mine was decided long before the ball dropped.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Jerry Kilgore was getting ready to talk hard politics. Which makes sense, given the stakes. There’s a state to be run, after all, not to mention a gubernatorial election – Kilgore, the attorney general in Virginia, is the frontrunner for the Republican Party nomination to run for governor…
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Story by Chris Graham “Two years ago, or a year ago,” Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine told a Waynesboro audience last month, “if you would’ve asked Larry Sabato or one of these pundits, tell us about the governor’s race, they would have said, Look, Tim Kaine is a great guy, he’s a hard worker, but…
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Story by Chris Graham The presidential campaign trail is a long, winding, unforgiving road. Indeed, if it weren’t for the letters DQ, Vanessa Kerry might have a hard time staying in between the white lines. “When I think of the words campaign trail, my mind immediately goes to little sleep, lots of coffee and cravings…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham When Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon, brought up his concerns with respect to the No Child Left Behind education-accountability initiative during the news conference in 2003 in which he announced his candidacy for re-election to the Virginia General Assembly, it didn’t take long for fellow Republicans to paint a…
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Story by Chris Graham What are Virginia Democrats afraid of? Rick Johnson thinks he knows the answer. “They’re scared, and they’re resorting to every trick in the book to keep Ralph Nader off the ballot wherever they can get away with it,” said Johnson, the media coordinator for Nader’s Virginia presidential campaign.
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Golf Things Considered column by John Rogers [email protected] I recently passed a bittersweet milestone as a golf instructor. I’ve had several golfers improve to the point that they could beat me on the course, at least on a given day, but I have to admit that one of my golfers has become too tough…
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