Susan Shaer: Partisan politics should not get in the way of new START

AFP

The partisan split in politics is getting old and stale. Real people want real solutions to real issues, and one of the gravest is within our grasp to solve. For decades, we have been under a nuclear cloud, but world and U.S. leaders have risen to the occasion to provide safeguards. The United States and…

Bain: Goodlatte misleads voters with fundraising letter

Chris Graham

Sixth District Libertarian congressional candidate Stuart Bain is raising issue with a recent mailer put out by the campaign of incumbent Republican Bob Goodlatte that Bain thinks crossed an ethical line. “Goodlatte’s efforts to mislead voters are laughable. He is partly to blame for this economic disaster we’re in, and now he claims to fight…

One last drive

Jim Bishop

At age 88, Margaret Martin Gehman of Harrisonburg has lost a little of her trademark drive, largely because she has parted company with a faithful friend. Dr. Gehman and her trusty, albeit a bit rusty, mechanical steed, a blue 1967 Volkswagen Beetle, are almost synonymous to many observers. For years she motored the streets of…

Press Conference: Mike London

Chris Graham

UVa. football coach Mike London talks with the media on Monday in advance of the Cavs’ game with VMI on Saturday. COACH LONDON: Before we get started, obviously a couple recent events to discuss here and we will start with Tim Smith. Unfortunately Tim being a socialite on a social media network had talked about…

Waynesboro-Charlottesville connector debuts

AFP

A fixed-route service connecting Waynesboro and Charlottesville began operations on Monday. The Shenandoah Express, a service of Virginia Regional Transit, will run three days a week – on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Express users will be able to travel from Waynesboro to Charlottesville for 50 cents each way. The Express will connect with existing…

Conservation in the spotlight

AFP

The Shenandoah Resource Conservation and Development Council will join fellow RC&D Councils throughout the United States to commemorate RC&D Week, which runs from Sept. 19-25, 2010. RC&D Week is held annually to celebrate the success of the RC&D Program nationwide. During RC&D week, the Shenandoah RC&D Council will be presented with the Southeastern Association’s “Outstanding…

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

AFP

There’s blood in the water, and conservatives in the Republican Party are in feeding-frenzy mode. Can’t blame them, really. All the polling being done these days suggests that the American public is ambivalent about where things seem to be headed – still. I say still because you can really trace this back to probably Richard…

BC to honor three with induction into Hall of Fame

Chris Graham

Three stellar former Bridgewater College athletes have been selected for induction into the College’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 8, in the Kline Campus Center, as part of Homecoming activities. The inductees for 2010 are Mary Frances Heishman, ’66, of Dayton, Va.; Anthony Lawrence, ’90, of Chantilly, Va.; and Pattiann Dzikowicz Beach, ’91,…

Kathleen Rogers and Antonio Gonzalez: Seeking one principled person from each side of the aisle

AFP

On Sept. 17, 1787, a group of visionaries and leaders signed our Constitution. They were intent on creating a functioning government based on universal truths and extraordinary principles in an environment complicated by disparate regional economies and wildly divergent parochial interests. Back then, differing proposals for the shape of our government divided our country into…

Sarah van Gelder: The new normal

AFP

Americans are facing a troubling reality. The economic recovery they were promised has not materialized. There’s growing talk about a “new normal”—a new way of life to take us through a long period of failed recoveries. There are, indeed, good reasons to believe we won’t go back to the old ways. But this new normal…