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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I call it The Wilder Effect. Doug Wilder was up nine points in the pre-election polls in his 1989 gubernatorial race with Marshall Coleman in his bid to become the nation’s first elected African-American governor, but in the poll that counted on Election Day he won by less than half…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It sounds good when Bob Goodlatte puts the numbers in front of us. Virginia has 57 million barrels of recoverable oil and more than 300 billion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas on the waters off its outer continental shelf. That’s a lot of dadgum oil and natural gas, right?…
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Op-Ed by Shepherd Bliss Slow Food Nation leader Alice Waters – founder of Berkeley’s famous Chez Panisse Restaurant and author of eight food books – spoke at the small town (8,000 people) Sebastopol Farmers’ Market in Northern California Aug. 3. She was interviewed about the Aug. 29-31 SFN celebration to happen around San Francisco by…
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Op-Ed by Joe Roman Earlier this year, Virginia officials endorsed a proposal to establish more than a million oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Oysters in the Chesapeake. That’s as natural as maple syrup in Vermont, crawfish in Louisiana, salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Except in this case, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission isn’t looking to restore…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Never underestimate the Chinese. Bill Crutchfield, the CEO of the Charlottesville-based Crutchfield Corp., learned that on his short jaunt through Hangzhou, China, carrying the Olympic Torch in May. Tens of thousands of young Chinese among the 1 to 2 million people lining the streets that day were sporting…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] I expected more out of John McCain. A lot more. I remember thinking a few years ago, circa 2000, that the Arizona senator might make a pretty good president. I bought into the whole Straight Talk deal that he was selling, supported his efforts to clean up campaigns through McCain-Feingold,…
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Earth Talk From the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What are the major environmental issues that our next president, be it Obama or McCain, will have to confront? – Melinda Barnes, via e-mail Global warming is unquestionably the most pressing environmental issue facing whoever ends up in the White House in January 2009….
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Formulas for Fishing Success column by Jay Yelas It might be summertime, but did you know that bass have already gone back to school? Back to schools of baitfish, that is. That’s because there are huge clouds of baitfish everywhere. The baitfish that hatched earlier in the year are now the ideal size for bass…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] ‘CELEB’ DEATHMATCH: John McCain takes yet another shot at Barack Obama OK, I’ll bite. Who at the McCain HQ thinks Paris Hilton and Britney Spears are still international celebrities? What, are we running for president in 2004 now? Seriously, the message in the latest McCain backwater offering, “Celeb,” is not…
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Bass Patterns column by Boyd Duckett If you respool your reels as much as I do, I hope you stocked up on some extra fluorocarbon line recently, because it’s summer, and you’re going to need it. Summertime fishing conditions are different from any other time of the year. Much of this centers around water clarity….
