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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Provocative headline, yes, and no, there’s not much more than conjecture behind it. But this is among the things being talked about in local politics circles. It came up most recently with me in a conversation with a local elected official yesterday when I mentioned that I was hearing that…
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Op-ed by Nina May www.ninamay.com In 1984, after founding the Renaissance Women, to counter the radical feminists who were claiming to speak for all women, we were on the national radar. As a very young, conservative, I was pitted against a veteran feminist, Gloria Steinem, on the “Phil Donahue” show. The issue was whether women…
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Staff Report Efforts by James Madison University and other area colleges and universities to boost enrollment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors have received nearly $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation. The NSF money will be used to run a summer “get ahead” type program for students who are interested in STEM…
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Story by Michael Zucconi “Hey American, George Bush!” These were the first words former Eastern Mennonite University men’s volleyball standout Dominick Porter (EMU ’06) heard when stepping off the plane in Frankfurt, Germany. “I think the guy was just trying to get a reaction from me,” explained Porter. “I just shook my head at him,…
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Column by Jim Bishop Twenty-one Mazda Miata convertible sport coupes departed Harrisonburg for “Wild, Wonderful West Virginia” on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 7; twenty returned. This columnist, who confesses to a four-and-a-half year love affair with his miniaturized motorcar, wondered if anyone would respond to an announcement in the News-Record and other outlets to join a…
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Column by W.R. Marshall Gen. David Patraeus is leaving Iraq. Osama Bin Laden has won. A simple declarative statement — and an unfortunately true one. The victory was handed to him by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al; the Neocon architects of the now ironically entitled “War against Terror.” A war that was lost before it…
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Story by Crystal Graham Kathryn McMillan has a good reason for urging others to prepare for every possible emergency situation. Fire, flooding, even a tornado, are all possible on any given day, at any time. When a fire struck her apartment in Staunton years ago, she thankfully wasn’t home. Nor was her husband, Tony. A neighbor…
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Column by Shepherd Bliss “Come to the table,” Slow Food Nation invited. And come to San Francisco over Labor Day weekend they did — around 50,000 people attending perhaps the largest food celebration in American history. Tables and straw bales appeared in the heart of the city’s Civic Center around a victory garden on about…
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Bass Strategies column with Skeet Reese To watch the average bass tournament, often the outcome is decided on who finds the best stretch of bank. But what happens when the shallow bite isn’t there? Where do you go when the fish have closed the bank? These days, I see lots of anglers – good anglers…
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Item by Jim Bishop A wreath placed on the entrance door read “R.I.P.” but few tears were shed at the “funeral” for an Eastern Mennonite University icon, Oakwood residence hall, age 39-plus. Former residents of the fabled building that has housed some 2,800 men between 1969 and 2008 paid their last respects to the hallowed…
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