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More from our Calendar of Events. Saturday, Sept. 20 Guest speakers, including several Virginia Indian representatives, artists and dancers offer perspectives on Virginia Indians past and present, Festival Conference and Student Center, James Madison University, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: http://web.jmu.edu/thegallery/new_page_1.htm. Volunteer Firefighter Auction, Waynesboro Fire Department, West Broad Street, Downtown Waynesboro, 10…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Barack Obama campaign released today a TV ad featuring Lilly Ledbetter, the Alabama woman whose fight for equal pay for equal work for women is featured in today’s Augusta Free Press. The ad is called “Need Education,” playing on comments made by John McCain made to explain his opposition…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You’ve probably never heard the name Lilly Ledbetter, so you might think it unusual that Michelle Obama would go out of her way to talk about how “amazing” the retired grandmother is. “I know that there are many people here who didn’t know her story, didn’t understand the origins of…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s time for new solutions, Michelle Obama told a rally of 2,500 people on Grounds at the University of Virginia Wednesday afternoon, “because we know that the old ways just won’t do.” Obama, the wife of Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama, and Jill Biden, the wife of Delaware senator…
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Staff Report Vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton will be the featured guests in a web video conference that will air on the Barack Obama campaign website tonight at 8 p.m. “Women for the Change We Need Week of Action” will be available at http://my.barackobama.com/WomensVideo.
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Column by Leslie Smith Concerned Women for America of North Carolina is calling all citizens to take action to stop the distribution of “Hounddog,” a film depicting child rape. CWA of North Carolina created the “No More Child Porn” campaign in July after learning that the North Carolina Department of Commerce gave $387,000 in taxpayer…
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Item by Jim Bishop Breast cancer will afflict one of every eight American women in her lifetime. A pharmacologist who is doing cutting-edge research on separating normal and cancer cells will discuss her work in this area at the second Suter Science Seminar of fall semester at Eastern Mennonite University. Jeannine Strobl, professor and pharmacology…
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Op-ed by Katharine DeBrecht Since the selection of Gov. Sarah Palin as John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate, the liberal left has been in a tizzy. After years of championing women’s rights, liberals and feminists are now attacking the one woman who shattered one of the highest glass ceilings in our nation. Liberal pundits and pols…
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Column by Sandy Froman The treatment of Sarah Palin has been an appalling display of sexism and elitism. But the hatchet-men are in for a rude awakening. The attacks over the past few days come down to two things: First, Sarah Palin is supposedly out of her depth. She’s only been in high office for…
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Crystal Clear column by Crystal Graham Two words – peer pressure. That was my reasoning for going to a teaser class offered by a Harrisonburg-based dance studio. The moment I took my shoes off and sat down on the hardwood floor, I wondered how my two friends, Mary and Bonnie, had talked me into this…
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