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Five governors
Adam Rhew of NBC29 in Richmond sat down with five Virginia governors: Current governor Tim Kaine, and former governors Linwood Holton, Doug Wilder, George Allen and Jim Gilmore. The men talk about a number of issues, including use of the new media and a two-term governor.
It is not often that Virginians get the opportunity to [...]
Virginia Politics
VA Votes 2009 airing across Virginia
Hampton Roads’ own Joel Rubin, former host of On the Record, will be hosting a series of interviews with the six statewide candidates.
Called Virginia Votes 2009, the series features three half hour shows, each including interviews with the nominees for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General.
Virginia Votes 2009 – The Candidates for Governor: Bob [...]
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Editorials
The Quiet Majority
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world
– From “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats
Majority rules. It’s a fundamental precept of democracy. Yet, in real life it doesn’t always play out that way. Sometimes, the majority can be [...]
Fun stuff
Review of ‘1959: The Year Everything Changed”
No matter how you look at it, however, Kaplan falls quite short in making the case for his hyperbolic claim that 1959 was the year that everything changed – or even the year that changed everything.
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Local Politics
Hamilton probe widens The federal investigation into Republican incumbent Delegate Phil Hamilton and Old Dominion University took an interesting turn last week with the announcement of that ODU had been served with legal papers. From The Virginian-Pilot report:
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National Politics
No way, Joe The newest star in the constellation that is the Republican Party emerged last night during President Barack Obama’s speech. Since the president shot a sharp glance toward the congressman who had just yelled, “You lie!” South Carolina’s Rep. Joe Wilson has become an overnight celebrity.
“You lie!” Wilson blurted out during President Barack Obama’s health care [...]
Technology
Tech Tuesday: Google Voice I managed to get an invite to try Google Voice a couple of weeks ago. When coupled with the BlackBerry application, I think I’ve found almost the perfect answer to a lot of issues.
First, I’m one of those people who doesn’t give out my cell number. I consider my cell for my own use, not [...]
Music
Kanye West shows off at VMA Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve probably heard about how rapper Kanye West took the stage at the Video Music Awards, grabbed the microphone from Taylor Swift, winner of the Best Female Video award, and ranted about how the winner should have been Beyonce.
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