Tuesday, April 18USA Today digs “Idol”’s DaughtryFluvanna High graduate Chris Daughtry, who’s been filling the rock quotient on “American Idol,” Fox’s Tuesday night juggernaut (30 million viewers on average), ekes out the lead in USA Today’s “Idol” popularity contest today. But just barely. With 24 percent of the vote, the charismatic baldy with the tight […]
Tuesday, March 21 Super Bowl’s loss is wage-workers’ gain Approaching retirement from the big chair at Harper’s Magazine, patrician editor Lewis Lapham is interviewed in the Style section of today’s Washington Post. Perhaps best known for his sometimes impenetrable essays that lead off Harper’s each month, Lapham reveals his old-school method of assigning work to […]
Tuesday, March 7 “I knew Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan was a friend of mine, and you, Senator, are no Ronald Reagan” Converted Democrat James Webb, who wants to give George Allen a bus ticket home from the U.S. Senate, has even broader goals, according to an Associated Press report today, saying he wants to defeat […]
Tuesday, February 14 Casteen, the Younger takes on accidental shootists Reid and Cheney Writing today on slate.com, John Casteen IV, a regular contributor to The Virginia Quarterly Review, enlists the recent shooting incidents of Vice President Dick “Fuck Yourself” Cheney and Virginia Delegate John “Invest in Kevlar” Reid to argue that Congress should act to […]
Tuesday, January 11 DNC gives Kaine a $5M kiss National Democratic Party chair Terry McAuliffe today announced that the DNC would contribute an unprecedented $5 million to Lt. Governor Tim Kaine’s gubernatorial campaign. Calling Kaine “the future of this party,” McAuliffe said, “he’s a pro-business Democrat, a man of strong faith and values and is […]
Every year at about this time, we take a special look back at the news that was. And yes, we’re looking for the gaffes, the missteps, the you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me’s. Thankfully, 2004 was rich in them, mostly because public officials did so much to promote fear and divisiveness. And that was just the Sheriff’s office! Media organizations […]
www.alternet.org In Minot, North Dakota, in 2002, a train derailed at 1:30am spilling 200,000 gallons of deadly gas. All six commercial radio stations in the area were owned by Clear Channel, and all six were fully automated. As a result, the stations weren’t switched over to the emergency broadcasting frequency and the news wasn’t properly […]
Tuesday, August 24 Extra cash in Richmond Virginians are making more money than State bean counters had projected, creating a $324 million budget surplus. And now Gov. Mark R. Warner, who led a successful charge in this year’s General Assembly to raise taxes, wants to give about $28 million back to taxpayers, the Richmond Times-Dispatch […]
Tuesday, August 17 Rock against terror Terrorists will have to deal with several large rocks if they attempt to attack the Albemarle County Office Building. In a press release, Albemarle officials today explained that the newly placed boulders ringing the entrance to the building are a “temporary security measure” with the added benefit of being […]