To execute or not to execute [November 2]
Bob McDonnell opposes the call by the The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports today that Virginia Attorney General American Bar Association (ABA) for a halt on executions.
Left behind [November 1]
Looking for further evidence that the U.S. is lagging behind other industrial nations when it comes to education?
Last minute contributions roll in [October 31]
It's five days until city and county elections, people, and last-minute contributors to…
Other News We Heard Last Week
Tuesday, October 23Dylan rides in styleLess than a month after appearing at John Paul Jones Arena, troubadour Bob Dylan debuts in a TV ad for Cadillac. As reported by the New York Daily News, the singer-songwriter is shown in a Western get-up tooling down a desert highway in an Escalade. Trippy music plays as he […]
We Ate Here
We were happy to take a recommendation from the good people who serve the restaurant at the Clifton Inn—its menu, after all, is almost overwhelming in its wonderfulness. This is how we came to a single order of foie gras and duck confit agnolotti served in brown butter jus and dusted with cracklins. A lovely […]
Cook to serve four years
Kerry Von Reese Cook has been sentenced to four years in prison for assaulting two city police officers at Friendship Court in August 2004, according to The Daily Progress. Cook’s conviction this year came after two mistrials. Cook was shot in the stomach during the 2004 incident and now uses a colostomy bag. He has […]
Webb mentioned as possible VP [October 30]
As reported by the Roanoke Times, U.S. Sen. Jim Webb told a group of Democratic supporters on Monday that "the country is watching Virginia" to see who wins in next week's state legislative races.
The fall of Groh-liath [October 28]
Cavalier football fans are venting on TheSabre.com today, trying to realign expectations after a surprising hot start to the season came to an end Saturday against N.C. State. The UVA football team was looking for its seventh straight win against a team that didn’t have a single conference victory prior to yesterday, but with quarterback […]
Past-life researcher leaves this life [October 29]
The current issue of What Is Enlightenment, a quarterly magazine about spirituality, contains a brief obituary for Dr. Ian Stevenson…
Staunton reporter fired for plagiarism [October 26]
Staunton's News Leader fired sports reporter Blair J. Parker on Tuesday, October 23 for plagiarizing at least four stories from different internet sources, that paper reports this week.