Follow Jen Sorensen’s Democratic National Convention Twitter feed
You can follow Jen Sorensen’s DNC Twitter feed here. Excerpt: “Welcome to the show. Same lofty seats I had last time.”
Live From the DNC: Soggy Labor Day Slog
Remember what I said yesterday about getting around easily? Forget it. The bus route I’d mastered practically ceased to exist, thunderstorms pounded the city, and the sidewalks were packed. At […]
PEC works to turn backyards into native wildlife habitats
Who doesn’t love looking out the kitchen window at all the feathered friends Central Virginia’s backyards have to offer? Unfortunately, due to declining grassland and shrubland areas in the region, […]
Neighboring counties differ on approaches to school consolidation
Ongoing discussions about rural county schools have raised one question over and over: Are small schools worth preserving for the sake of community, even if it means spending more money? […]
Convention check-in: Enduring the parties’ parties
Well, here we go again. With the Democratic party spending this week in North Carolina celebrating the re-nomination of President Barack Obama, and the Republicans still cleaning up from their hurricane-shortened […]
Live from the DNC: Moseying Around
I spent Sunday getting my press credentials and my bearings in uptown Charlotte, the convention epicenter. The city is festooned with cops and barricades, but I didn’t have any problem […]
Live at the DNC: Houston, We Have Landed in Charlotte
I arrived in Charlotte last night amidst hordes of bubbly convention-goers. Before I begin covering the week’s events in earnest, I’d like to say a few words about my own […]
What does George Huguely’s sentence say about the way we punish killers?
In Norway last Friday, Anders Breivik was sentenced to 22 years in prison for killing 77 people and wounding 242. Six days later I sat in court and watched as […]
Rocco named starting quarterback, will lead UVA in season opener
“I really believe it’s my job to lose, and I’m not going to lose it.” Consider Michael Rocco 1-for-1 in 2012. UVA coach Mike London named Rocco starting quarterback Monday, […]
Charlotte-bound: Going to the Democratic National Convention
Greetings! Cartoonist and occasional political blogger Jen Sorensen here. Some of you C-VILLE faithful may recall my coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. Well, I had so […]