Highway to hell [December 13]
A new report released today by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) paints a dire picture of the current patterns of growth in Virginia, linking the energy costs of suburban sprawl to global warming.
Deeds runs for governor [December 13]
State senator (and Albemarle rep) Creigh Deeds has announced his candidacy for state governor.
COMPASS homeless again
COMPASS Day Haven, a homeless services group, is homeless themselves…again. In the second week of December
Long an All-American [December 12]
The awards just keep rolling in for UVA defensive end Chris Long. After garnering enough votes to finished 10th in the Heisman race…
Jefferson's descendants killed, wounded in Colorado shootings [December 12]
David Works, a descendant of Thomas Jefferson who has tried to reconcile racial divisions, was wounded in the Colorado shootings over the weekend…
Love in the time of Sheffield [December 12]
"The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem," says Rob Gordon…
Double H Farmers plead guilty [December 12]
Mess with The Man and you will pay. That's today's lesson for Double H farmers Richard Bean and Jean Rinaldi…
Land of Lincoln
Dear Ace: I saw some guys poking around on the Downtown Mall the other day. Do you know what they were doing?—N. Oz Parker Mr. Parker: Well, whenever someone sees "some guys poking around" anywhere and asks Ace to investigate, he tends to approach the situation as cautiously as possible. This was no exception, but still […]
Correction from December 4 issue
Due to a reporting error, in last week’s Feedback ["Playing nice"] as well as the September 18, 2007 edition of the column, Roderick Coles’ name was misidentified as Rod Cole.
Two-party on
If there's a better metaphor for the swaggering ascendancy of Virginia's Democrats than Senator Jim Webb taking complete control of Congress over the Thanksgiving holiday break, we here at The Odd Dominion sure don't know what it is.