The American Historical Association has bestowed upon Melvyn P. Leffler of UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, the 2008 George Louis Beer Prize for outstanding historical writing in European international history since 1895 for his book, “For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War.”
No matter what happens in the final two football games of the season, UVA Athletic Director Craig Littlepage is sticking by Head Coach Al Groh, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Well, it’s been a fun ride, people. Just wanted to thank everyone for reading, and for all the insightful and intelligent comments.
The campaign in which the environmental conversation largely amounted to “Drill, baby, drill” is over. I’m definitely glad about the results, but I did wish for more concentrated talk about environmental issues.
When the Fifth District congressional race goes to a recount, it’s looking more and more likely that Tom Perriello will be the presumed congressman-elect. He starts the morning up 648 votes, a difference of 0.2 percent of the vote.
On npr.org today, a Charlottesville-based Web business is highlighted as an example of how to survive the economic downtown.
Fifth District Congressman Virgil Goode doesn’t appear close to conceding. He issued a statement a few minutes ago that suggests he will request a recount if the lead holds for his Democratic challenger, Tom Perriello.
On Election Day, everything went smoothly in Charlottesville. Except, that is, for two laptops belonging to the City Registrar that were stolen from the Tonsler Park voting precinct sometime between 9pm on election night and 8am the next morning.
Yeah, video killed the radio star. But did it also kill the video star?
After closely following the races for the White House, Senate and Congress, it’s time for us to bring in the transition team. Going forward, we will integrate any further election stories into the regular news cycle. Our Election 2008 blog closes this evening.