Interesting phenomenon, climate change: Most people agree that it’s happening, but as soon as you get past that basic consensus and start talking about what the hell we should be doing about the problem, people revert to their usual partisan ways.
Interesting phenomenon, climate change: Most people agree that it’s happening, but as soon as you get past that basic consensus and start talking about what the hell we should be doing about the problem, people revert to their usual partisan ways.
The Virginia NAACP filed suit against Governor Tim Kaine yesterday in Richmond’s U.S. District Court. The lawsuit alleges that the state has not provided enough polling places for election night, just a week away, in view of the record number of new registered voters, reports the Associated Press.
After months of touring the district in his Ford pick-up truck, Tom Perriello, Democratic challenger for the Fifth District congressional seat, took to the campaign trail today with a bit more leg room. At around 1pm this afternoon, the “Perriello Election Expressâ€â€”a brown and maroon RV—took off from the Barracks Road Shopping Center for a trip through all 22 cities and counties in the fifth district.
It was 150 years ago that Stephen Douglas, Democratic Illinois senator running for president against Abe Lincoln, came to Harrisonburg.
I thought I would share a couple examples of pro-McCain wackiness that caught my eye recently.
The bodies of the two victims of Friday’s fatal plane crash in Albemarle have been identified by Virginia State Police.
Actress rumored to journey to Charlottesville to show some love for her son, Troy Garity, during a screening for his flick with Sissy Spacek.
For all of his talk about congressional challenger Tom Perriello’s “New York†ties, Fifth District Congressman Virgil Goode got a little extra cash on October 23 from one Louis Camilleri. Address: 120 Park Avenue, New York, New York. Occupation: Chairman & CEO of Philip Morris International.
Breaking with tradition, UVA has announced two recipients of the 2008 Thomas Jefferson Award, the highest honor bestowed upon members of the University community, according to a UVA press release.