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September 04, 2008
Rasoul’s call is a right one
The former owner of a business specializing in women’s fitness, Sam Rasoul seeks to shave fat from the federal budget by eliminating pork.September 03, 2008
It takes a crisis to spark change
It takes a crisis. I’m paraphrasing the book, “It Takes a Village,” written by Sen. Hillary Clinton several years ago.History quietly unfolds in Iraq
Cleaved by Eden’s Euphrates, Iraq’s Anbar Province bears war’s scars but no longer resemblance to Dante’s seventh circle.September 02, 2008
Gilmore buried in hole he dug
The photograph at the top of Tuesday’s front page of The News Virginian shows Mark Warner soaked in perspiration, shaking a young admirer’s hand during the annual political Lollapalooza that is the Buena Vista Labor Day Parade.August 30, 2008
Three Up; Three Down
THIS WEEK’S OPINION MARKETPLACEAugust 29, 2008
Palin pick intriguing
Demonstrating his remarkable propensity for bucking convention, John McCain managed Friday to surprise – and perhaps chill – by selecting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as running mate.August 27, 2008
Obama oratory lingers in mist
On a cool day in August, the Illinois senator who would become Democratic presidential nominee stood before the crowds and declared amid cheers: “I have stood by my principles in fair weather and in foul, in the sunshine and in the rain. … I knew that the people would see in the end that I had done right, and I knew that the God of heaven would smile upon me if I was faithful in the performance of my duty.”August 26, 2008
Council, city remain mum
The cacophony of discordant voices emanating from City Hall in Waynesboro reached a crescendo during the orchestrated departure of City Manager Doug Walker that concluded almost 90 days ago.August 25, 2008
Warner ascends on myth’s wings
A party whose constituency includes rock stars is perhaps bound to conceive them as politicians.August 23, 2008
Three Up; Three Down
THIS WEEK’S OPINION MARKETPLACEAugust 22, 2008
US debt should not be ignored
In less than 90 days, America will elect a new president, but what will be the significance beyond the banal?Drinking age needs review
There are groups with which the prudent avoid trifling: authorities in Beijing and Pyongyang, the bulls in Pamplona and members of the organized effort to keep alcohol from the lips of those 18 to 20. Hell’s fury wilts when staring head-on at the scorn of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. But some are undaunted.August 20, 2008
Cantor worth a closer look
Once a candidate behind in the polls and fumbling in the dark for the switch, John McCain seems to have found the light in California.August 19, 2008
Reality leaves Kaine all wet
In the chill before Christmas, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine was afflicted by tidings of joy from which he could not be dissuaded.August 18, 2008
McCain takes one giant step
The candidate with the carefully coiffed reputation for straight talk finally delivered some Saturday in the hospitable environs of Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, and in the process took one of two necessary steps to win the voting affections of conservatives en route to Pennsylvania Avenue.August 16, 2008
Three Up; Three Down
THIS WEEK’S OPINION MARKETPLACEAugust 15, 2008
Blue shades in red Valley
Mark Warner, the presumptive U.S. senator, whisks into Waynesboro this morning to open the Democratic Committee headquarters in Willow Oak Plaza before setting off for Staunton, all in the name of painting the Valley blue.August 14, 2008
Obama’s world far from reality
The world’s cauldrons are beginning to brim, a development that bodes ill for the world but well for John McCain’s presidential aspirations.August 13, 2008
Kaine’s veep hopes fading
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine longs to walk in the shadow of Barack Obama, who these days is strolling beaches in Hawaii in between raising a cool million.August 12, 2008
Haze shrouds Kaine’s vision
Demonstrating a politician’s enduring affinity for speaking loudly while carrying a soft stick, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine calls for Southern states to confer on a regional energy and climate change policy.August 11, 2008
Saxman’s choice pursuit on target
In an era when taboos have vanished, there remain third and fourth rails in American politics and opinion.August 09, 2008
Three Up; Three Down
THIS WEEK’S OPINION MARKETPLACEAugust 08, 2008
Shadows of Berlin loom
A splash of fireworks illumined the night in Beijing but could not penetrate the darkness.Dems could rise in South
Republicans face a political calamity from which even Democrats might not save them. Virginia occupies a position in the northwest corner of a Southern swath stretching to Texas that since the age of Goldwater has been shaded deep red, but now appears within reach of the party of FDR. A Wall Street Journal story on the shift points to Newt Gingrich’s recent admonition: The Grand Old Party stares at the prospect of the “permanent minority status it had from 1930 to 1994.”August 06, 2008
Rasoul, Dems fuel up dream
Feeling in their campaign backsides the sting of constituents’ ire over energy, Democrats are expending theirs in pursuit of what Sixth District congressional candidate Sam Rasoul refers to as a renewable revolution.August 05, 2008
Fair: A slice of Valley life
Tradition runs as deep as the Valley in communities nestled in the shadows of the Blue Ridge. The annual Augusta County Fair that began Tuesday is an example.August 04, 2008
Obama, McCain face test of ideas
Wading into the dog days, the two campaigns for president wear the look of panting, sun-beaten hounds longing for the solace of shade.August 02, 2008
Three up; Three down
THIS WEEK’S OPINION MARKETPLACEAugust 01, 2008
Here’s how to stifle recovery
Clouds of faux economic doom hover, their presence perpetuated by factors real and perceived.July 31, 2008
