Month: July 2008

Suffolk won’t release press releases to blogger

PilotOnline has an interesting story up. Seems the city of Suffolk won't add a Suffolk blog to its press distribution list. The blog in question, Inside Suffolk Virginia, has been critical of the city. The response to Its request to be included can be found in this post: Mr. Panagopulos, As indicated in our earlier … Continue reading Suffolk won’t release press releases to blogger →

I suspect I’ll be seeing some of these in my neighborhood

According to SWAC Girl, there were some interesting signs on the road to The Homestead for Saturday's debate between Senate candidates and former governors Mark Warner and Jim Gilmore: The Washington Post blog has the backstory: apparently, a Republican who supports Warner put the signs up. A lot of my neighbors are Republicans. But some … Continue reading I suspect I’ll be seeing some of these in my neighborhood →

200+ Men Forum: Race and Politics

Despite the fact that reporter assigned to cover this story got the initial notice wrong (hey - what can you expect from a staff writer who has only been here since May and covers public safety issues in Virginia Beach?) and then wrote an article that is long on selected quotes and short on substance, … Continue reading 200+ Men Forum: Race and Politics →

Redskins camp opens: Daniels lost, Taylor in

The Washington Redskins opened training camp today with new head coach Jim Zorn, himself a former NFL quarterback, at the helm. The first news of the day wasn't good:starting defensive end Philip Daniels tore a ligament in his left knee on the first play of 7-on-7 drills and is lost for the season.  And in … Continue reading Redskins camp opens: Daniels lost, Taylor in →

Don’t blame me

The missing images on this blog are due to a major problem with the image servers used by WordPress.com. Hopefully, things will be back to normal soon. In the meantime, enjoy the words 😉 UPDATE 9:01pm: Finally! Everything should be back to normal. This was a major outage today.

The Pulpit Speaks: April 21, 1956

An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender on the date shown. "BEHOLD THE CABOOSE!!" One of the greatest tragedies of our day and time is wrapped up in the indifference of our church. Sometime ago, I was in Louisville, KY attending a meeting. A … Continue reading The Pulpit Speaks: April 21, 1956 →

Another campaign in trouble?

I saw this earlier in the week and forgot to post about it until I was reminded of it in a comment on my earlier post on the 1st CD. Seems the 4th CD Democratic candidate also has, um, issues. According to Thursday's PilotOnline, both the campaign manager and the finance director for Andrea Miller … Continue reading Another campaign in trouble? →

Warner/Gilmore debate

The first debate of the season between these two former governors who are vying for the open US Senate seat being vacated by the retirement of John Warner took place this morning at the Homestead. As I was a bit busy with another item today (more on that later), I was looking forward to the … Continue reading Warner/Gilmore debate →

No OTR Sunday

ABC will be carrying coverage of the British Open on Sunday so no On the Record. The show returns next Sunday at it's regular time, 11:30am. If you are Jonesing for OTR, though, you can watch previous shows on the website.