Candidate statements on Bhutto assassination

Some of the presidential candidates have issued statements on this morning's assassination of Benazir Bhutto. First the Democratic contenders: Hillary Clinton Barack Obama John Edwards Joe Biden Chris Dodd Bill Richardson I couldn't find anything on the websites of Dennis Kucinich or Mike Gravel. The Republican candidates: John McCain Mitt Romney Rudy Guiliani Mike Huckabee … Continue reading Candidate statements on Bhutto assassination →

Nye featured in Pilot

Glen Nye was the topic of an article in today's Virginian Pilot. The article was a profile on this 33-year-old Norfolk man, who has recently returned to the area after some 10 years abroad, most recently, nine months in Iraq with the U.S. Agency for International Development. After graduating from Norfolk Academy and Georgetown University, … Continue reading Nye featured in Pilot →

Most admired: Bush, Hillary Clinton

Talk about schizophrenia! Look at the latest Gallup poll results. The most admired man in the US? President George Bush. The most admired woman? NY Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. According to the AP: The poll, released Wednesday, asked participants an open-ended question, allowing them to respond with any names that came to … Continue reading Most admired: Bush, Hillary Clinton →

Davis’ widower supportive of HU cancer center

The Virginian-Pilot today ran an op-ed piece* on the new proton therapy cancer center being constructed by Hampton University. The author of the piece is Chuck Davis, the widower of 1st Congressional district representative Jo Ann Davis. When you’ve lost a father, mother and wife to cancer, all between the ages of 57 and 62, … Continue reading Davis’ widower supportive of HU cancer center →

New news IQ quiz

If you recall, we all took a news IQ quiz a while back. Pew now has a new one. Head on over and take it. And let us know how you did 😉 Me? I got 11 out of 12. Guess I need to pay more attention to the Dow Jones 😦 h/t Johnny Camacho

Better late than never

by Oren Arnold: Christmas Gift Suggestions To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. A pretty good list, I think 😉 I hope you all got what you wished for!

Merry Christmas!

By the way, you eyes aren't playing tricks on you. The folks here at WordPress have enabled a script to give us snow on our blogs for a few days. Of course, the snow here is the closest we in Hampton Roads will get to having real snow, so might as well enjoy it 😉 … Continue reading Merry Christmas! →

Finished my shopping

I'm done with my Christmas shopping. Truth be told, I finished a long time ago. Because I really didn't do any shopping at all. Yes, I bought something for my mother. And I got a little something for my sisters. My nieces and nephews, and great nieces and nephews (at least the ones still in … Continue reading Finished my shopping →

Lucas’ conference center

Saturday's tabloid-style front page headline of the Virginian Pilot was a story about State Senator Louise Lucas and her plans for a conference center and hotel in Portsmouth. According to Lucas’ proposal, the facility would be adjacent to a 200- to 250-room hotel and a three-story office building. The entire cost of the project would … Continue reading Lucas’ conference center →