There are two black head football coaches in this year’s Super Bowl, thereby insuring that, for the first time ever, a team with an African American head coach will win the Super Bowl. Forgive me if I think that by applauding that achievement we’re missing the point of advancing race […]
Tag: history
Jim Moran’s News Commentary
The American public expects every level of government to solve problems; when government fails in this responsibility, the public responds by placing it under new leadership.
Stuart Runners Make History, Advance to First-Ever State Race
In 48 years of Stuart cross country history, a male runner has never represented the Raiders at the Virginia High School League State Cross Country Championships.
Nicholas F. Benton: The End of a 12-Year Disgrace
If Republicans now struggling to get elected or re-elected to the House and Senate aren’t saying so publicly, or in so many words, they should be. They ought to be telling the president to stop holding press conferences, stay out of their districts and just generally stay out of sight.
Mustang Golfers’ Stellar Run Ends
George Mason High School’s golf team concluded a solid district-winning season by placing seventh overall at the Region B Tournament on Monday, Oct. 2. The tournament, held at Shenandoah Valley Golf Club in Front Royal, Va., saw last year’s winner Randolph Henry High School take the title with a score […]
Nicholas F. Benton: Who Believes Bush Now?
President Bush’s performance through the fifth anniversary memorials and remembrances of Sept. 11, 2001 was pathetic. It offered nothing that could assure a now thoroughly disbelieving nation that he’s steering the nation on, or better, back onto, the right track.
Jody’s Jam of the Week: Gangsters and Con Men – The Bad Olde Days of 19th Century Washington, D.C.
It’s Labor Day weekend and, like always, there’s not a whole heckuva lot to do. It’s the last weekend before the NFL returns to action, school has yet to start— the only real action is Jerry Lewis’ telethon and that doesn’t get going until Sunday night.
