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Anything But Straight: Beauty Queen Vs. Bitchy Queen
The Miss USA contest began as a beauty contest and ended up as a mud bath. The theatrics started when celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, who was a pageant judge, asked Miss California, Carrie Prejean, if she supported marriage equality.
Picking Splinters: Redskins Don’t Need QB Revamp
I’ll be blunt. The Redskins are targeting USC quarterback Mark Sanchez in this weekend’s NFL Draft. This is dumb.
Local Teen Lands Himself on NYC Fashion Week Runway
CJ Hancock, a junior at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria used to a life of school and sport, stepped into a new world this February, taking to the catwalk for the first time during New York City’s Fashion Week.
Congressman Moran’s News Commentary
Last week, at my request, the Pentagon released information on the number of troops and their respective occupation specialty that were discharged under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy for the month of January.
Episcopal Presiding Bishop: Battle Vs. Schism Continues
The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA, speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Tuesday, assured reporters and others that the legal battle between her denomination and defectors who’ve formed an alternative body and claimed control over Episcopal properties in Virginia will be appealed to the state’s […]
Letters to the Editor for the Week of October 30 – November 5, 2008
Competitors Would Oppose BJ’s Deal Editor, I, for one, have no objection to seeing BJ’s locate in Falls Church, and in fact probably would purchase some items there that I currently buy at Giant or Staples.
News from the Coffin Corner: Delegate Hull’s Richmond Report
Positive Power As an elected official, it is always a pleasure to be able to honor one of your constituents for their outstanding accomplishments.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Speculation, Subsidies & Megacities
The energy issue of the week is whether high gasoline prices are being caused by supply no longer being able to keep with demand or by speculators garnering untoward riches at the expense of hardworking motorists.
Jim Moran’s News Commentary
Tuesday marks Earth Day, the annual event reminding all Americans that a livable, sustainable world cannot be achieved without action. In the last year, the New Direction Congress has taken up that challenge, beginning to reverse the old, failed energy policies of the past, breaking ground on new measures to […]
