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Trump's America: Surviving a Powerful Abuser
Posted: Jan. 23, 2017, 8:16 p.m. In the months following the 2016 presidential election, the internet has seen a flurry of words. Pages upon pages of journalism, reactions, calls to action, and detailed analyses of exactly how awful and authoritarian Donald Trump will be, all of it...
Prohibition Still Lives in Pennsylvania
Posted: March 27, 2009, 7:55 p.m. BELLEVUE, Pa. -- A local community will remain a dry town until at least 2011. The town of Bellevue fell short of the required number of signatures needed to place a referendum question regarding community alcohol sales on the spring primary...
Eminent Domain
Posted: March 25, 2009, 7:58 p.m. [ Click for Article ] Once again, Harrisonburg utterly fails at city planning. This is getting really old. In an effort to turn every square foot of undeveloped land into high-density townhouses/apartments, the city let a developer pretty much go...
Star Trek Experience to Re-Open, Nerds Rejoice
Posted: March 13, 2009, 9:29 p.m. Click for Article As a self-proclaimed nerd, this is some of the best news I've heard all week (which is really lame, but true). Having never been to Vegas, and only recently discovering how much I like Star Trek, I was really disappointed when I...
Smoking Ban, Virginia Style
Posted: Feb. 23, 2009, 9:33 p.m. I always thought that Virginia would be one of the last states in the US to get a state-wide ban on smoking in restaurants/public places. This is one of the most tobacco-friendly states (that produces a huge amount of it), where several big tobacco...