On Friday, August 31, Senator John Warner announced he would not seek a sixth term in the U.S. Senate. He made his comments from the steps of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia.
Special thanks to the University of Virginia for providing the audio for this event. Read more at the Hook’s website as well as on The New Dominion.
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“Overrated.†“Overrated.†“Overrated.â€Â
Patrick kept saying words, and Chris kept throwing back the same response.
“Overrated.â€Â
Find out what triggered Chris’ manic episode on this week’s “ACC Nation†– and learn more about …
- Why former UNC soccer star Cat Whitehill had a hard time picking Georgia Tech and Florida State before she left with the rest of Team USA for next month’s Women’s World Cup …
- Did Chris really pick JMU to upset UNC? We’re going to have to make sure he’s still taking his Ritalin.
- Was it an accident that the “ACC Nation†preseason previews ended with Clemson and Florida State? Nah, couldn’t be.
OK. We’re back.
Wrestling, er, rasslin’, politics and Michael Vick are the hot topics this week on “The New Dominion Show.â€Â
Joining us this week …
- UVa. law professor Larry Walker talks about the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
- Martin Mercerau of PETA talks about the impact that the Michael Vick case is having on the effort to stamp out the dogfighting subculture in the U.S.
- And Steve Johnson, one of the authors of the upcoming book Benoit on the life and violent death of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, talks about the book and the sad, sad Benoit story.
Joining us this week …
- Don Kain of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality talks about ongoing studies into fish kills in the Shenandoah Valley.
- Lorie Smith talks about an upcoming referendum in Waynesboro that could bring back to life several capital-improvements projects that were left for dead by Waynesboro City Council earlier this month.
- And Amanda Huffman discusses efforts in Staunton to develop a new brand for the Queen City. (Hey, there’s an idea there.)
Alan Weisman is an award-willing journalist whose reports have appeared in Harpers, the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, NPR, and more. His new book, The World Without Us, asks the question: What would happen to the Earth if jumanity just disappeared?
“I have tried for a long time to come up with a way of talking about some things I think are very important in the world,” Wiesman told Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” In this podcast, he describes how the book is a way to look at the planet. Don’t miss the website.
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As Wahoos flow back into Charlottesville to the University of Virginia, water is also once again flowing over the South Fork Rivanna Dam. How long the latter will continue in the face of an influx of new users and little new rainfall is a major question on the minds of local water officials. In one form or another, the community water supply was the dominant theme at the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority’s August board meeting. The prevalence of the county’s still-existing drought condition was acknowledged repeatedly as the Board of Directors moved through their agenda; in fact, Tom Frederick wasted no time by starting the meeting with a presentation of his findings on current water levels in the area.
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