Saturday, February 23, 2008
Jean Ford Murphy,
Jean F. Murphy VIRGINIA BEACH - Jean Ford Murphy, 82, died Feb. 16, 2008. Jean was born in Tiger, Ga., the daughter of Harold and Ora Arrendale. She was a descendent of Dr. Pierre Chastain, a French Huguenot who emigrated to Virginia in the 1680s. This quiet, pretty Georgia farm girl grew up to become a community activist and a world traveler. While attending the University of Georgia, Jean met her first husband John Ellsworth Ford, a dashing young naval aviator on his way to the Pacific in World War II. They were a great team and Jean was an active Navy wife through three decades of Naval service, culminating in Capt. Ford's command of Naval Air Station Oceana in the early 1970s. They were married for 54 years until his death in 1998, and were blessed with three children. Jean married Capt. Joseph J. Murphy, U.S. Navy retired in 2003. They shared a full life of travel, community service and a love of the arts and theater. In recent years, she divided her time between her longtime home in Virginia Beach and The Villages, Fla. Jean was known for her devotion to diverse causes and was active in numerous local and national organizations. She represented Virginia as a delegate at the 2004 Republican National Convention and had served as president of the Virginia Beach Republican Women's Club and the Princess Anne Republican Women's Club. She was active in the Military Officers' Wives Association, the Association of Naval Aviators, Galilee Episcopal Church, Lee's Friends and the Virginia Federation of Republican Women. She was also a talented businesswoman and one of the owners of Braeford's Ltd., a successful Virginia Beach ladies clothing store operated for almost 20 years. Most importantly, she was "Jee Jee" to four generations of family, a wonderful homemaker and beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who shared the joys and events of their lives to her last day. She was dearly loved and will be greatly missed. In addition to her husband, Jean Ford Murphy is survived by her sister, Irma Howell of Alpharetta, Ga.; her daughter, Donna Redd of McLean, Va.; her sons, Anthony Ford of Louisville, Ky., and John Ford of Chevy Chase, Md.; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Galilee Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Galilee Episcopal Church, 3928 Pacific Ave., Virginia Beach, VA 23451 and Lee's Friends, 618 Stockley Gardens, Norfolk, VA 23507.
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The Lost Art of War: Hollywood’s anti-American war films don’t measure up to the glories of its patriotic era.
In Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), John Wayne’s Sergeant Stryker (center) must steep himself in violence, and make physical and spiritual sacrifices, to defend civilization.
The Resilient Society: A blueprint for homeland security
A resilient society depends on engaged citizens, like this New York volunteer helping to rebuild New Orleans after Katrina.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Inside the Clinton Shake-Up
Like so much involving Hillary Clinton, Sunday’s departure of her campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, has gotten tons of attention, but its larger significance has been somewhat misunderstood. I’ve spent a fair amount of time over the last two years reporting on “Hillaryland,” as Clinton’s inner circle is known, for pieces like this one and this one, and also, infamously, for one that did not run when GQ magazine opted to kill it after learning of the Clinton campaign’s displeasure (full story here). The latter piece focused on the inner workings of Clinton’s presidential campaign and Solis Doyle’s controversial role in it, and I’ll draw on what I learned then to try to add perspective to recent happenings.
McNamee tried to balance Clemens loyalty, pressure from feds
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In the days before the Mitchell Report was released in December, Brian McNamee, shown here testifying at Wednesday's congressional hearing, apparently tried to warn Roger Clemens that he would be implicated.
Bono's Red Auction Rakes In Green
An auction at Sotheby's organized by rocker-activist Bono and artist Damien Hirst raised $42.6 million Thursday night to fight AIDS in Africa.
In kicking off the Valentine's Day sale, to which over 60 top contemporary artists donated museum-quality work, Bono led the crowd in a sing-along of the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love." Auctioneer Oliver Barker also milked the spirit of the holiday to egg the celebrity-packed crowd to raise their paddles, asking after bids, "What is the price of love?"
It seemed to work--pieces by 17 artists sold for the highest prices their work has ever fetched at auction, Sotheby's said.
Six of seven works contributed by the U.K. shock artist Hirst sold for more than $1 million each, with a decorated steel and glass pill cabinet titled "Where There's A Will There's A Way" going for $7.15 million, including a 10% buyer's premium.
Jeff Koons' "Balloon Rabbit Wall Relief," a silk screen on stainless steel, sold for $2,035,000. It was expected to go for $800,000 to $1 million.
In a first, Sotheby's, the Gagosian Gallery and Bono's charity, Red, didn't take a penny to organize the sale. All the proceeds will go to support HIV/AIDS relief programs in Africa run by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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