Virtuous reality One is always happy to see that the free expression of ideas is still defended in Mr. Jefferson’s county but, good grief, does the Rutherford Institute [“‘Virginity Rocks’ t-shirts spark Albemarle High controversy,” News from This Just In, May 13, 2008] have nothing better to do with its time than defend the right […]
We are regular readers of C-VILLE and part-time residents of Charlottesville. We have owned a condo in Walker Square for two years. The caption with the photograph of Walker Square in your “Fifeville’s future” article [May 6, 2008] is very misleading. The caption said that “Many Walker Square residents, however, seem to eschew the neighborhood […]
Your April 8, 2008, issue reported the death of Ambassador David Newsom [“Former ambassador dies at UVA Hospital,”…
It recently came to my attention that landowner Terry Vassalos intends to replace three local businesses on the Corner—the Satellite Ballroom, Just Curry, and Higher Grounds…
The Duke men’s lacrosse team had the psychological edge from Thursday night onwards, when the Blue Devils’ entire attack unit was named to the All Atlantic Coastal Conference team during a ceremony to kick off the weekend’s 2008 ACC lacrosse championships at UVA. Despite a handful of goals from midfielder Brian Carroll and attacker Ben […]
I was very disappointed in your article regarding Horse and Buggy Produce [“Trouble in Paradise,” April 1, 2008].
I just read that the lease for Casella’s is not being renewed [Restaurantarama, March 18, 2007]. Nine years ago we moved from Connecticut to Orange, and on our first visit to Charlottesville, we ate at Casella’s and have continued to eat there 99 percent of the time. In New England we ate in many famous […]
Your editorial on the backpedaling of The Cavalier Daily on their offensive comic strip [Read This First, March 18, 2007] was most interesting. You are right, Christians do sometimes lose their heads when their faith is assaulted, but isn’t it wonderful that with Christians at least the cartoonists don’t lose theirs? Jeanne HamiltonBath County Opposing […]
It would have been nice if you called and talked to me before you tried to advance your newspaper career by calling me names…
Living in a vacuum Your article on why paperless isn’t happening [“Between the sheets, February 26, 2008] reminded me of a story I heard about the introduction of the vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner was intended to make keeping floors and carpets clean easier, more effective, more efficient, faster. Instead, it raised the standard of […]