Kay Slaughter’s excellent essay encouraging women to enter politics [Opinionated, November 7] had one misstep. She said the 1984 Democratic Convention supported a No First Strike Policy, “360 degrees from the current administration’s strategy of ‘pre-emptive’ wars.” We know what she meant, but that number is 180, not 360. Rey BarryCharlottesville Thanks for the article […]
While many conservative-thinking people might think that the sky has fallen in Massachusetts since the legalization of civil same-sex marriage [“Virginia is for losers,” October 31], it has not. Life has been pretty much the same as it was. I find it quite interesting that so many people find me (and my husband) such a […]
I write to set the record straight regarding a recent story about the University’s future arts center.The proposed center was not “stalled over donor’s $22 million” as the headline proclaimed. Nor was the “theater space scrapped” because the gift is “on hold.”Had the reporter done a bit more homework for the story she would have […]
Nice article of some foods, etc. But you left out one of the most talked about soups in Charlottesville: The “She Crab Soup” at Rhett’s River Grill and Raw Bar.Herb CraddockCharlottesville CORRECTIONDue to a lack of editorial vigilance, the photo used to illustrate Miyako’s Unagi (fresh water eel) in last week’s “Great Tastes” issue actually […]
Calling the interaction between Rob Marshall and Evan Wolfson a debate [“Gay marriage ban debated,” Government News, October 10] is generous indeed. Essential elements of debate are refuting the points your opponent has made and responding to questions he raises. Delegate Marshall did neither. Instead, he treated the crowd to outrageous pronouncements, including the news […]
The old college tryRegarding your DMB trivia quiz [“Dave Digger?,” September 19]: My son did not drop out of high school! Before he’d even completed his junior year at Tandem, he’d auditioned for—and been accepted into—the jazz studies program at VCU. He then took the GED and passed, which got him through admissions. However, approximately […]
I think that Daniel Stern missed the point of my original letter [“Macaca defined”, Mailbag, September 19]. If I thought for half a second that Mr. Sidarth were genuinely offended by Senator Allen’s comments, I might take a dimmer view of the Senator’s off-the-cuff remarks. However, I have a hard time believing that Sidarth went home and cried himself to sleep that night. More likely, he was overjoyed to have fulfilled his mission by obtaining a new 30-second sound bite for the Webb campaign. Pretending to be offended is utterly PC, and is, in itself, offensive.
Don’t use sex as a weaponThe last time I wrote to C-VILLE to object to advertising that used the female body and sex to advertise a product, I was essentially told not to read C-VILLE if I didn’t want to be offended. I believe the respondent was a male. Well, I like C-VILLE, (although I […]
Michael Stuart’s letter is misleading [“Kids for nuclear power,” Mailbag, August 28]. North American Young Generation for Nuclear, the group he represents, are by and large current or former Dominion employees.
Thank you for your excellent “Taking Care” [Cover story, August 22], a critical review of Virginia and Charlottesville\’s nursing homes. It is a cold comfort that Charlottesville\’s nursing homes are “average.” As the article indicated, “average” is anything from “good” to “bad” to “horrible.”