Premature evacuation Ted Rall can remind us that he told us so as our victory in Iraq seems ever more pyrrhic with each passing day and dead GI. But his vision loses its clarity when he advocates immediate withdrawal from Iraq ["What went wrong," AfterThought, September 9]. It would be unconscionable to leave Iraq with […]
Corrections In last week’s Fishbowl story on Greenwood Chemical Company’s continuing saga, "An unclean clean-up," one of the sources was misidentified as Irwin McCauley. His name is actually Irvin Wood. An error in last week’s GetOutNow section listed the Miller Center’s forum on "Exploring Global Fundamentalism" as taking place Friday, September 12. The correct date […]
Little lovey A Mini is a Mini is a Mini ["It’s a small world," Fishbowl, August 19]. I love my feisty little bulldog of a car! Judy Brubaker Crozet Turn a Corner As I was reading the "Best of" issue [August 5] I was struck by how unrepresented The Corner is, not only by […]
Little lovey A Mini is a Mini is a Mini ["It’s a small world," Fishbowl, August 19]. I love my feisty little bulldog of a car! Judy Brubaker Crozet Turn a Corner As I was reading the "Best of" issue [August 5] I was struck by how unrepresented The Corner is, not only by […]
Rules of election Having perused the newly created "Rall’s Rules," it would appear under "Rall’s Rule of Ideological Counterbalance" [AfterThought, August 12] that your esteemed paper should provide equal space to publish contrasting opinions. If he cares to give it some thought, Mr. Rall might want to take economic conditions and the effect of third-party […]
Best? Worst! I enjoyed your “Best of Charlottesville” issue [August 5] very much, but to my dismay there was one superlative listed that was in extremely poor taste. You said, “Best Unsolved Mystery: The Serial Rapist.” Unless I am mistaken, “best” is an adjective that means something is the most excellent, most favorable or surpassing […]
Faulty stitching? Ace, Ace—you didn’t do your research on “mangle” [“Finding Mr. Fixit,” Ask Ace, August 5]. Apparently you confused Sparky’s Vac & Sew owner Roger Sparks since we are talking about an “ironing machine.” As I wrote to you, my mangle is the 1940s version (and you are right, it is sitting out in […]
Happily, a couple of months ago, hundreds of you answered our call to fill out ballots (that Vespa giveaway sure helped, huh?). Then, our crack team of accountants from Price Waterhouse (O.K., our intern) tabulated the ballots. Now the results are in. Some winners are predictable (Christian’s, Chaps, C-VILLE) and some are more surprising (McDonald’s, […]
Extension will come up short The proposed Hillsdale extension adversely affects a retirement community [“The road less traveled,” Fishbowl, June 24]. People in the retirement neighborhood can be seen walking along Hillsdale. There are senior citizens who live in one of the several areas like Brookmill and Branchlands Estates. The availability of a place to […]
We need a plan Joseph Booe says that Charlottesville will never become Northern Virginia [Mailbag, June 24]. No, the residents of Charlottesville will not awaken one gray morning to find that their fair town has transformed into NoVa whilst they slumbered. But, depending on decisions that we make in the next few months (e.g., the […]