Dream on What a wonderful contribution your new supplement FLOW is to the well-being of our community! Dreams can definitely be an important avenue to personal growth, and I am glad you interviewed me and others on the topic in C-VILLE [“Vision quest,” FLOW, January 27]. I want to underline here the value of dream […]
Mixed signals I am pretty shocked that C-VILLE Weekly decided to publish Chris Smith’s right-wing editorial rant in the guise of a review of The Revolution Will Not be Televised [Film, February 24]. Smith builds a false case against the movie by avoiding any information that might shed light on the events he described, building […]
Parental advisory Your cover story “Bare necessities” [January 20] was well written and informative. However, after reading it I find myself again wondering: Where are the parents of these children? Are the parents of these girls suffering from collective denial about the world in which we live? I work with sex offenders and sexual predators […]
Deconstructing development In regards to your recently published article “Think outside the big box” [December 9], I first should commend your effort to get proactive with the oft-cement-shoed and mortar-minded developing community at large. However, I found myself considering the implications of this rampant elephant stomp that could be called commercial real estate, and unfortunately […]
Pine needles In regards to the article “How green is your evergreen?” [Fishbowl, December 9], I feel a need to respond to a perceived negative association by way of proximity to Ivy Corner’s advertisement for “fresh Fraser fir Christmas trees.” Firstly, because Ivy Corner hand selects almost all of its trees, Christmas or otherwise, we […]
Holding it in Having been a devoted reader of C-VILLE since its inception, I have enjoyed watching the paper grow and change, not surprisingly, in sync with the life cycle of its owners/publishers. The “more mature” C-VILLE has contributed so much to keeping its readers informed about our incredibly rich cultural community and the many […]
Spoke too soon In reporting on the community bike program [“Dude, where’s my bike?” Fishbowl, November 11], John Borgmeyer stated, “Last year the City of Charlottesville and Dave Matthews Band funded a project to fix up old bikes.” The City has not provided any of the funding for this project. Most of the funding […]
Give it a whirl From both my military training and my flight experience, the thought crossed my mind that something else may be at work causing the illusion that Pegasus is flying lower at night [“Pegasus creates a flap,” Ask Ace, November 4]. I would suggest that Chopper Block step outside one night and see […]
Give peace a chance This is in response to Charles Mathewes’ letter [“Critic’s choice,” Mailbag, October 28] regarding my “No Exit” strip, printed in C-VILLE on October 14. My cartoon was a reaction to the wall that the Israeli military is building along and into the West Bank, which encompasses or surrounds many Palestinian towns […]
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 […]