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 […]
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 […]
The smart commute In response to Joseph Booe’s dismissive letter about Stratton Salidis’ article “Sprawl is not for all” [Mailbag, June 24], I would like to say that Mr. Booe misrepresented the article. No one is suggesting that we develop bike lanes along major highways so that residents of surrounding counties can bike to work. […]
Who owns what “In this day and age when the broadcasting and print media are controlled by huge and often left-wing conglomerates…,” writes Kim Umstadter of Free Union [Mailbag, June 24]. Kim, I know where you get that idea. But it’s simply not true. A brief rundown: Right-winger Rupert Murdoch owns Fox and 22 TV […]
Sound check Brad Eure, owner of WINA, is quoted in the cover story to your June 10 issue [“C-VILLE 20”] as saying, “I learned to do broadcasting by being involved in the community, to reflect the mores of the community in the programming.” I wonder how Eure reconciles his view of community broadcasting with the […]
The failure of war John Payne’s recent letter asked those who opposed the war how we now felt about the liberation of the Iraqi people, and to acknowledge that Bush had been right all along [Mailbag, April 29]. Nobody with a heart can deny feeling joy and relief for the end (if there is an […]
Poly want a lover? Thank you for putting out the recent survey on sexual relationships. I took the survey and was amused, mildly surprised and disappointed by the strictly monogamous angle at which it was written. There are many people in the world (and certainly lots in Central Virginia) who practice polyamory as an alternative […]
The business of teaching The title of Sheila Pell’s article “UVA Inc.” [March 18] was not only apt, but I believe sadly so. It is true that UVA, like other large state universities, have become “incubators” where ideas are initially forged into commercially viable technologies. It is also true that an enormous fraction of the […]