Editor’s Note: Painting the country purple
The heat finally broke. I watched the national weather radar on Saturday as a giant green-yellow-orange-red band of storms the size of the country swept from left to right at […]
Editor’s Note: A tragedy and the reflection of schadenfruede
Last week, tragedy visited our office. Our friend and colleague, Beth Walton, was murdered, apparently by her son. It was like a lightning bolt ripped through the curtain that separates […]
Elizabeth Walton, C-VILLE employee, killed in murder-suicide Tuesday night
According to the Albemarle County Police Department, our co-worker and friend, Elizabeth Walton, was killed in an apparent murder-suicide around 11:45pm on Tuesday, August 28, at her home in the […]
Editor’s Note: Gentrification, poison, and country living
The poison and the antidote were anciently understood to be of the same substance, so that the word pharmakon was used in Greek to name both toxin and treatment. The […]
We love this town: Get sporty
I grew up in the city and I love the country, a fact borne out by the fact that I have lived as an adult in New York, Boston, and […]
Editor’s Note: The new c-ville.com
We launched a new website today. People are launching new websites every day, but it’s a big deal for us as a print-focused media company that’s been on the same […]
Globalization and the way Americans learn
I was always very nervous on the first day of school. I remember sitting on the front steps with my backpack, waiting for my carpool to pull up, and having […]
The best reason to get into journalism
There’s a direct connection between the cover story I wrote last week about immigration policy’s affect on the local Latino community and Laura Ingles’ story this week, which looks at […]
Solving the immigration problem
Last week in this column, I admitted to rarely taking a position on local news cuts or delving into national issues, because I’m interested in a more open conversation about […]
A one year-anniversary and the rule of three
I have been in Charlottesville at my editor’s desk for a year now. In this line of work—which is, in a way, about keeping time—it means that I have turned […]