The Editor’s Desk

I just read your article on DMB “The once and future fan” [J. Tobias Beard, September 19, 2006]. What a sad story you feel, as do a lot of fans […]

I am slightly confused by Mr. Fitzgerald\’s review of the She Wants Revenge concert at the Satellite Ballroom last friday [Reviews, November 14]. I was also present and though he says, “The enthusiasm seeped out of the evening, and the crowd trickled to the back, reopening the chasm in the middle of the ballroom,” I completely disagree.

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

WE HAVE A WINNER!The winner of last week’s “Ultimate DMB Quiz” prize drawing (and the proud owner of a brand-new 2 gigabyte iPod nano) is Thomas Makover. Congratulations, Tom—and thanks […]

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.