Moore facts on 9/11 Local Republicans Bob Hodous and Randolph Byrd may justifiably reject the opinions expressed in Michael Moore’s film Fahrenheit 9/11 [“Right or wrong,” July 6]. However, they can’t dispute the facts—with good reason. To vet the film, Moore hired Dev Chatillon, The New Yorker’s veteran fact-checker. Central assertions of the film are […]
Moore facts on 9/11 Local Republicans Bob Hodous and Randolph Byrd may justifiably reject the opinions expressed in Michael Moore’s film Fahrenheit 9/11 [“Right or wrong,” July 6]. However, they can’t dispute the facts—with good reason. To vet the film, Moore hired Dev Chatillon, The New Yorker’s veteran fact-checker. Central assertions of the film are […]
“Baritone” off base In response to your “Busted baritone” article [Ask Ace, June 22], I’d like to clarify a few things. I am, in fact, a vendor at the Charlottesville City Market (and I don’t sell baskets or cream cheese, I sell produce), so when you say “City Market vendors” felt that Uriah J. Fields […]
“Baritone” off base In response to your “Busted baritone” article [Ask Ace, June 22], I’d like to clarify a few things. I am, in fact, a vendor at the Charlottesville City Market (and I don’t sell baskets or cream cheese, I sell produce), so when you say “City Market vendors” felt that Uriah J. Fields […]
Run for the history book In the article by John Borgmeyer titled “Run for your life” [May 4] about ultramarathoning, he says that, “ultrarunning evolved in the 1970s as a response to mainstream marathoning.” This makes it appear that the idea of running ultramarathons was born in the 1970s. That’s far from the truth! According […]
CORRECTIONS In last week’s story on improv comedy we incorrectly identified Improfessional member Bob Taibbi in a skit. Ron Heller was the actor in question. In last week’s Get Out Now calendar we mistakenly referred to “ex-Allman Brothers bassist Dickey Betts.” Betts plays guitar. Also, we mistakenly directed skaters to the Freestyle “half pike” when […]
Shop talk The article concerning the proposed North Pointe Community [“Talking Pointe,” The Week, May 18] and the opportunity for people to discuss the project with developers offered a ray of hope. Could it be possible that developers are actually going to listen to the people who will be most impacted by a new project? […]
no letters published this week CORRECTION James Hopkins’ May 25 piece “Overnight indie rocker” mistakenly referred to Junior Kimbrough as a “very-much-alive growler.” Kimbrough died in 1998.
A matter of choice Thank you for clarifying those grueling pictures on Pantops Mountain [“Anti-abortion tour hits town,” 7 Days, May 18]. I was rushing my 7-year-old daughter to the doctor’s office to get stitches after a bad fall when I spotted the first bloody picture titled “Child Abuse” at a distance. Not wanting my […]
County concerns I read with great interest about the latest in out-of-control growth in this County, specifically North Pointe [“Round three on 29N,” The Week, May 11]. I understand some of what the “proffers” are intended for but I didn’t see anything mentioned about infrastructure. With a development of this magnitude, why is there no […]
On the right track Thanks for shedding light on an obscure, but wonderful sport [“Run for your life,” May 4]. What sets ultrarunning apart from marathons and triathlons is that it is a sport where your finishing time and mile splits don’t really matter. The ultimate challenge is to finish what you started, whether it’s […]