The Editor’s Desk

Village people Yes, Jennifer Pullinger, it does take a village, and Johnson Village has done an excellent job [“It takes a Village,” Neighborhood, ABODE, April 6]. The young people we […]

Give us our daily Ted What will it take to restore Ted Rall to the pages of C-VILLE? Must one stand on 29N, holding a sign proclaiming “Will Bake Bread […]

Nobody’s a critic Thanks for a very enlightening article respecting the state of formal and credentialed art criticism in America as it impacts Central Virginia [“Do the arts mean anything […]

Nobody’s a critic Thanks for a very enlightening article respecting the state of formal and credentialed art criticism in America as it impacts Central Virginia [“Do the arts mean anything […]

Clearing the Fog When someone takes a strong opinion into the theater, they miss things. This may be the reason why Kent Williams’ recent review of Errol Morris’ documentary The […]

For Christ’s sake A friend once told me that every time he sees Sissy Spacek, he envisions her as Carrie, covered in pig’s blood. Well, that macabre visual must have […]

Lowry’s losin’ it Rich Lowry’s propaganda piece, “Is chastity cool?” [Right Turn, March 16], manages to both distort the few facts that are provided while also completely failing to address […]

Have some faith Kent Williams: I read your review of The Passion of the Christ today in the March 9 C-VILLE [“The gospel according to Mel,” Film]. While I understand […]

Educate yourself In your February 24 article “Who is the real Rob Bell?” you included a section called “Bell’s bills.” H.B. 675—qualifications for providing home instruction—was one of the bills. […]

Royal flush You know what the water bureaucrats have been doing in the two years since the drought of 2002? [“Hard water,” December 2, 2002] Revising drought numbers left over […]