Planning Commission endorses wind turbines despite viewshed impacts
For some people, the sight of a small wind turbine merrily turning in the breeze behind a house or business is a beautiful thing. After all, a turbine represents that […]
Tuition and private funding likely source of revenue at UVA
The financial crisis has hit the nation’s largest and smallest institutions with the same force.
Casteen stressed entrepreneurial spirit
The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce awarded UVA President John Casteen the 2009 Paul G. McIntire Citizenship Award on Wednesday, November 17 at its annual dinner. Casteen, who will retire […]
Morgan Harrington: a month into the case
On October 17, Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington went missing after leaving a Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena (JPJ). What follows is an overview of official police statements […]
The Republican Party of Virginia sharpens its claws
Remember, kids: Political momentum, like Parcheesi leads and poker hands, can turn on a dime. Even the most irreversible-seeming trend can evaporate overnight, given the right combination of party complacency, […]
The sorry state of saying "I'm sorry"
The “perfect” apology, if there is such a thing, can be whittled into three pieces, each of which is well illustrated in a letter that Emily Post dreamt up for […]
Regrets only
1 Moderators for the conservative blog Free Republic allowed readers to post a slew of horrific comments on their website directed at a picture of Malia Obama. Obama was pictured […]
Virginia Quarterly Review; Fall 2009
With 20 murders in a population of 750,000, El Paso, Texas was one of the safest cities in America in 2008. Across the border lies Juarez, a city roughly twice […]
Daughtry; John Paul Jones Arena; Friday, November 20
Daughtry’s latest album Leave This Town focuses on physical and emotional departures, but former Fluvanna High School student Chris Daughtry’s appearance at the John Paul Jones Arena marked a return […]
Gastonia Gallop: Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues; Various artists; Old Hat Records
Popular music in America seldom gives space to the kind of working men who left the textile mill of Gaston County, North Carolina, between 1927 and 1931 to record the […]