New job tolls for Bell? [January 31]
In today’s Washington Post, Staff Writer Tim Craig puts Delegate Rob Bell, who represents
Going global [January 30]
The Financial Times has ranked UVA’s Darden School of Business 33rd in the world and 16th in
Virginia creeper
Dear Ace: This isn’t a Charlottesville question, per se, but could you help settle a disagreement about driving etiquette? When trying to make a left-hand turn at a traffic light, […]
Man of the Decade
With fewer stories about Iraq in the media, many Americans are not aware of the great improvements there. Al Qaeda no longer has substantial control of any area of Iraq…
Jukebox
Chan Marshall’s concert at the Satellite Ballroom in 2005 was everything I’d been led to expect it would be: a few sparse, harrowing blues originals from the nervous chanteuse with […]
The Colorful Apocalypse: Journeys in Outsider Art
Ten years ago, author Greg Bottoms and I worked together at a local arts and culture magazine called “Gadfly” in an office on the middle level of The Rutherford Institute […]
Glass “recycling” not clear cut [with video]
Last November, a report by the City of Charlottesville’s Committee on Environmental Sustainability turned some heads when it revealed that the glass collected locally for recycling ends up in a landfill.
GOP kills accountability bills
In the 2006 General Assembly, the Republican majority made a substantive rule change that allowed for House bills to be killed in subcommittee where votes are not recorded. Before that, […]
Fixing Virginia, one strange bill at a time [with audio]
Quick, name Virginia’s state song. If you think you know it, you’re wrong. Since 1997, when “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” was officially “retired,” Virginny…er…Virginia has been a state […]
Your tax dollars, at work
Worked for the city for: 3.5 years Resides in: Albemarle County Job title: Permit Technician. You encounter Barmore when you call or walk in to Neighborhood Development Services, in the […]