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As America approaches a population milestone of 300 million in our 230th year, perhaps some soul-searching is in order. Could we possess a national persona that helps determine the prevailing zeitgeist, that trend of thought characteristic of a time and place? Did our formative years as a nation set in place circumstances that would forever influence our moral fiber? Have we finally arrived at a plateau where politics and culture coalesce to form an authentic civilization?

A Charlottesville-based religious organization called Clergy and Laity United for Justice and Peace (CLJP) plans to ditch the dogma in a new public outreach program that kicks off Wednesday, September 20, with a forum on “The Role of Religion in Politics”—the first of many planned public events to expand the group’s discussions beyond their monthly […]

A spike in the number of traffic fatalities around the state this year may make 2006 one of the deadliest in recent memory. And while accidents can happen for different reasons, fatal accidents have a common denominator: safety belt use.     According to a 2005 Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles report, of 750 fatalities from […]

On Sunday, September 10, a 21-year-old student survived a shot in the abdomen, which happened around 4am at a residence on Wertland Street. Police are looking for two black males who are suspected of trying to rob the student. The incident has Charlottesville police and University officials concerned with how students interact with the city […]

After a lawsuit between the Albemarle School Board and Liberty Counsel, a conservative Christian rights advocacy group, the School Board changed a policy that prohibited religiously oriented flyers in schools. Now, a debate about which flyers to allow has schools weighing their role as community centers versus protective educational environments. A board meeting on Thursday, […]

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors met for a work session on Wednesday, September 13, and debated two contested methods for regulating rural development in areas that include the Mountain Overlay District (MOD): clustering and phasing. The latter took the bulk of the hour, and neither method was passed.    Supervisors broke into two camps early […]