The subtitle for John Grisham’s new book, The Innocent Man, could easily describe one of his trademark legal thrillers. Indeed, Murder and Injustice in a Small Town has been the theme that keeps on giving for the Albemarle County novelist, one of the planet’s most successful living writers. But this 360-page work of nonfiction (Grisham’s […]
The subtitle for John Grisham’s new book, The Innocent Man, could easily describe one of his trademark legal thrillers. Indeed, Murder and Injustice in a Small Town has been the theme that keeps on giving for the Albemarle County novelist, one of the planet’s most successful living writers. But this 360-page work of nonfiction (Grisham’s […]
The shenanigans of knuckleheads Michael A. James, Lamont B. Minor and Andre Grochowski make them a rare traffic stop for Albemarle County PD- they weren’t even speeding! Three men found fighting in a car parked on the side of Route 29 were arrested by Albemarle County Police officers on Sunday, September 24, according to an […]
A Time to Kill (1988)Grisham’s first—and perhaps most critically acclaimed—novel, A Time to Kill was inspired by a court case the then-lawyer observed in De Soto County, Mississippi, where he maintained a law practice and held a seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives. He wrote the novel in his spare time between 1984 and […]
Liberty Counsel, a nonprofit organization based out of Orlando, Florida, but with offices in Lynchburg, has been proclaiming itself the religious right’s answer to the ACLU since 1989. Their recent intervention in the Albemarle School Board’s policies went no further than a letter insisting that two Hollymead Elementary students could indeed distribute flyers for their […]
Never one to be late to the party when Harvard and Princeton are involved, on September 25, UVA became the third school in the country and the nation’s only public school so far to abolish its early decision admissions program. After studying its early admissions program, the University concluded that it’s unfair to minority students […]
Dr. James C. Turner, executive Director of student health, and the rest of his staff have been working hard the past week because of a potential mumps outbreak- but many students have yet to heed the warnings. Two recent mumps cases have sounded the medical alarms at UVA, and an additional Charlottesville-area resident has been […]
UVA President John Casteen says the $3 billion raised will put UVA permanently among the top universities in the world. The Board of Visitors held an unusually well-attended meeting September 29 as they voted to launch one of the most ambitious private fundraising campaigns in American higher education. Some of UVA’s wealthiest alumni and their […]
After tackling everything from “Speed” to “$$$” to “Cool” and “Caged,” it seems inevitable that the Virginia Film Festival would eventually find God. Indeed, festival organizers announced the theme for the 19th annual festival in early September: “Revelations: Finding God at the Movies.”
Do you get a little excited every time Hollywood comes to Charlottesville? Did you drive out to Crozet this summer in hopes of catching a glimpse of Steve Carell as Noah in Evan Almighty? Camp outside John Cusack’s trailer while he shot True Colors at UVA? Does Damon Wayans still have that restraining order against […]
Virginians across the state are talking about whether to vote “yes” or “no” on November 7 concerning the proposed amendment to the State constitution that would ban gay marriage and civil unions. But a fact often glossed over in such discussions: The amendment provisions are already explicitly written into State law.