All Entries in the "Guest Editorial" Category
Guest editorial: A miracle on Commonwealth
A miracle on Commonwealth By Steve Lopez We had a night to remember at the abortuary on Commonwealth Drive…just around the corner from the Pregnancy Centers of Central Virginia. Normally one or two pro lifers show up with their signs and their prayers. Today the parking lot was already half filled by the time the [...]
Guest editorial: NPR, bias, and evidence based policy
NPR, bias, and evidence based policy by Jeff VanWickler I like National Public Radio. I just wish they weren’t getting my tax money. After the primaries for the 2008 election, The Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics, and Public Policy of The Harvard Kennedy School released a study that showed the media had given measurably [...]
Guest editorial: Regional Jail inmates want Narcotics Anonymous meetings
By Raymond W. Mason Inmate, Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail For the last month, I have been trying to have Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in Housing Unit #1 at the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail (ACRJ). I have met resistance at all levels. The Program Activity director said point blank, no, to the use of all but [...]
Guest editorial: Vanity or value?
Vanity or Value? by James Moore Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others. —Samuel Johnson Charlottesville is a proud city. We promulgate all recognitions and making The Street’s top 10 list is no exception. So, let’s bask [...]
Guest editorial: Albemarle County Schools to cave in to censorship — ‘A Study In Stupidity’
Albemarle County Schools to cave in to censorship— ‘A Study In Stupidity’ by Jim Stern Censor Sherlock Holmes, are they kidding? The School Board is poised to ban Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study In Scarlet. The Nazi’s burned books, is that next? Check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_burnings. I can see it now; soon nothing [...]
Guest editorial: Asleep at the wheel—How the Federal Government’s failure to resist lobbyists has made the highways dangerous for us all
Asleep at the wheel—How the Federal Government’s failure to resist lobbyists has made the highways dangerous for us all by Clifton Smith The recent tour bus accident on Interstate 95 near Kings Dominion has contributed to a particularly bloody period on our nations roadways. In that incident, driver fatigue was cited as the reason for [...]
Guest editorial: Sustainablists Behaving Badly, Part II
Sustainablists Behaving Badly, Part II by Carole Thorpe In the first part of its June 8 work session, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors (BOS) heard reports and comments from Staff and County Executive Thomas Foley. The BOS then followed by asking questions and, on a few occasions, TJPDC Executive Director Stephen Williams rose to offer answers. The BOS asked for clarification regarding the status of the 1998 [...]
Guest editorial: Sustainablists Behaving Badly, Part I
Sustainablists Behaving Badly, Part I by Carole Thorpe On June 8, roughly 300 people packed Lane Auditorium for a work session held during the regularly scheduled Albemarle County Board of Supervisors meeting to discuss several items relating to Sustainable Development in our community. This work session was called directly as a result concerns raised by the Jefferson Area Tea Party during [...]
Guest editorial: A proper response
A proper response by Hank Martin Providence occasioned me to be in Washington, D.C., the night of Osama Bin Laden’s demise. It was admittedly; an almost surreal experience, as the streets were typically quiet for a Sunday night, then a trickle of people turned quickly into a flood, as the streets almost organically became energized [...]
Guest editorial: Defining conservatism
Defining conservatism by Hank Martin There has been much debate and discussion recently, regarding the definition of liberalism and conservatism. It would seem that many would choose to accept the current Roget’s Thesaurus definition of both, self-evident in it’s employ in the current media dialogue, and media spun sound bites. However, being “Old School”, I [...]
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