All Entries in the "Guest Editorial" Category
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 [...]
Guest editorial: Sullivan’s faith-based inauguration insults Jefferson’s vision
Sullivan’s faith-based inauguration insults Jefferson’s vision by: J. Anderson Thomson, Jr., M.D. Tracy Federman John Herrmann We raise our voices to share in the community’s welcome of new University of Virginia president Teresa A. Sullivan. Sadly, the first event of her inauguration—“an interfaith observance”– directly insults Jefferson’s vision for the University of Virginia, which he [...]
Guest editorial: A Jefferson birthday holiday?
A Jefferson birthday holiday? by Lowell Ponte Thomas Jefferson, had he survived, would have been 268 years old on April 13, 2011. Jefferson’s April 13th birthday should be a national holiday for taxpayers. It should be a day off on which we can fill out whichever of 481 Internal Revenue Service forms are required of [...]
Guest editorial: Dredge first for financial and environmental health
Dredge first for financial and environmental health by Joanna Salidis This spring, my husband and I bought a 1000 gallon rain water tank. Although we do believe in conservation, our motivation was financial. We spent too much money watering our garden and young trees last summer. Charlottesville’s water/sewer rates are high, and in the future [...]
Guest editorial: Is the Eurosloth disease coming to America?
Is the Eurosloth disease coming to America? by Jeff VanWickler An American and a European are riding on a bus. A man in a very expensive Mercedes passes by. The American thinks to himself “Wow, someday I’ll own a car like that.” The European thinks “Someday that son of a bitch will be riding the [...]
Guest editorial: To the new conservatives
To The New Conservatives (Thoughts to consider for saving this last bastion of freedom) By Hank Martin With the explosion of the TEA Party movement, and all of the other movements that have appeared on the political landscape in the last two years, there exists a temptation to desire and wish for, a viable third [...]
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