All Entries in the "Social Issues" Category
World of (Agnor) Hurt: President Obama, same-sex marriage promoted by Albemarle County Elementary School?
In today’s highly charged political environment, government schools theoretically should be bastions of political non-partisanship. In Albemarle County, as in most Virginia school divisions, there are policies in place to prevent political indoctrination of students. Yet once again, Albemarle County’s enacted guidelines have failed to assuage concerned parents and protect vulnerable children from blatant political [...]
The Tattered Public Sphere: A Review of Charles Murray’s “Coming Apart”
The Tattered Public Sphere: A Review of Charles Murray’s “Coming Apart” By Scott Beyer There were many advantages to having a sheltered, upper-middle class background in Charlottesville. But one thing it didn’t teach me was what the adult world is really like in America across class lines. Even following college, I still believed most of [...]
Guest editorial: The perpetual scream for increasing the unskilled wages for reasons of social justice
Guest editorial: The perpetual scream for increasing the unskilled wages for reasons of social justice by Claire Overton As a friend of Dr. Nelson Lichtenstein ( former UVA Professor, Now at UCLA, union apologist, author of Jimmy Hoffa, The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit et al. and the first “ Living Wage Activist “ in [...]
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 [...]
Desperately ignorant: Houck invokes Thomas Jefferson to justify pro-abortion voting record
In a November 4 joint appearance with fellow Democrats at the University of Virginia, embattled State Senator Edd Houck (VA-17), made an historical misattribution of significant proportion. In a desperate attempt to justify his abominable pro-abortion, pro-Planned-Parenthood voting record, Houck invoked Thomas Jefferson as one who would support a woman’s right to “make her own [...]
Poison pen: Chichester endorses fellow liberal Houck
In a stunningly shortsighted display of political hubris, Democrat Senator Edd Houck has given voters in Virginia’s 17th District the best reason yet to support his opponent, Republican Bryce Reeves: Liberal Republocrat, and former State Senator, John “Chi-taxter” Chichester, has endorsed Houck! Edd Houck, a longtime legislative partner of Planned Parenthood and a reliable pro-abortion [...]
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 [...]
Photo essay: Charlottesville’s dirty downtown mall
Charlottesville’s downtown mall has an image problem. Long upheld by boastful city officials as a family friendly shopping, entertainment, and dining destination, reality speaks otherwise as those with young children increasingly are seeking alternate venues. The downtown mall has weathered its share of controversy—pedophiles congregating at the children’s museum, violent teen-mob assaults, and reportedly random [...]
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 [...]
Breaking news: Cynthia Neff to challenge Boyd for Rivanna supervisor seat
Democrat Cynthia Neff will formally announce on June 14, her intention to seek the Rivanna District seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors—a position currently held by two-term incumbent Republican, Ken Boyd. Neff, whose stated credentials primarily focus on social justice “philanthropy,” is a current board member of Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population [...]
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