Ich habe hunger, jag är hungrig, or, dude, I’m starving. No matter how you say it, going hungry stinks like a Limburger-smelt-liverwurst pizza.

The Berlin Wall resembled an ideological scar and not only severed a city but symbolized the failure of an evil syste

I hope everyone saw the fantastic Ken Burns series about our national parks on

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and that ticks me off.

I am sure many of you also feel overwhelmed by this young, very young, woman’s situation. I believe Morgan is still alive. I also believe God is with her.

Many thanks to The Daily Progress’ David Maurer, a Purple Heart veteran himself, for his Nov. 8 Yesteryears column on James Monroe, “an example of courage for the nation,” who was also the first future president to be wounded in service to his country.

I’d like to clear up an important factual error in Donald Woodsmall’s letter of Nov. 6. He stated that IMPACT “chose this year to lobby government officials for more interpreters for non-English speakers.”

Kudos to The Daily Progress editorial board for pointing out Rep. Tom Perriello’s vote against individual freedom and choice (“A vote against your liberty,” Nov. 11), with his vote for Obamacare.

Now is the time for an injection of a little civility into the body politic. Many politicians have succumbed to a political swine flu of sorts.

My congressman, Tom Perriello, whom we fought very hard to elect, did hold true to the mettle that we knew he was made of and brought pride to his electorate by voting in our favor, and not that of special interests that have been perverting the democratic process of this country for many decades.

Surveys conducted of federal intelligence workers who may be moving to Central Virginia as part of base realignment provide valuable insight into the kinds of professionals who will eventually become our neighbors.

Congratulations to Charlottesville City Council for its bold initiative to address the enduring problems of racial discrimination and inequality and the consequent tensions arising out of them.

The editorial of Nov. 11, however, crossed the line of respectable journalism. It expressed opinions with no factual basis whatsoever and completely misrepresented Congressman Tom Perriello.

Thirty-nine Democrats in the House of Representatives voted against the massive Medicare-cutting, tax-increasing, income-redistributing scheme known as health care reform, but our congressman, Tom Perriello, was not among them.

Regarding your story on the Board of Supervisors’ decision to approve a pedestrian connection into the Woodbrook neighborhood, I understand that Woodbrook residents are worried about change, but I wish they had the imagination to see the benefits of improved pedestrian connections.

You may be used to seeing sports heroes on special cereal boxes, from Bruce Jenner and Mary Lou Retton on. Now there are heroes of a different kind.

Tickle Me Elmo, thankfully, is long removed from the Must Have Christmas Present list for parents this holiday season.

Maybe we need a new highway sign.

Mr. Raymond is the parenting force behind the Carson Raymond Foundation

Last weekend, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve health care reform (HR 3962).

Having been a postal letter carrier for over 30 years, I have witnessed an amazing growth in automation and volume at the United States Postal Service.

Proposals to raise Albemarle’s zoning fees provide a pointed example of the county’s overall conflict between cutting costs and raising revenues.

Republicans who claim that the election of Bob McDonnell as governor somehow represents a national repudiation of the policies of Pres-ident Barack Obama are either deluded or dishonest in their thinking.

I am writing to thank Rep. Tom Perriello, my representative in the U.S. House, for his courageous vote for the health care bill (HR 3962).

The solution to issues with the U.S. health care system starts with the individual, not with the federal government.

The Albemarle County budget deficit keeps on growing simply because our Board of Supervisors has no viable plan to reverse that situation.

Why did my neighbor Ken Boyd phone me at home on a recent evening and belittle me?

Tom Perriello cast a critical vote against personal liberty and for more federal spending and confiscation of private wealth.

Why did my neighbor Ken Boyd phone me at home on a recent evening and belittle me?

The Albemarle County budget deficit keeps on growing (now approaching $6 million) simply because our Board of Supervisors has no viable plan to reverse that situation.