October 30, 2009
Return Bell to office
The Daily Progress recommends that voters send Rob Bell back to Richmond.
October 29, 2009
Go full steam on bullet train
But if this country truly wants high-speed rail, we’re going to have to get serious about the effort. Eight billion dollars won’t get us there.
October 28, 2009
Dishonorable conduct it was
The story of Sgt. David Budwah baffles the mind.
Freedom to report
James Madison University’s leveling of charges against two student journalists raises troubling concerns over press freedom.
October 27, 2009
Budget: Wait till next year
Two issues from last spring describe the challenges that will await the net governor Virginia: federal stimulus mondy and federal education money.
October 26, 2009
It’s Slutzky for Rio
He brings a totally unique viewpoint that adds to the insights which, in total, make up county government.
Lowry tops to lead Miller
Mr. Lowry presents the most finely nuanced evaluation of county and district issues.
October 25, 2009
Cuccinelli has mature view
Virginia has two fundamentally different, yet fundamentally able, candidates running for attorney general.
October 24, 2009
Cars, colors, personalities
For the ninth year in a row, silver was the most popular color for cars in America. Twenty percent of U.S. cars are silver.
No gas, no go
A recent police chase in California illustrates a wave of the future.
October 23, 2009
Neff mailer is indefensible
Cynthia Neff’s abhorrent mailer comparing her opponent’s votes to the immorality of a cheating husband is reprehensible.
October 22, 2009
Dropout data a call to action
Preliminary new figures on school dropout rates inject a pressing issue into the current Albemarle County Board of Supervisors race.
October 21, 2009
Restoring lives, community
It’s common sense: If offenders get help transitioning back into society, the transition is more likely to be successful.
Divided we fall
The legacy of Barack Obama’s victory in 2008, thus far, has been one of division.
October 20, 2009
Belated justice at ballot box
A judge’s decision sends exactly the right signal about the importance of voting and the state’s error in not mailing absentee ballots in accordance with law.
Lend a helping hand
Applause to Nicole Muller, a high school junior who has taken on a big goal: Trying to collect a ton of food before Saturday to donate to local food banks.
October 19, 2009
The circular flow of money
The party of “change,” as it turns out, has done little to advance the cause of reform when it comes to military earmarks and political back-scratching.
October 18, 2009
Vitriol eats at governance
As columnist Bob Gibson so rightly points out in today’s Commentary, mud-slinging may help a politician get elected but it doesn’t help him govern.
October 17, 2009
Don’t bother crying ‘Fire!’
A suburban Pittsburgh man slept through a house fire, and not even the sirens of firetrucks or the sounds of firefighters served to wake him up.
Find me on Facebook
Maxi Sopo was a fugitive from a federal bank fraud investigation who apparently had successfully eluded authorities by slipping into Mexico and out of sight.
Possibly inappropriate
“Possibility City” is a great catchphrase. But a new round of ads asking folks to consider the possibilities has some officials squirming with embarrassment.
October 16, 2009
Hey, leave our words alone
If a word is in public use, it ought to remain in common use. Nobody should be able to own it.
October 15, 2009
Locking up reading matter
Once again, our area is at the center of dispute between prison officials and free speech advocates.
October 14, 2009
Experimenting to save money
Say hello to the four-day workweek. And, no, it’s not a move designed to expand the worker’s leisure time.
October 13, 2009
Happy b’day, Mr. Mayor
Well-wishers lavished fond accolades on former Mayor A, Raymon Thacker amid a memory-laden celebration Sunday in Scottsville.
Get aboard the train
In view of the hopes pinned on the expanded Amtrak service to Charlottesville, it is with regret that we learn of a decline in Amtrak ridership.
October 12, 2009
Negotiation, not threats
If we thought Commonwealth’s Attorney Denise Lunsford would actually stop prosecuting high-profile misdemeanors such as domestic assault and drunken driving — and so put her job at risk in the next election — we would be raising the roof in wrath.
October 11, 2009
Secret juries reverse liberty
Hooded tribunals? Nameless, nonaccountable jurors? No, we’re not talking about “justice” in some Third World autocracy.
October 10, 2009
Local legends get due honors
On the same day, two groups, working independently, memorialized the deaths of two Virginia — and American — legends.
Greatness happens here
Virginia placed three sites on three national lists of Top 10 Great Places in America.

