February 07, 2010
Revenue fight hurts region
All this at a time when cooperation — not competition — should be part of the solution for both localities’ budget woes.
February 06, 2010
Abandoned home is canvas
When life hands you desolation … make artwork.
A ‘person’ of interest
The passenger in the New York vehicle was masquerading … as a person.
February 05, 2010
Fannie, Freddie and the FHA
There is a troubling area from which the administration seems to have no idea how to extricate itself: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
February 04, 2010
Concentrate grants for rail
Award of federal dollars for high-speed rail projects follows the same limping logic that afflicted some of the stimulus funding.
Virginia gets a boost
The picture is brighter for enhancements to existing rail service for Virginia.
February 03, 2010
Lot is overdue for an upgrade
It’s a Third World parking lot in a world-class city. But insiders say the lot serving the Charlottesville Amtrak station will be paved.
The people speak
President Obama made an interesting, if troubling, comment in his State of the Union address.
February 02, 2010
Authorities in transition
One authority might be born, one might die and one is in transition.
January 31, 2010
O’Connell has served city well
City Manager Gary O’Connell has handed Charlottesville City Council a big job: Finding a replacement.
January 30, 2010
One last thing to do before . . .
A retired New Hampshire teacher who turned 100 earlier this month also achieved another milestone: her bachelor’s degree.
No crowd-control woes?
Good grief. Spectators were banned at a high school varsity basketball doubleheader in Central, S.C., this week.
Order a Captain Jack
Pirates of the Caribbean it’s not. Pirates of the Aleutians, maybe.
January 28, 2010
Text ban sends safety message
Thumbs up to the U.S. Transportation Department for prohibiting texting by commercial drivers of interstate buses and trucks.
Proposed law is all wet
Have we come to this? The venerable Virginia Senate feels it must govern clothes lines?
January 27, 2010
A new weather event
First, an historic snowfall; five weeks later, a major flood.
Proposed law goes too far
A proposed law about campus threat assessment teams is too broad in exempting all records from the Freedom of Information Act.
January 25, 2010
Tragically, missed signals
Army doctors should not have missed the signals that Maj. Hasan was in deteriorating health
January 24, 2010
FBI ignores protections
A recent Justice Department report found that the FBI circumvented the law
January 23, 2010
Will February have 29 days?
Folks in Grand Forks, N.D., will have to rewrite the old mnemonic now that somebody has revised the calendar.
Money for nothing?
Even the police were targeted for a scam.
Oh, baby, not now!
A Wisconsin woman who was already having labor pains drove nearly three hours to meet her husband who was returning from Iraq.
Student makes a pointe
A young ballet student with her mom’s aid has raised $1,700 for new ballet shoes for underprivileged children.
January 22, 2010
Transfer plan was a gaffe
The requested transfer of convicted killer Jens Soering to Germany was a rare political misstep for ex-Gov. Timothy M. Kaine.
January 21, 2010
Washington’s reality check
For the Democrats to lose Ted Kennedy’s seat is a serious blow to morale. But the loss has strategic importance as well.
January 20, 2010
Trouble with ending TARP
The federal bailout was supposed to be an emergency measure, but is likely to linger longer than expected in the U.S. economy
January 19, 2010
China fails to merit trust
Two stories are further evidence of China’s unwillingness to play by the same rules as mature, First World nations.
January 18, 2010
Squads’ choice is honorable
The county-operated Hollymead and Monticello squads, as well as Scottsville Volunteer Rescue, have agreed to charge fees.
January 17, 2010
World feels Haiti’s pain
Regardless of whether we here in Central Virginia might know anyone in Haiti, a human tragedy of this enormity must reach us with deep sorrow.
Housing ups, downs
It’s kind of like life that way: Depends on how you look at it.

