Jim Bishop | On putting Descartes before the horse (neigh!)

Jim Bishop

“To be is to do” – Socrates “To do is to be” – Sartre “Do Be Do Be Do” – Sinatra I’m sure the intelligentsia among us reading this is already chuckling up their collective Harris tweed sportcoat sleeves – kinda warm for that attire, isn’t it? – as Perrier water sprays from their nostrils.

Danger zone

Chris Graham

Looks like Frank Lucente has cornered himself back into being the minority again. “If we don’t get ourselves under control with spending, we are going to pay our price, and I am saddened that we are going to raise your taxes,” the singularly focused vice mayor said after Tuesday’s 3-2 City Council vote to maintain…

ACV to host Jazz Under the Stars

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Artisan Night: Jazz Under the Stars, a gala benefit event in support of the Artisans Center of Virginia star-lighting Virginia artisan crafts, music, foods and drink, is scheduled for Saturday, June 6, from 6:30 pm to midnight at The Ix Event Space (Monticello Road & Second Street SE, Charlottesville). Tickets are $50 per person. Creatively…

Battlefields Foundation announces grants

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From new interpretive exhibits to wayside signage, trails, and brochures, the Valley’s Civil War story will become increasingly available to the general public as a result of this year’s round of grants awarded by the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation’s Implementation Grants Program. Grants to support strong management projects at other sites will ensure that the…

UVa. football season tickets on sale

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Season tickets for the 2009 Virginia football home games are available to the general public and the University’s faculty and staff.  The Cavaliers’ seven-game home schedule includes dates with William & Mary (Sept. 5), TCU (Sept. 12), Indiana (Oct. 10), Georgia Tech (Oct. 24), Duke (Oct. 31), Boston College (Nov. 14) and Virginia Tech (Nov….

The two-man alliance

Chris Graham

Two Waynesboro men calling themselves the Waynesboro Taxpayers Alliance sent e-mails to city residents today urging them to take a stand on the “misappropriation” of taxpayer funds by city government. A closer examination of the alleged transgression in the “misappropriation” area, not surprisingly, shows the issue at hand to be nothing more than partisan politics.