AltWeeklies Wire
Charlottesville Backs Federal Department of Peacenew
The city, via resolution, is urging Virgil Goode to partner with Dennis Kucinich and co-sponsor HR 808, a collaboration that, if it happens, may well cause the Capitol to implode in some sort of space-time continuum hullabaloo.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
04-16-2008 |
War
John McCain's Excellent Virginia Adventurenew
Some students weren't too pleased that attendance was compulsory for McCain's speech at his old stomping ground, Alexandria's Episcopal High School.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
04-16-2008 |
Politics
Wishing Happy Birthday to Our Founding Foodienew
Reading John Hailman's 2006 book, Thomas Jefferson on Wine, I learned that we owe our third President for much more than a great university and a few important documents.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
04-09-2008 |
Food+Drink
Colin Meloy is a 21st Century Troubadournew
The Decemberists' frontman covers Sam Cooke, wishes for chickens, brings family along for the ride.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
04-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
She & Him Beats Modernity Back with a Bit of '60s Popnew
The project, which pairs M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel, doesn't succeed because it's innovative or unexpected. It's just two souls in love with good ol'-fashioned pop music, and that love gives Volume One a warm glow to wrap around yourself on a chilly night.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
04-09-2008 |
Reviews
Sex Files: Prostitution is Back in the Newsnew
While details of the Eliot Spitzer scandal were splashed across the news, prostitution was the talk of the nation. What's up with that? I mean, what are some of the facts about the "world's oldest profession?"
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
04-09-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: Prostitution, Eliot Spitzer
Virginia College Newspapers Get OK'd for Booze Adsnew
U.S. District Magistrate Judge Hannah Lauck ruled that a Virginia law banning ads for alcohol in student newspapers and another that limits words in ads violate the First Amendment.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
04-09-2008 |
Media
Roll Call for the 2008 Muzzle Awardsnew
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression honors -- if that's the right word -- those who engage in "especially egregious or ridiculous" acts of censorship.
C-Ville Weekly |
Cathy Harding |
04-09-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Virginia Lawmakers Play a Little Sexual Politicsnew
A number of eye-popping reports have recently been released on the sexual state of our (increasingly libidinal) nation, and so it came as no surprise that the wise old men of Richmond felt the need to take immediate corrective action ... by slashing every penny of state funding to Planned Parenthood of Virginia.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
04-02-2008 |
Politics
Tags: Virginia, Planned Parenthood
Cockfighting Becomes Felony in Virginianew
The time-honored practice of cockfighting is being elevated to a felony, thanks to legislation that sailed through the General Assembly, and despite the protests of the Virginia Gamefowl Breeders Association, an organization based in Blackstone that claims 2,000 members.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
04-02-2008 |
Animal Issues
Your Dinner Starts Nownew

Local food is sprouting, and spring's the time to buy in.
C-Ville Weekly |
Cathy Clary |
04-02-2008 |
Food+Drink
Are They Not MEN?new
Le Tigre's Johanna Fateman and JD Samson help take back the night.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
03-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: MEN
Sex Files: Hard to Arguenew
Worldwide studies suggest sex is good for men's health.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
03-26-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Why Go to a Payday Lender Anyway?new
The answer is very often because there aren't better options.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
03-26-2008 |
Economy
Inside Advance America's Pocketbooknew
The numbers on America's biggest payday lender.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
03-26-2008 |
Economy