The U.S. Senate is creating a bill that will guarantee everyone has access to quality, affordable health care. It can’t happen fast enough. 

Jefferson did not seek to banish God from schools in his day. But it is difficult indeed to believe he would support creationism masquerading as science.

Apparently, House Democrats have repealed all laws of economics, and their cap-and-trade scheme will not lead to economic distress, or so they assure us.

But officials and opponents still don’t agree on the future of water supply for the Charlottesville-Albemarle area.

I agree : The Albemarle school division’s failing to make adequate progress toward remedying the problem of inequity in diversity in hiring is “ridiculous.“

I would proudly stack Scottsville Elementary School up against any other elementary school in Albemarle County.

Whatever else its merits, the new business/education campaign has a great name: Grow by Degrees.

It’s not enough to fight for your country; you have to pay financial penalties, too.

How hypocritical can Rep. Steny Hoyer and Rep. Tom Perriello get?

Some 60,000 inmates are estimated to be sexually abused each year.

I think many of us, and certainly most cancer survivors, would be willing to make those changes if we only knew what to do.

Traveling west on Fontaine Avenue, one cannot help but notice the unsightly herbicide spraying along the power line adjacent to Piedmont Housing, home to a number of families with young children.

I can only wonder when Charlottesville will see fit to correct an equally egregious historical distortion, and add to the existing monuments to Confederate nostalgia downtown (the statues of Lee, Jackson, and the Confederate soldier).

So it “probably would have had been smarter” to have had appropriate expense-account guidelines in advance? Darn right it would.

David Murphy

Albemarle County

It is especially appropriate that Coach Brian O’Connor was selected as the coach of the year.

As Congress considers a critical health-care reform bill, there is growing support among the people for a single-payer system. 

The College of William & Mary is looking for a new symbol or mascot. The mascot doesn’t have to match the name.

“Things Your Mama Should Have Taught You.” If there isn’t a book by that name, there ought to be.

With all the negative comments about the consequences of going to socialized medicine, I’d like to relate a recent experience of my English sister.

We may expect our current recession to turn into a depression if Mr. Obama’s policies of change are not opposed.

With all the negative comments about the consequences of going to socialized medicine, I’d like to relate a recent experience of my English sister.

If a man can wrong his wife by forsaking his vows to her, how can constituents believe he has the strength to keep his promises to them?

The American health-care system is broken, and my family and business are tired of waiting for the long-needed overhaul.

We are already engaged in two wars; with North Korea’s moves to further intimidate, we cannot be more aggressive in our response in Iran.

The American health-care system is broken, and my family and business are tired of waiting for the long-needed overhaul.

“Pay-as-you-go” legislation has been introduced in Congress by House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer for the Obama administration.

We recommend coordinating middle and high schools schedules to build full-time music positions that guarantee oversight over our music offerings.

President Obama has praised Spain as a successful example of generating new green jobs and “clean energy.” The reality is starkly sobering.

“An Easter decoration is a religious statement and should be protected — even if it is just bunnies,” said her attorney, John Pineau. Really?