I read a letter to the editor (“No easy fix for area gun violence”) in the Aug. 3 Daily Progress. In the author’s list of things that could be done to help stop the gun violence in Charlottesville, I felt he left something out: more physical education. 

Rep Virgil Goode will soon leave Congress, pack his bags and return home to Virginia. Good news for both the country and for Virginia. 

One feature of American society has been a tolerance of financial inequality and a suspicion of those who promote income equalization schemes. 

John McCain has made the inevitable political point that Barack Obama has no military experience. Of course, experience in life’s pursuits is of great value. But, not always. In this area, I value judgment, intelligence and a broad perspective far more. 

It seems there are two courses of action we can take in order to care about Mr. Stroup in life.

We have lived in this beautiful area for 12 years and have always subscribed to The Daily Progress

On July 19 the Hollymead Hammerhead Swim Team held a “Swimfest – Swim for Syd” event to honor our friend, Sydney Aichs

I read with interest the letter in your July 21 edition headlined “Bush defenders need to wake up.”

We all want to see the bricks replaced on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall

Virginia has long been important in national politics. Now, in the early 21st century, Virginia again is in the national spotlight. 

Thanks for informing us (on July 15) that Albemarle County taxpayers will be billed roughly $23,000 for the recent visit of George W. Bush. 

We have recently witnessed some rather naive diplomatic discourse.

Recently, I received a phone call from a reporter with WVIR 29 News.

I am grateful for the “coalition of environmental groups … in two courts” challenging the state’s approval of a $1.8 billion coal-fired power plant in Southwest Virginia
(“Groups challenge power plant permits,” The Daily Progress July 26).

For the last eight years, the University of Virginia Health System and other local health care providers have fielded a unique and dedicated group of health professionals to the Remote Area Medical Clinic in Wise. 

What a joy to have had our summer Heritage Theater Festival back after last summer’s absence, and the new garage is a special bonus.

When is the Virginia legislature going to wake up

New candidates abound, but Virgil Goode is a proven, great Virginia legislator. Vote for him and be glad.

Calling for FEMA reform while ignoring its reality does Daily Progress readers a disservice. 

I want to respond to the crime that has been happening in Charlottesville lately. 

I am writing about the parking situation at the Uni-versity of Virginia Medical Center. It is, in a word, disgraceful. 

Barack Obama served only two years in the U.S. Senate before he decided he was too important to be just a senator.

In reporting U.S. senatorial candidate Mark Warner’s stump speech in Palmyra on July 19, The Daily Progress described listeners as “125 adoring supporters.”

Many of us, born and brought up in America, nurtured in its schools taking part in its public celebrations, recite the Pledge of Allegiance as easily as our family names. Seldom do we consider the meaning of the words we so glibly repeat.

The planet on which Ellen Goodman lives sounds like a very dreary place. At least, that is the impression she gives in her column “Outsourcing labor ... to you!” (The Daily Progress, July 21).

In recent months, the Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club has supported a reconsideration of dredging as a key mechanism for providing water storage capacity.

Wild, native cougars do exist and are surviving in the Old Dominion.

Although it receives a paltry $1-$1.5 million a year on average, the county’s Acqui-sition of Conservation Easements program has protected 5,560 acres since 2000. 

It is not an easy task to admit the futility of further treatment or repeated hospitalizations, but how many of us actually know we have other options?

The political cartoon published in The Daily Progress, July 19 reaches a new low in tastelessness.