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Editorial: Commentary archive
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- Can we be a two-trolley town? - Tuesday, February 14, 2012
- Striving for civility - Monday, February 13, 2012
- School funding no fantasy - Sunday, February 12, 2012
- Bugged over plan to exterminate pesticide board - Sunday, February 12, 2012
- Heavy regulatory hand milks businesses - Sunday, February 12, 2012
- Pesticide board's work will continue through merger - Sunday, February 12, 2012
- It takes a valley to protect a child - Sunday, February 12, 2012
- Budget cut will weaken health care safety net - Sunday, February 12, 2012
- A few questions for the oppressors - Sunday, February 12, 2012
- Live, and be free with your hugs - Saturday, February 11, 2012
- Virginia must ban fox penning - Friday, February 10, 2012
- The politics of fear - Thursday, February 09, 2012
- Demonizing religion misses the truth - Thursday, February 09, 2012
- Protect Virginians from HPV - Wednesday, February 08, 2012
- Sunday hunting: What would Spock say? - Tuesday, February 07, 2012
- Late musician still can inspire - Monday, February 06, 2012
- Time to rethink capitalism, again - Monday, February 06, 2012
- To form a more perfect Virginia - Sunday, February 05, 2012
- For disabled, good life outside of institutions - Sunday, February 05, 2012
- United, we create a better future - Sunday, February 05, 2012
- Instead of rhetoric, let's have action on education - Saturday, February 04, 2012
- Online partnership points to future success - Friday, February 03, 2012
- Legalize marijuana and drug dealers lose - Thursday, February 02, 2012
- Medical marijuana users need relief - Thursday, February 02, 2012
- U.S. requires larger diplomatic force - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
- Hunters, too, deserve their day - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
- Alzheimer's can't wait - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
- Free the foxes - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
- Budgets, planning and schedules - Oh my! - Tuesday, January 31, 2012
- Darwin's monstrous theory - Monday, January 30, 2012
- Understanding the Ten Commandments - Sunday, January 29, 2012
- Don't knock a program that works - Sunday, January 29, 2012
- If the public values it, they;ll volunteer support - Sunday, January 29, 2012
- Small investment pays big dividends - Sunday, January 29, 2012
- May I suggest two measures of civility? - Saturday, January 28, 2012
- Virginia is running up the white flag on history for grade school - Friday, January 27, 2012
- Captive animals aren't entertaining - Thursday, January 26, 2012
- Keep uranium mining moratorium intact - Thursday, January 26, 2012
- Hunt for the 'truth' in debate - Wednesday, January 25, 2012
- To better manage deer, allow Sunday hunting - Wednesday, January 25, 2012
- Uranium mining may have an economic precedent - Tuesday, January 24, 2012
- Take care in quoting holy books - Monday, January 23, 2012
- Primary system bars serious contenders - Sunday, January 22, 2012
- A big slab of pious baloney - Sunday, January 22, 2012
- Don't skip printed public notices - Sunday, January 22, 2012
- Non-hunters should have their day - Saturday, January 21, 2012
- Prioritizing public spending requires public involvement - Friday, January 20, 2012
- Abandoning low-wage workers - Thursday, January 19, 2012
- A loud, vigorous 'Boo!' to Pitts - Thursday, January 19, 2012
- Roanokers are just the nicest people - Wednesday, January 18, 2012
- Virginia's port is ready to compete - Wednesday, January 18, 2012
- The value of humor - Tuesday, January 17, 2012
- Paul embodies what conservatives want - Monday, January 16, 2012
- Do your homework to know how much college really costs - Sunday, January 15, 2012
- Farmed oysters challenge tradition - Sunday, January 15, 2012
- Age or disability could impoverish most any of us - Saturday, January 14, 2012
- Baseless fears regarding uranium mining - Friday, January 13, 2012
- Elitists control the Democrats - Thursday, January 12, 2012
- Being the 99 percent - Thursday, January 12, 2012
- Powerful message behind silent vigils - Wednesday, January 11, 2012
- Hope for revival in southeast - Tuesday, January 10, 2012
- Gingrich must first govern himself - Monday, January 09, 2012
- Tumbleweeds at Blacksburg's First & Main - Sunday, January 08, 2012
- Will Del. Yost serve big donors or his constituents? - Sunday, January 08, 2012
- In praise of political gridlock - Sunday, January 08, 2012
- Romney's opportunity to explain - Sunday, January 08, 2012
- Are we becoming a theocracy? - Saturday, January 07, 2012
- America needs a new political party - Friday, January 06, 2012
- Toward a sustainable American Dream - Thursday, January 05, 2012
- Consider coal in judging uranium mining - Wednesday, January 04, 2012
- Making us see a monster - Tuesday, January 03, 2012
- Striving to become the 1 percent - Tuesday, January 03, 2012
- When words are lifted out of context - Monday, January 02, 2012
- New Year;s resolutions for Christiansburg - Sunday, January 01, 2012
- Still at odds with myself - Sunday, January 01, 2012
- Economy eclipses foreign affairs - Sunday, January 01, 2012
- Neighborhood empowered to shut down drug deals - Friday, December 30, 2011
- Keep uranium moratorium as long as the commonwealth exists - Thursday, December 29, 2011
- Reform Virginia's ballot rules - Thursday, December 29, 2011
- Tidings of comfort and joy - Wednesday, December 28, 2011
- Rejoice in the news - Wednesday, December 28, 2011
- Politics and rasslin' - Tuesday, December 27, 2011
- Banking and communities: a classic - Monday, December 26, 2011
- What we want people to know about Islam that they don't now know - Monday, December 26, 2011
- Carroll County schools have done well - Sunday, December 25, 2011
- Christmas in San Francisco, 1945 - Saturday, December 24, 2011
- Santa's other story - Friday, December 23, 2011
- The disabled person might be you - Thursday, December 22, 2011
- A history lesson for professor Gingrich - Thursday, December 22, 2011
- Only faith should move mountains - Wednesday, December 21, 2011
- Prescription drug abuse is a community problem - Tuesday, December 20, 2011
- Lessons from the Year of Forests - Monday, December 19, 2011
- The Ten Commandments aren't for everyone - Sunday, December 18, 2011
- Young adults: Voters are affecting your life - Sunday, December 18, 2011
- In defense of the Giles County School Board - Saturday, December 17, 2011
- American exceptionalism - Friday, December 16, 2011
- We are the 99 percent ... - Thursday, December 15, 2011
- Reschedule Virginia's lease sale - Thursday, December 15, 2011
- We are all Hokies - Wednesday, December 14, 2011
- Watch out! Here comes the train wreck - Wednesday, December 14, 2011
- Blessed with a name; cursed with a record - Wednesday, December 14, 2011
- The true meaning of Christmas - Tuesday, December 13, 2011
- Occupy Roanoke takes a civil stand - Monday, December 12, 2011
- There is value in wilderness - Sunday, December 11, 2011
- Look, and see a woodland archive - Sunday, December 11, 2011
- A Hokie Nation of servant leaders - Sunday, December 11, 2011
- Counterpoint: Save incentives for the right jobs - Sunday, December 11, 2011
- Point: Government incentives attract businesses - Sunday, December 11, 2011
- America's Sputnik moment - Saturday, December 10, 2011
- Defining a healthy portion of greed - Friday, December 09, 2011
- Budget war games are a real threat - Thursday, December 08, 2011
- Israel: America's last sacred cow - Wednesday, December 07, 2011
- Send illegal immigrants back to fix things - Wednesday, December 07, 2011
- Where are the jobs? Read the label - Tuesday, December 06, 2011
- Wars without purpose - Monday, December 05, 2011
- A parental pledge to improve education - Sunday, December 04, 2011
- A meaningful goal for climate change - Sunday, December 04, 2011
- Curbs aimed at piracy may harm technology sector - Saturday, December 03, 2011
- The lovely light of Marilyn - Friday, December 02, 2011
- System has fallen out of balance - Thursday, December 01, 2011
- China demands attention - Thursday, December 01, 2011
- Don't take personhood for granted - Wednesday, November 30, 2011
- A plan to bankrupt the Postal Service - Wednesday, November 30, 2011
- Undue hardship on student athletes needs to be addressed - Monday, November 28, 2011
- School discipline begins at home - Monday, November 28, 2011
- Giveaway; bill threatens Virginia;s forests - Monday, November 28, 2011
- Why can't cycling be made safer? - Monday, November 28, 2011
- As long as banks hoard money - Monday, November 28, 2011
- First editorial in The Roanoke Times - Sunday, November 27, 2011
- Committed to public serviceand a desire to make a difference - Sunday, November 27, 2011
- We the people need to face our problems - Sunday, November 27, 2011
- Keep the middle class strong - Sunday, November 27, 2011
- Candidate wish list; please check twice - Saturday, November 26, 2011
- How to create jobs without a penny of stimulus - Friday, November 25, 2011
- Through the woods - Thursday, November 24, 2011
- Bikes and cars must share the road - Wednesday, November 23, 2011
- A critical mass of medical research in Roanoke - Tuesday, November 22, 2011
- If you can't do the speed, stay off the road - Monday, November 21, 2011
- Not fair for city to subsidize one business over another - Monday, November 21, 2011
- Born to a life of chains - Sunday, November 20, 2011
- Aveion Lewis did not have to die - Sunday, November 20, 2011
- The wedding bell blues, post-marriage - Saturday, November 19, 2011
- Politicians have a right to play to the 'God crowd' - Friday, November 18, 2011
- An end to manipulation by the rich - Thursday, November 17, 2011
- Breaking the shameful silence around child sexual abuse - Thursday, November 17, 2011
- The faded nobility of sacrifice - Wednesday, November 16, 2011
- Living large on the grid - Wednesday, November 16, 2011
- Election mistakes were caused by human error - Tuesday, November 15, 2011
- They are not fooling anyone - Monday, November 14, 2011
- Middle-schooler learns his civics in schoolyard parking lot - Monday, November 14, 2011
- Suddenly, everyone is a published writer - Sunday, November 13, 2011
- Imagine shaping Roanoke's future - Sunday, November 13, 2011
- Make way for the new punk - Sunday, November 13, 2011
- The degree of disparity stresses society - Sunday, November 13, 2011
- Attend to those in your presence - Sunday, November 13, 2011
- Ounce of preschool or pound of remediation - Sunday, November 13, 2011
- Republicans are sabotaging jobs stimulus - Saturday, November 12, 2011
- Caring for today's veterans - Friday, November 11, 2011
- Return the course to Countryside - Thursday, November 10, 2011
- Launching Virginia's space industry - Thursday, November 10, 2011
- Do you really favor deregulation? - Wednesday, November 09, 2011
- Allow Sunday hunting in Virginia - Wednesday, November 09, 2011
- Confronting a culture of corruption - Tuesday, November 08, 2011
- Consolidation will make Alleghany and Covington's problems bigger - Friday, November 04, 2011
- In pursuit of fair elections - Thursday, November 03, 2011
- Voters' choice: money or experience? - Wednesday, November 02, 2011
- On the gas tax, Edwards makes sense - Wednesday, November 02, 2011
- A nation of overfed bodies and empty minds - Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- Don't leave war to the generals - Monday, October 31, 2011
- Story's single focus missed broader picture - Monday, October 31, 2011
- It happened to a bright kid like Ian - Sunday, October 30, 2011
- You, too, have a role in combating drug abuse - Sunday, October 30, 2011
- Cain comes with big strings attached - Sunday, October 30, 2011
- Want highways? Then pay for them - Sunday, October 30, 2011
- War ends; our obligations do not - Sunday, October 30, 2011
- Crying tears of loss and finding comfort there - Saturday, October 29, 2011
- Griffith's privileged state of homelessness - Thursday, October 27, 2011
- Taxing the 1 percent isn't mean or petty - Wednesday, October 26, 2011
- Trashed again; just another beautiful day - Wednesday, October 26, 2011
- A friend's short life - Tuesday, October 25, 2011
- Gambling with our futures - Monday, October 24, 2011
- A good dog's life lesson - Monday, October 24, 2011
- Toothless bill is too little, too late - Sunday, October 23, 2011
- Amendment would cripple government, devastate Americans - Sunday, October 23, 2011
- Everything must be on the table - Sunday, October 23, 2011
- Tech has little appetite for humanities - Sunday, October 23, 2011
- Each day, 930 Va. students sent home - Sunday, October 23, 2011
- Film teacher opened a window onto the world - Saturday, October 22, 2011
- Is Appalachian a utility or a coal company? - Friday, October 21, 2011
- Pitts' prejudice skews view of tea party - Thursday, October 20, 2011
- We pray for a president - Thursday, October 20, 2011
- Conduct unbecoming a public official - Thursday, October 20, 2011
- The wealthy do so much for us - Wednesday, October 19, 2011
- Use your money to make a statement - Wednesday, October 19, 2011
- U.S. help is needed in Sudan - Wednesday, October 19, 2011
- Heroes of the Darkside - Tuesday, October 18, 2011
- The U.S. trims its sails - Monday, October 17, 2011
- Soup for Seniors is still on - Monday, October 17, 2011
- Challenges at the rec center - Sunday, October 16, 2011
- Revisiting "Roosevelt's Blunder" - Sunday, October 16, 2011