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LETTERS: Political invective is infecting letters

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Catch-22 snags another disabled vet

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

LETTERS: NSA appears less intrusive than alleged

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Connecting homeless to housing

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

LETTERS: Troubling donors reflect on the A.G.

Monday, June 17, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Re: Snowden’s spy tales: Really?

Monday, June 17, 2013

LETTERS: Conservatives are implacable foes

Sunday, June 16, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Do more to restore voting rights

Sunday, June 16, 2013

LETTERS: Divided highway should have a barrier

Saturday, June 15, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: In the end, time and red lights will endure

Saturday, June 15, 2013

LETTERS: A greater show of intolerance

Friday, June 14, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Don’t sweat rudeness on the road

Friday, June 14, 2013

LETTERS: Warning! They’ve got your number

Thursday, June 13, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: There’s bipartisan agreement: The IRS overreached

Thursday, June 13, 2013

LETTERS: A conviction can be a wake-up call

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Krispy Kreme surely has the dough to reopen

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

LETTERS: Cuccinelli serves the Kochs’ interests

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Voyeurs of destruction

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

LETTERS: IRS is slow to OK charity exemptions, too

Monday, June 10, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: We are a nation built on illegal immigrant stock

Monday, June 10, 2013

LETTERS: We’re still waiting for Benghazi answers

Sunday, June 9, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: The IRS needs to look at nonprofits  

Sunday, June 9, 2013

LETTERS: ‘Walk off the War’ deserves notice

Saturday, June 8, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Classical music is in the air in Floyd

Saturday, June 8, 2013

LETTERS: Talk about McAuliffe contributors, too

Friday, June 7, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Truckers, don’t be intimidators

Friday, June 7, 2013

LETTERS: Casey’s columns show his priority

Thursday, June 6, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Smokers get no sympathy here for higher tax

Thursday, June 6, 2013

LETTERS: Meanings are beyond some spellers’ ken

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Cuccinelli’s damaging crusade

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

LETTERS: IRS training costs are a relative pittance

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: The lesson of Turkey

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

LETTERS: Developers should flee Blacksburg

Monday, June 3, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Higher cigarette tax will hurt the poor

Monday, June 3, 2013

LETTERS: Public lacks political clout

Sunday, June 2, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: A plea for county sidewalks

Sunday, June 2, 2013

LETTERS: Local colors was a shining success

Saturday, June 1, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: School name could pack some punch

Saturday, June 1, 2013

LETTERS: Cuts will hurt the mentally ill

Friday, May 31, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: A skeptic’s false premise

Friday, May 31, 2013

LETTERS: If you love America, don’t trash it

Thursday, May 30, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Goodlatte’s ethanol bill makes good sense

Thursday, May 30, 2013

LETTERS: Congress should focus on real problems

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Try sending up prayers of all faiths

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

LETTERS: Put city’s needs before council’s

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Climate denier’s false alarm

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

LETTERS: Maybe it’s times to be rid of the IRS

Sunday, May 26, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Not a new tax, but tax equity

Sunday, May 26, 2013

LETTERS: County social services needs a new place

Saturday, May 25, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Yep, teachers just ain’t earning their keep

Saturday, May 25, 2013

LETTERS: Join the March Against Monsanto

Friday, May 24, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: A garden fairy, too soon gone

Friday, May 24, 2013

LETTERS: Downtown’s new Center is great

Thursday, May 23, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Local government’s failure

Thursday, May 23, 2013

LETTERS: Obama’s showing who he really is

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Artists share their gifts freely

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

LETTERS: When sirens sound, think of responders

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Va. is for roadside trash

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

LETTERS: Thanks for writing of immigrant successes

Monday, May 20, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Don’t let the peer-pressure lesson get lost

Monday, May 20, 2013

LETTERS: Keep the FDA out of our food choices

Sunday, May 19, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Bottom line, coal is filthy

Sunday, May 19, 2013

LETTERS: Making a bad bottleneck worse

Saturday, May 18, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Franklin County supervisors got it right

Saturday, May 18, 2013

LETTERS: Paying council what it’s worth

Friday, May 17, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: On becoming ‘Mom’

Thursday, May 16, 2013

LETTERS: What is art’s real bottom-line value?

Thursday, May 16, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: The unkindest bump of all

Thursday, May 16, 2013

LETTERS: Climate warnings are needlessly alarming

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Virtual school’s students got the raw deal

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

LETTERS: You want better schools? What crybabies!

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Make lies a liability in politics

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

LETTERS: If you don’t like the pay, you can quit

Monday, May 13, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Serving the city and making it pay

Monday, May 13, 2013

LETTERS: More than one smart way to take a train

Sunday, May 12, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: A poor reason for a raise

Sunday, May 12, 2013

LETTERS: Fear of gun control overtakes reason

Saturday, May 11, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Ex-trooper has no reason to feel shame

Saturday, May 11, 2013

LETTERS: Arsenal’s air quality is an issue, too

Friday, May 10, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Animals deserve much better

Friday, May 10, 2013

LETTERS: McNamara has a record of sound leadership

Thursday, May 9, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: The pay’s not bad for part-time work

Thursday, May 9, 2013

LETTERS: In Hollins, Bailey shows common sense

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Democracy — not a Jewish cabal

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

LETTERS: McNamara has been AWOL from the GOP

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: For real safety, machine guns

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

LETTERS: Vinton needs an upgraded library, too

Monday, May 6, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Bravo for a delightful ballet

Monday, May 6, 2013

LETTERS: Ethanol program doesn’t make sense

Sunday, May 5, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Propagating an unfair stereotype about Jews

Sunday, May 5, 2013

LETTERS: The valley can be proud of filmmaker

Saturday, May 4, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Asthma workshop has advice to help breathe easier

Saturday, May 4, 2013

LETTERS: County hopefuls take tea party line

Friday, May 3, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: New sidewalks are ugly and unsafe

Friday, May 3, 2013

LETTERS: Opera Roanoke brought us a treasure

Thursday, May 2, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: Secretariat’s big day, and mine

Thursday, May 2, 2013

LETTERS: Before buying clothes, consider its full cost

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: In praise of those who live their faith well

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

LETTERS: Bombs don’t kill either, on their own

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

PICK OF THE DAY: A worthy tribute to a great horse

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

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