Saturday Short takes
A fix for retirees’ fixed income
The city of Roanoke’s retired employees haven’t had a cost-of-living adjustment to their pension since 2008. Not that Roanoke City Council singled them out for austerity measures. Current employees haven’t had a raise in several years, either. …
Just in the nick of time
The headline on Friday’s Washington Post story says it all: “Mayan prophecy: The world won’t end, as a newfound calendar goes on and on and on.” …
Transparency in the interest of justice
The public has a deep and long-held stake in making sure the awesome power of the state to arrest, convict and imprison people is used fairly and judiciously. That is why arrest records are public, trials open for anyone to attend and court records available for inspection. …
May 12, 2012 - 8:23 AM
Why has there been no commentary on the irony of Michelle Obama speaking at VT while her husband’s Dept. of Education is litigating with the school? Is it more than ironic?
It would be ironic if she was the President. She isn’t.
Seriously, Sandi? And Michelle would have been commencement speaker if she had still been Michelle Robinson? Color me cynical.