Coming Sunday: Any individual who engages in and profits from the practice of invading and clogging computers with junk e-mail ought to be prosecuted as severely as the concocter of any criminal conspiracy.
The arrest this week of
For Friday: Downtown merchants think that the city will cut into their business by doing away with free parking in the garages at nights and on Saturdays. Businesses need to do more than complain and help come up with a solution.
For our Sunday NRV Current editorial, we're writing about Christiansburg Sunset Cemetery. The town should take over management of the facility lest it become a blight on the community.
Buying swampland
Behind all the eye-rolling in Botetourt County, residents who need a wider highway might give some thought to the need for wetlands, too.
Drivers who regularly negotiate the two, twisting lanes of pavement that are U.S. 220 north of Eagle Rock in Botetourt County must be sorely tempted to deride Virginia's transportation department. At least a few are in full cry: Instead of widening their road, the geniuses at the Virginia Department of Transportation are building a swamp alongside.
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A ruling for employers, not employees
Limiting workers' ability to sue for pay bias limits protection against all types of discrimination.
We cannot resist the temptation to quote chapter and verse from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's stinging dissent in a ruling Tuesday that workers cannot sue their employers for pay discrimination if allegations are based on years-old events.
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A few ideas to defenestrate
John Long
Long, director of the Salem Museum and a history teacher at Roanoke College, is a Roanoke Times columnist.
Let's call this feature "My Meandering Mind" -- some short observations and questions that aren't enough to fill a normal column, but are worth some consideration.
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Global trade and global competition
Brian J. Moran
Moran is chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and previous recipient of the Tech-10 award from the Northern Virginia Technology Council.
In 1957, the Soviet Union sent a satellite into space and claimed the lead over the United States in the space race, but America and the American people rose to the challenge and won the race to the moon. During my visit to India last month on the governor's trade mission, I saw firsthand that this different kind of race in today's global economy provides a challenge that is no less daunting.
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Thursday's letters can be read here.
On Thursday, we'll be writing about VDOT's "swamp" off of U.S. 220 in north Botetourt County. Virginia's transportation department is building wetlands next to the two-lane highway, long scheduled for widening and long delayed. To some county residents, VDOT's latest project seems stupid. But it's not.
For Thursday: We are tempted to quote chapter and verse from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
An upcoming editorial will laud Salem schools for requiring high school students to understand basic finance before graduation. Would that all teens -- and adults -- understand debt, credit and financial statements.
For my Sunday column, I'm writing about the Blacksburg Citizen's Institute. For the last two months I've had the pleasure of joining Blacksburg residents learning about their local government. It was a great program others should try.
More twists on Mill Mountain
Development atop Mill Mountain is still possible. Despite objections from key players, Roanoke City Council will still accept proposals for an inn.
The Fishburn family already told Roanoke City Council that it opposes developing Mill Mountain Park. Their objections haven't stopped council from seeking proposals from developers to place an inn atop the city's prominent landmark.
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Homosexuals' blood could save lives
The FDA should lift its ban on gay blood donors.
Every summer, the Red Cross announces critical blood shortages as road trips and lawn mowers send Americans to hospitals in need of transfusions. Yet the federal government needlessly excludes some potential donors from helping fill the gap. Gay and bisexual men may not roll up their sleeves.
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