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Iran matters. (Or is it manners?)

John Freivalds

Freivalds runs an international communication firm in Lexington. He previously worked in Iran and Afghanistan and speaks Farsi.

The worst thing you can say to someone in Farsi, the language they speak in Iran, is adap naderi -- you have no manners. So the rude manners shown in the reception that Iran's President Ahmadinejad got at Columbia University reinforced all the stereotypes that people in Iran if not the Middle East, had about the U.S. Read here.

Saturday's letters are here.

Iran matters. (Or is it manners?)

John Freivalds

Freivalds runs an international communication firm in Lexington. He previously worked in Iran and Afghanistan and speaks Farsi.

The worst thing you can say to someone in Farsi, the language they speak in Iran, is adap naderi -- you have no manners. So the rude manners shown in the reception that Iran's President Ahmadinejad got at Columbia University reinforced all the stereotypes that people in Iran if not the Middle East, had about the U.S. Read here.

Saturday's letters are here.

Struggling toward school success
Clearly, three Roanoke schools need help earning state accreditation. But if this latest approach fails, try another.

Make no mistake, the special committees established to help three Roanoke schools meet state accreditation standards aren't remedies initiated by the schools or the school system. Read here.

A health field of his own

Marc Edwards eschewed the much greater earning potential of a medical degree for a degree in environmental engineering for one reason. He thought he could make a bigger difference in people's health. And he was right. Read here.

Struggling toward school success
Clearly, three Roanoke schools need help earning state accreditation. But if this latest approach fails, try another.

Make no mistake, the special committees established to help three Roanoke schools meet state accreditation standards aren't remedies initiated by the schools or the school system. Read here.

A health field of his own

Marc Edwards eschewed the much greater earning potential of a medical degree for a degree in environmental engineering for one reason. He thought he could make a bigger difference in people's health. And he was right. Read here.

Struggling toward school success
Clearly, three Roanoke schools need help earning state accreditation. But if this latest approach fails, try another.

Make no mistake, the special committees established to help three Roanoke schools meet state accreditation standards aren't remedies initiated by the schools or the school system. Read here.

A health field of his own

Marc Edwards eschewed the much greater earning potential of a medical degree for a degree in environmental engineering for one reason. He thought he could make a bigger difference in people's health. And he was right. Read here.

On Saturday, we'll laud the work of Marc Edwards, the Virginia Tech engineering professor who won a MacArthur Foundation award this week for his tireless fight to ensure the safety of people's drinking water.

On Saturday, we'll laud the work of Marc Edwards, the Virginia Tech engineering professor who won a MacArthur Foundation award this week for his tireless fight to ensure the safety of people's drinking water.

On Saturday, we'll laud the work of Marc Edwards, the Virginia Tech engineering professor who won a MacArthur Foundation award this week for his tireless fight to ensure the safety of people's drinking water.

For Monday, we are writing about Omeish's remarks that disqualified him from political service. People on state boards must be sensitive about what they say, and support jihad fails that.

For Saturday: If special committees can help three Roanoke schools that failed to earn state accreditation for the fourth straight year clear this academic hurdle, then let the process begin.