October 18th, 2012 issue #1142

October 18th, 2012

  • Mr. Jefferson's greed: New book challenges image of reluctant slaveholder

    Publishers Weekly calls it the number one history title of the fall and one of the best of all genres. Both Smithsonian and American History magazines have made it a recent cover story. However, thus far here in Thomas Jefferson's hometown, the reception to Henry Wiencek's new book, Master of the Mountain: Jefferson and His Slaves– which builds a portrait of the author of the Declaration of Independence as cold, greedy, and a lying racist– has been less effusive. Far less effusive.

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4Better Or Worse

  • The week in review

    Coldest case: Joseph Harris, 22, is on trial for the 2005 murder of Anthony Lorenzo "Bunny" Johnson in Darden Towe Park. Harris was arrested in 2010, and prosecutors say th...

The Dish

Essays

Question of the Week

Real Estate - $old

Real Estate - On the Block

Real Estate Property auctions

  • Property auctions

    October 19 at 4pm at the Charlottesville Circuit Court Property: 1111 Cherry Avenue Debtor: Teresa D. Caddell Original amount owing: $140,800 Bidder brings: 10 percent sale...

Movie Reviews

Contents

  • Table of contents

    COVERJefferson's greedIn his new book, local author Henry Wiencek portrays Thomas Jefferson as a hypocrite who encouraged the use of whips on slave children and turned down...

News

  • Appeal denied: County cop convicted, transparency still elusive

    Five years after the notorious Gerry Mitchell case in which an officer went uncharged despite striking a wheelchair-bound pedestrian in a crosswalk, the Albemarle County Po...

  • Getting out the unregistered vote

    Margie Shepherd stands ready to register the at Toddsbury of Ivy shop during the morning commute October 15, the last day to register to vote in the November 6 election. </...

  • Hearing continued: Allegedly murder-minded Crozet mom still jailed

    A preliminary hearing for Theresa Brady, the Crozet woman accused of attempting to kill her husband by injecting him with insulin, scheduled for Monday, October 15, has bee...

  • Hello, Dalai: His Holiness rocks Downtown

    The line started before 9am. For the Dalai Lama's morning talk at the Paramount Theater, it stretched all the way down past York Place on the Downtown Mall. In front of the...

  • Let the mural-making begin

    After finally getting approval from the Board of Architectural Review, which rejected his first boldly-colored design, Ross McDermott, director of the Charlottesville Mural...

  • Regal crowned? Indie theater owner predicts Carmike's doom

    Next month's debut of a new Regal 14-plex will nearly double the number of theater screens in Charlottesville. And according to the last independent theater owner, the open...

  • The mural progresses

    We photographed artist Ross McDermott last week starting on the new mural on the side of One Meatball Place on West Main. Here's how it looks October 16. Post-publication c...

Facetime

Letters

  • Let UVA police chief keep commenting

    UVA Police Chief Mike Gibson’s comment about the “point of no return” that causes men to rape may help explain UVA’s policies toward rape, which are often criticize...

  • My list tops your list

    [Re: October 11 essay: "Power viewing: The 10 best political movies"]:

CultureVulture

Black and White

  • Friendship Court

    "There is hereby created the Placemaking, Livability and Community Engagement (PLACE) Design Task Force (PDTF) to act as an advisory body to the Planning Commission and Cit...

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