House Editorial: The politics of snow
Posted on February 22, 2007

In the last week or so, Harrisonburg got its fill of snow. Everything that comes with winter weather, from snowball fights to car accidents, we had in full. Many of us are surely glad to see it all melt away. But it is likely that those without cars are even happier. The mound of snow and ice covering Harrisonburg last week — and people’s languid response to it — uncovered the latent political, economic and social disparities impacting the car-less of our community. More...

Through Murky Waters: Killing those who can’t fight back
By Alex Sirney, senior writer

Encounters with the homeless happen every day — in busy streets they are off to the side, largely ignored. In less-busy areas they go equally unnoticed, unless the chance passer-by happens to glance at them, either with pity or reproach. More...

Through the looking glass: Hail to the hairless Britney Spears
By Sarah Delia, staff writer

Ms. Britney Jean Spears — Brit, if I may — please let me be the first to formally congratulate you on being the first human yet to have the power of stopping the press, getting record high hits on YouTube.com, and blowing the Anna Nicole Smith scandal out of the water. Who cares about some recently deceased reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe, when the American public has you? More...

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