Ciceronian Society: Charlottesville Connection

THE CICERONIAN SOCIETY facilitates the development of academic conferences that explore the many and various topics related to our core themes of Tradition, Place, and ‘Things Divine.’ Ultimately, we hope that papers delivered at Ciceronian Society Conferences can find a publishable home

Military-Industrial Complex Protested

by David Swanson SO, HERE WE ARE, 50 years and 8 months tomorrow from the day on which President Dwight Eisenhower, on his way out of office, warned: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence,

Planned Parenthood Sting: Videos Released

The Live Action anti-abortion group has released three more undercover videos, which the group claimed show Planned Parenthood employees assisting a man self-identifying as a pimp for child prostitutes get abortions and birth control for “his” underage girls. The video was filmed

Rutherford Challenges Pellet Conviction

by Garet G. Sarkisian A conservative-linked civil rights group has filed suit seeking to reverse the suspension of a Spotsylvania, Virginia high school freshman who “shot” classmates with plastic pellets blown from a toy. Charlottesville’s own Rutherford Institute says it filed the

Vasciunaite Pleads Guilty to Drunken Maiming

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (ABP) — A California Baptist University women’s basketball player pleaded guilty Feb. 9 in Virginia to two felonies after hitting a construction worker last summer while driving drunk. Vitalija Vasciunaite, 22, confessed in Albemarle County Circuit Court to maiming another

Charlottesville SPCA and Humane Society Spay Day

by Katrina Kiefer The Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA has many events throughout the year geared towards alleviating our country’s pet overpopulation problem, not least of which are the feral cat spay/neuter events that are part of the CASPCA’s barn cat adoption and TNR (Trap-Neuter-Release)