Rick Britton joins Coy to talk about Charlottesville’s history. Vinegar Hill, which dates back to the 19th century and is sometimes thought of as the first suburb of Charlottesville began as an Irish neighborhood in 1850. Rick tells why the origin of the name is still being debated and offers his own theory for the unusual name. Maplewood Cemetery, two blocks from Court Square, is the final resting place for 2500 people and is the first official burial ground for the little town of Charlottesville in 1827. The Cemetery has an entire row of causalities of from the Civil war. |
Over 3,000 dogs died in the United States this year because of unsafe pet food made in China. Joan Weiskopf is a veterinary clinical nutrionist and the author of 
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America has a long history of foreign policy aimed at establishing U.S.-style democracy in other parts of the world. From Cuba to Cambodia, Haiti to Afghanistan, the U.S. has sought to rebuild nations on the liberal democratic model. In recent years, democratization has become the primary foreign policy goal for the U.S., pushing all other considerations to the periphery. But democracy imposed on nations without basic security for citizens and without civil society in place has failed with disastrous results. The current and frightening availability of poorly secured nuclear weapons means that an unstable and violent world is more dangerous than ever.