Author: Coy Barefoot

Clara Belle Wheeler is the owner of 77 acres of land in the Pantops Area, a parcel of land that’s part of a controversey involving a land deal between the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, the U.S. Government, and developer Wendell Wood. You can find out the latest on that topic at Charlottesville Tomorrow. Wheeler joined Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about how she never agreed to any such a deal.

“If a developer, whoever that developer is, can work a deal to get special or preferred treatment that someone else wouldn’t get, that’s not fair,” Wheeler said. But Wheeler says this treatment extends to all developers, citing recent development on Pantops as an example of what she thinks is runaway growth. “People don’t want 29 North repeated on Route 250,” she said.

(this is the second half of the interview)

Observers of modern Europe often present catastrophic visions of religious conflict in the near future as Christianity collapses in the face of a rising Islam. Some pundits are loudly proclaiming that secularization and a flood of Muslim immigrants with an exploding birthrate have brought Europe to the brink of becoming Eurabia? But how realistic is this proposition? Penn State History and Religious Studies Professor Phillip Jenkins joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss his new book, God’s Continent: Christianity, Islam and Europe’s Religious Crisis.

Richmond Times Dispatch political columnist Jeff Shapiro joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss the impliciations of the recent primaries in Virginia, which saw the defeats of three incumbent state Senators. Shapiro also weighs in on the resignation of Ed Gillespie as the head of the Virginia Republican Party and his potential replacement.

Mark Drumbl is the director of the Transnational Law Institute at Washington and Lee University. He joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss his new book, Atrocity, Punishment and International Law.

The Bill of Rights lists freedom of speech and certain other rights such as the right not to incriminate in yourself. But the list has gaps which lead to huge disputes about what’s a right, and what isn’t. Is there a right to abortion, assisted suicide, gay marriage? Constitutional scholar Daniel Farber has written a new book which explores these issues called Retained by the People: The Silent Ninth Amendment and the Constitutional Rights Americans Don’t Know They Have.G,V Farber joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now.

Journalist Cullen Murphy wonders if history of the United States of America parallels that of ancient Rome. He joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss his new book on the subject, which asks the question Are We Rome? Murphy writes that the Founding Fathers were influenced by Rome, but also worried that the new Republic might one day turn into a tyrannical Empire.

For over 230 years, the United States Marine Corps has distinguished itself with heroism, leadership and determination on the field of battle. This tradition of excellence comes with hard work in the face of adversity, and in grueling circumstances. Intrigued by the legends of the men who rigorously train young novices to become Marines, veteran journalist and oral historian Larry Smith set out to discover the first-hand stories of the bravest and most exceptional Marine Corps drill instructors. Following his best-selling book Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Recipients in Their Own Words, Smith has compiled a riveting collection of real-life stories from the USMC called The Few and the Proud: Marine Corps Drill Instructors In Their Own Words. Smith joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss his work.

Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources Preston Bryant joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss air quality improvements in Richmond and Hampton Roads, the Virginia Environmental Excellence Project, Virginia’s joining of the Climate Registry.