The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER-STAR

Commentary: Sunday, December 18, 1994

• VIRGINIAN'S FIRST NOVEL LINKS FRAGILITY OF LAND, LIFE
• TWO COLLECTIONS UNEARTH GEMS OF SOUTHERN HUMOR
• WWII WAVE'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY EVOKES THE TIMELESSNESS OF WAR
• LAST-MINUTE GIFT BOOKS
• ESSAYIST POLLITT RAGES AGAINST THE ATTACKS WOMEN SUFFER
• EXPECTATION IS THE ALBATROSS THAT WEIGHS DOWN NAUTICUS' SUCCESS
• CHRISTMAS MEMORIES RECALLED DISCOVERY OF PRESENTS IN THE CLOSET DISPELLED THE SANTA CLAUS MYTH BUT IT WAS SHARING THAT REVELATION WITH THE CLASS THAT LED TO A VERY WARM CHRISTMAS MEMORY.
• THIS IS THE TIME TO REMEMBER YOUR BLESSINGS
• LET US PRAY...IN SCHOOL? IN TODAY'S MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT, SHOULD GOVERNMENT SANCTION PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS - OR WOULD THAT DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD?
• REMEMBER THE BRAVE ONES
• REPORT TO READERS NOT ALL GREMLINS HAVE HUMAN FACES
• PUT NOTHING FIRST
• CROSSING THE LINE
• NO GUNS?
• DON'T CUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING
• INVEST IN EDUCATION, TRAINING, TREATMENT PRISON: MORE THAN CELLS
• GOPAC NOT `SPECIAL-INTEREST'
• ALLEN GROUP'S PLAN WOULD DOWNGRADE SCHEV LET COLLEGE COUNCIL ALONE
• ORPHANED LIVES, CLOSE TO THE BORDERS