Ask the Editor — A marathon, not a sprint
| Front Page | By: David Simon | 09/06/08 | 565 words

About a month ago, I was on a three-day cruise in the Caribbean and pretty much cut off from the Internet, newspapers, television and radio.

City of clustered ires
| By: Joe Volz | 08/17/08 | 527 words

Nor will we understand completely what drove him to kill himself.

Reports of possible anthrax attacks caused local panic
| Front Page | By: Nancy Luse | 08/02/08 | 431 words

A child's letter to President Bush containing $1 to help Afghan children was found at the New Market Post Office, raising alarms during the 2001 anthrax letters scare because of a stain on the envelope.

Press needs to delve deeper into Ivins anthrax story
| Letter to Editor | By: | 08/18/08 | 166 words

First, my sincere, sad, and deep condolences to his family, his friends, and his co-workers.

Ivins evidence
| Letter to Editor | 08/13/08 | 87 words

To everyone else: Remember, the FBI has only released their comments concerning their evidence. They have not actually released any evidence.

FBI actions appear dubious
| Letter to Editor | 08/12/08 | 142 words

What must be considered is there was information on those computers that was placed there by other citizens who have the right to believe it was not for public knowledge. If this is true, someone in the FBI needs to take Law 101 again.

Dutiful decision
| Editorial | 08/12/08 | 472 words

Duley figured prominently in the story surrounding Ivins' death on July 29, apparently by his own hand. Shortly before he died, Duley testified in court during a hearing for a peace order against Ivins. At that time, she said he had threatened her and others and that she was desperately fearful of him. She also related that Ivins' psychiatrist had described the scientist as psychotic and capable of acting on his threats.

Diverting our attention
| Letter to Editor | 08/11/08 | 244 words

Just below the Ivins stories in that edition of the paper, there happens to be a seemingly unrelated article about officials oh-so rationally considering options for dealing with lab workers exposed to diseases at the National Interagency Biodefense Campus (NIBC).

Worked with and admired Ivins
| Letter to Editor | 08/10/08 | 294 words

I had the good fortune to know Bruce Ivins and now have a profound sadness at the loss of this friend. I am the typical loud American and I want to shout from the mountaintops that Bruce was the kind of man we look up to; the type of person who embodied all the qualities that we hope future generations of Americans possess.

A question of self-defense
| Letter to Editor | 08/08/08 | 132 words

In the story, Neal found an apparently unimpeachable source — Arthur O. Anderson, a medical doctor, scientist, and head of USAMRIID's Office of Human Use and Ethics — to voice objections to the sharing of confidential patient information by a professional caregiver, Jean Duley.

Revisiting the anthrax nightmare
| Letter to Editor | By: | 08/05/08 | 240 words

If somebody started mailing anthrax around the country in 2008 and President Bush summoned his senior staff into the Oval Office to map out a response, he would find, just as he did in 2001, that there is no new vaccine or new medication to deal with the crisis.

Some thoughts on Bruce Ivins
| Letter to Editor | By: | 08/05/08 | 89 words

First, I am glad that Steven Hatfill has been exonerated.

Deferring judgment
| Editorial | 08/05/08 | 510 words

A massive FBI manhunt was mounted to find the anthrax killer. That effort targeted former Detrick scientist Steven Hatfill for years. He was characterized as a "person on interest" by the FBI and the subject of intense scrutiny and negative publicity that disrupted his personal life and left his professional career in shambles. Last year, the government settled with Hatfill, paying him $5.8 million in compensation for the long, destructive ordeal to which he had been subjected.