When I was a boy, I spent lots of time in my grandfather’s hay barn out on Sugar Creek (near Barnardsville). I’d build make-believe forts out of hay bales and tobacco staves. I still remember the musty, acrid aroma of that old barn. I also loved to visit my uncles’ dairy farm in Mars Hill. … Read more
I decided to come out of the woods for a while and follow the money trail over at City Hall. The quest led me to City Council’s budget work session, a meeting on affordable housing, a public hearing on the budget, and a series of meetings with city decision-makers: Asheville’s budget director, city manager, assistant … Read more
Some friends in Durham sent me an invitation to a Libertarian Party fund-raiser, an opportunity to meet the party’s candidate for governor of North Carolina. It’s natural that Libertarians would mark me as a fellow traveler. The basic libertarian philosophy is irresistible to me — the same philosophical catnip that made me a Goldwater conservative … Read more
