One key argument against workplace protections for gays and lesbians has been these two groups’ supposed affluence, which has been cited as proof that they are not victims of discrimination. Consider, for example, the following snippet from the conservative, Raleigh-based N.C. Family Policy Council, a nonprofit that says it’s “dedicated to the preservation of the … Read more
Lost in Transmission Homegrown talk radio in the mountains took a knock last month when Asheville-based WZNN (AM 1350) traded its news-and-opinion programming for an all-sports format. The change from public affairs to play ball acknowledged sagging fortunes at the right-leaning station, which went on-air in 2004. WZNN was hobbled from the outset by technical … Read more
Sculpture’s purpose should be honored The alarm arose in me when I drove by Asheville’s Energy Loop [sculpture] and saw the ugly orange netting around the sculpture. Dirck Cruser designed Energy Loop for Pack Square, and that is where it should stay. My hope, along with that of many other people in Asheville and visitors … Read more
A recent article on so-called “novelty bands” [“Eccentric Like Me,” Nov. 30, 2005 Xpress] got me thinking (again) about music, art in general, and the holy fools who labor to make and to grok it. But while I was pleased to see a cover story about the emerging local music scene, I cringed at the … Read more
