Eliciting hisses of disapproval and cries of “Shame!” Asheville’s Technical Review Committee unanimously approved the retooled nine-story Parkside condominium development on July 7. A show of protest: An overflow crowd stood outside the Technical Review Committee meeting on Parkside. Photos By Jonathan Welch Since a height reduction in May avoided a level III conditional-use hearing … Read more
We at Americans for Safe Access of Western North Carolina have been informed by Rep. Heath Shuler’s office that our congressman will not support the Hinchey-Rohrabacher Amendment coming up for a vote this month. This amendment to the Justice Department appropriations bill would prevent the Drug Enforcement Administration and the federal government from interfering in … Read more
The government has failed seniors and citizens under the leadership of a mindless president and his administration. Now he is blaming the Democrats in Congress for the oil shortage. Does the man even have a brain? What about the effect of the war on oil prices? I blame not only Bush and Cheney etc., but … Read more
During his recent visit to Mexico, how significant it would have been if Sen. McCain had met with some of the Mexican people I met on my recent trip there with the group Witness for Peace. I wish he had talked with some of the families of the more than 2 million small farmers who … Read more
Before retiring, I was reading Ideas of Great Philosophers. Socrates believed that the best choice to govern was a benevolent king. He also believed that finding one was impossible. I fell asleep and dreamed that such a benevolent person was elected to govern the United States. He announced that he would dismantle the entire U.S. … Read more
Economics 101 teaches that supply and demand describes market relations between prospective sellers and buyers of goods and services. The supply-and-demand model determines price and quantity sold in a market. This model is fundamental in microeconomic analysis and is used as a foundation for other economic models and theories. It predicts that in a competive … Read more
Asheville Free Book Exchange is Asheville’s newest recycling center. It accepts donations for all kinds of books, and gives books away for free. It’s also available as a space for local artists to display their art, or as a space to host events such as movie screenings, benefits, book circles, story times or literacy and … Read more
