Day: January 14, 2009
Small Bites
La Copa De Oro: A popular West Asheville nightclub has added full lunch and dinner service. La Copa de Oro will now serve a standard Mexican-American menu of tacos, enchiladas, fajitas and nachos at its 1501 Patton Ave. location. The restaurant is open Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday from 8 … Read more
File under quality of life—yours and mine
A wave of sadness passed through the disparate community of Western North Carolina activists at the news of Chick Squire’s death Jan. 4. A lot of us knew Chick, who died at age 88 of natural causes, as well as from what I call the miracle of life. Chick Squire Chick was the last of … Read more
The reverend and the rabbi
As the reverend and the rabbi stood upon the altar at Calvary Episcopal Church in Fletcher and looked out at the filled pews, they complemented and acknowledged each other with every word and every gesture, however subtle. The men, women and children assembled to honor the memory and life of Patricia Brinkley Shulimson (1940-2008) were … Read more
Let’s hear it for capitalism
I applaud Western Carolina University for their wisdom in accepting the very generous donation from BB&T, a successful financial institution that practices what it preaches [“Capitalism on Campus”]. And I applaud BB&T for [requesting] as a condition of their generosity that WCU include Ayn Rand’s remarkable novel Atlas Shrugged in their required reading list and … Read more
Outdoor Journal
Deer hunters take note: The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will hold a public hearing for comments on proposed changes to a variety of hunting, fishing and trapping regulations at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Southwestern Community College in Sylva. Some items being considered by the commission: eliminating the daily bag limit for deer; … Read more
Get modern: Bring back traffic cops
There was “lockjaw” on Tunnel Road one recent Saturday afternoon—like there was on Black Friday. I parked in Kmart and walked to Belks because it took me four traffic lights to get out of Best Buy. There was a cop in the mall watching “Boobs & Butts.” He told me that he was there in … Read more
Time is ripe to give back
It is practically common knowledge at this point in our Western society that the minority of the population owns the majority of the wealth. This, then, directly influences all the structures of power and control. Those who hold the wealth are therefore “response-able” for the community that they inhabit. We know as common sense that … Read more
Absinthe
Absinthe is one of the most mythologized of all liquors. Depending on which legends you believe, it either rots the brain or is a magic key to artistic genius. Photo by Jonathan Welch. First distilled from anise, fennel and wormwood (among other herbs) in the 1700s, this extremely high-proof drink took the world by storm … Read more
