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• Homeless have right to live outdoors, or to free housing

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:54

  The homeless should have the right to live outdoors. And because extreme weather events will soon be the norm due to climate change an global warming, society also has a responsibility to offer free and available housing to all homeless Americans. Due t...

• The Daily Planet’s Opinion: New York City mayor’s wife rates as wicked for ‘liking’ Hamas’ photos of Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist atttack on Israelis

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:52

  To what should be her ever-lasting shame and likely eternal damnation, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji has been linked to “likes” of social media posts celebrating gruesome Oct. 7, 2023 attacks, when Hamas tortured an...

• How can you win a war you can’t even explain

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:50

  By BILL PRESS Syndicated Columnist America is at war. A full-scale, illegal, unnecessary war against a country that posed no imminent threat to the United States. A war that could have long-range, disastrous consequences in the Middle East. And we are i...

• Trump’s way of war

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:49

  By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON Syndicated Columnist War is the use of arms to settle differences — tribal, political, religious, cultural, and material — between organized groups. It is unchanging. The general laws of armed conflict stays immutable, given t...

• Voter ID: It’s political suicide for Republicans

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:47

  By TED RALL Syndicated Columnist It’s common sense, Republicans say.You have to show ID to buy a beer, board a plane, or land a job as a snow shoveler.  Why not require proof of identity from those who seek to exercise our most sacred civic righ...

• The Candid Conservative: Confused or targeted?

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:44

  “The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.”  — Napolean Bonaparte  •  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet Don’t look now, but the ...

• Trump’s many successes have almost the whole world doing ‘YMCA’ dance

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:42

  By ROGER BUCKNER Special to the Daily Planet Am I thinking wrong about this; if you think about the reaction of the Venezuela hoi polloi (the smelly Walmart shoppers — the “common people”) they welcomed Trump’s arrest and overthrow of Nicolás M...

• U.S. Rep. Edwards wins GOP primary, Dems’ Ager triumphs to challenge him

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:41

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The race for the North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District seat is set after voters selected U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards R-Flat Rock, to square off with Democratic challenger Jamie Ager in March 3rd’s primary ele...

• NC-11 Dems candidates rebuke DCCC over early backing for Ager, who responds with call for unity, local issues’ focus

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:40

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Three candidates in the Democratic primary for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District recently called out the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for backing another contender in the race, Yahoo News...

• Buncombe County primary election results certified

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:38

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The results of the 2026 primary election “became official on March 13, after the Buncombe County Board of Elections met to complete vote certification,” Asheville television station WLOS (News 13) reported later...

• In race for N.C.’s U.S. Senate seat, Whatley, Cooper win their primaries

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:37

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — As predicted by many, Mike Whatley and former North Carolina governor Roy Cooper each nabbed the win in their respective primaries for the empty North Carolina U.S. Senate seat, the Asheville Citizen Times reported ...

• In close race, Buncombe County District Court judge wins N.C. primary

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:37

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C.—Asheville attorney Ben Scales will serve as Buncombe County’s newest District Court judge, according to unofficial election results, the Asheville Citizen Times reported on March 3 Scales received 20,621 votes, han...

• Martin Moore elected Buncombe County’s first-ever black D.A.

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:36

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Martin Moore “made history during his March 3 win to become Buncombe County’s next district attorney,” according to unofficial election results, the Asheville Citizen Times reported on March 4. After receivin...

• Parris wins primary, will face Quentin Miller for Buncombe County sheriff

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:34

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Retired Naval officer Gary Parris has won the Republican primary race for sheriff in a landslide, “clearing the field to face off against Sheriff Quentin Miller in November,” the Asheville Citizen Times reported...

• Boots -N- Blues show to rock stage March 27-29 at Flat Rock Playhouse

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:32

  From Staff Reports FLAT ROCK, N.C. — The Visiting Artists presentation Boots -N- Blues will be performed at 2 and 7:30 p.m. March 27-29 in the Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Greenville Highway, here. As for the show, an FRP promotion stated, “Boots -N- ...

• Twitty-Lynn salute aims to warm hearts March 28 in Walhalla

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:31

  From Staff Reports  WALHALLA, S.C. —  A musical salute to the late country music greats Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn will be presented by their grandchildren, respectively, Tre Twitty and Tayla Lynn, at 7:30 p.m. March 28 in the Walhalla Pe...

• Breakers band to play musical tribute to the iconic Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:30

  From Staff Reports  GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The Breakers, billed as “the country’s premier Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers tribute band,” will perform a show “dedicated to preserving the spirit and sound of one of rock’s most talented art...

• Doo-wop group combines 4-part harmony, fun, romance in Sunday afternoon concert

  Created: Sunday, 22 March 2026 22:28

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. – The Fabulous Stairwells, a Henderson County-based doo-wop group, performed in concert, starting with the song “Have Love, Will Travel” and ending with “Save the Last Dance for Me,” during a three-hour s...

• UNCA rolls out TRIO Student Support Services Program

  Created: Thursday, 05 March 2026 21:53

    UNC Asheville has rolled out its first-ever TRIO Student Support Services Program, a new initiative supported by a $1.3 million federal grant to help first-generation, low-income students and students with disabilities thrive on the...

• Asheville’s projected $30M deficit called into question. City Council begins talks to balance its 2026-27 budget.

  Created: Thursday, 05 March 2026 21:49

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Asheville residents packed an Asheville City Council council meeting on Feb. 24, “voicing concerns about possible tax increases, service cuts and what the roughly $30 million projected gap” in the city's General...