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• Had Obama not played the race card, George Floyd might be be alive today

  Created: Thursday, 15 April 2021 21:11

  By LARRY ELDER Syndicated Columnist This column was posted on April 8. George Floyd might be alive had former President Barack Obama not, for eight years, consistently played the anti-cop race card. Despite receiving more white votes than 2004 Democ...

• My predictions for Biden’s probably-truncated presidency

  Created: Thursday, 15 April 2021 21:09

  By TED RALL Syndicated Columnist This column was posted on April 6.  Beginning in March 2016, I repeatedly and almost famously warned overconfident Democrats —who ridiculed me for saying so — that Donald Trump would probably win th...

• Flush to judgment

  Created: Thursday, 15 April 2021 21:05

  By AMY ALKON Syndicated Columnist At my boyfriend’s recent high school alumni gathering, it came to light that he had bullied a student (holding his head in the toilet, etc.). We’ve been together for almost two years and have discussed m...

• UNCA student health ambassadors snare 2nd place

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 22:27

  From Staff Reports UNC Asheville Student Health Ambassadors, in partnership with ambassador programs at five universities across Western North Carolina and supported by MAHEC, have earned second place from the National Consortium for Building Healthy Aca...

• Group sues Asheville on breach of contract over monument razing

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 22:25

  From Staff Reports   A lawsuit seeking to stop the demolition of the Vance Monument — widely considered the centerpiece of downtown Asheville — was filed on March 23 by the Society for the Historical Preservation of the 26th North Car...

• Vance Monument removal OK’d 6-1 by Asheville council

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 22:23

  From Staff Reports  Asheville City Countil voted 6-1on March 23 to approve its task force’s recommendation to remove the Vance Monument — the final step that will lead to the demolotion of a landmark located in Pack Square in the heart...

• Governor eases more COVID limits

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 22:19

  N.C. metrics, vax rate improving; masks, social distancing still mandated From Staff Reports  RALEIGH — As North Carolina’s trends continue to show improvement and vaccine distribution inc...

• 2nd Dem challenger aims to unseat Cawthorn

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 22:17

  From Staff Reports  Iraq War veteran Josh Remillard, who lives in Mills River, on March 12 was the second person to announce a challenge to unseat U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-Hendersonville. Remillard “said he’s challenging Cawthorn ...

• Henderson ranks as healthiest county in WNC

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 22:15

  From Staff Reports   HENDERSONVILLE — Henderson County has been ranked as the healthiest county in Western North Carolina and among the healthiest in the state, according to the 2020 County Health Rankings report from the Robert Wood Johnson...

• Cawthorn votes against amnesty bill

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 22:11

  ‘This bill floods the labor market with job competition for Americans,’ he says From Staff Reports WASHINGTON —  U.S Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-Hendersonville, voted ...

• Cawthorn seeks to make Daylight Savings Time permanent in U.S.

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 22:10

  From Staff Reports WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn , R-Hendersonville, introduced the SPF Act on the House floor over the March 13-14 weekend, with the intent of amending the Uniform Time Act by making Daylight Savings Time permanent. In ...

• Buncombe COVID-19? Cases plateau, no deaths in a week, but ‘not at the finish line yet,’ county health director warns

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 22:08

  From Staff Reports   The metrics for COVID-19 in Buncombe County generally are stable — or improving — and there have been no deaths reported in the past seven days, Buncombe County Public Health Director Stacie Saunders said during a...

• Gov. Cooper signs school reopening bill into N.C. law

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 22:07

  From Staff Reports    RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper on March 10 signed the in-person school reopening bill into law in North Carolina. After the signing, the governor’s office issued a brief March 11 press release featuring the foll...

• Letters to the Editor: April 01-14, 2021

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:48

  Vive la revolution for socialialists! You are standing in the midst of a political-socialist revolution. This isn’t the first, nor will it be the last. But it is a revolution that has already affected you! During the 20th century there were fo...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: Henderson’s ranking as healthiest county in WNC in 2020 deserves a salute

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:47

  We are proud to salute neighboring Henderson County for its recently publicized ranking as the healthiest county in Western North Carolina and one of the healthiest counties in the state, based on the 2020 County Health Rankings report from the Robert Woo...

• Crisis at the border? Let’s reform or kill filibuster

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:45

  This column was posted March 18. By BILL PRESS Syndicated Columnist If you believe Kevin McCarthy, Lindsey Graham or Fox News (and why should you?), there’s a crisis at the Southern border like America’s never seen before: a daily flo...

• The Candid Conservative: Racism, fascism, Borgism

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:42

  “We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.” — “Star Trek”   B...

• Some final thoughts on reparations

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:40

  This column was posted on March 11.   By LARRY ELDER Syndicated Columnist How would reparations be funded?  Conservative writer Michael Medved estimates that only 5 percent of whites in America “bear any authentic sort of generational...

• There are more socialists than Democrats or Republicans. We should act like it

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:37

  This column was posted on March 19. By TED RALL Syndicated Columnist American leftists find themselves at a tactical crossroad.  Will the 39 percent of Americans (and more than half of those under 30) who steadily oppose capitalism stand up for...

• Conservative leader/pundit rips city on Vance Monument ‘agenda’

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:35

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com   A group trying to save the Vance Monument from demoliton by filing a lawsuit against the City of Asheville and petitioning the N.C. Historical Commission of a violation of a law prohibiting the tearing...