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• The Daily Planet's Opinion: Star-gazing ... for the elite

  Created: Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:04

  Shame on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners for passing a new outdoor lighting ordinance on Jan. 17 that will benefit an elite handful of casual urban star-gazers, while infringing on the private-property rights of everyone else. The measure, w...

• Following Daniel Boone to the west

  Created: Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:01

  CHAPEL HILL — First there was Daniel Boone. Boone’s real exploits on America’s frontier made him a legend in a new country whose people were ever pushing westward, driving the boundaries of their nation to the Pacific and beyond. The history o...

• The Candid Conservative: The rule of emotions

  Created: Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:55

  Have you noticed how the liberal media avoids the words “illegal” and “aliens” when addressing the issue of illegal immigration.  It’s a duplication of the effort of the North American Man-Boy Love Club’s effort to conceal their mission o...

• Guest column: Prophet of ‘red’ tide called a bit off-target

  Created: Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:45

  Yesterday (Jan. 25), I noticed the piece in the Mountain Xpress (MX), on their “Asheville Disclaimer” page, satirizing your “Leftists taking U.S. on totalitarian path” article from the January 2012 edition (of the Daily Planet). Reading that MX...

• From the left: The worth of water

  Created: Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:41

  Ben Franklin famously noted, “When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.”   It would be equally true to state that in the midst of a catastrophic flood, we know water’s cost. Most of the time, of course, we live our lives between thos...

• Guest column: Vote-’em-all-out rhetoric? Interesting but ....

  Created: Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:30

   A columnist in the Asheville Citizen-Times recommended that we all vote against all incumbents in Congress.  Interesting. My son-in-law did in fact vote against all incumbents, period, in the 2010 election.  I’m sure he left the po...

• Dangerous shift to the left hardly noticed, group told

  Created: Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:05

  From Staff Reports HORSE SHOE — The United States is ruled by an oligarchy with some aspects of fascism, but “no call for violent overthrow of the government,” the chief of the region’s Anti-Communism KTM said during a Jan. 10 lecture at Villa ...

• Man’s relationship history could be ‘hedonistic adaptation’

  Created: Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:38

  I just got dumped by a guy who swore he was ready to settle down (after years of serial monogamy). His relationship history reminded me of the man you wrote about recently who had been married and divorced five times and was on relationship number six. Wo...

• Leftists taking U.S. on totalitarian path, filmmaker charges

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 15:09

  By JOHN NORTH HORSE SHOE — Former Idaha state Rep. Curtis Bowers said America’s communist movement has been tremendously successful and is rapidly transforming the culture, putting it on a trajectory that will eventually result in a loss of individ...

• Funeral held for death of Bill of Rights

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 15:00

      On the three-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, members of Occupy Asheville held a series of activities Dec. 17 in downtown Asheville to mourn what the group termed the “death of civil liberties.” Specifically, the OA billed its event ...

• Immigration protesters express rage over raid

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 14:56

  From Staff Reports A recent immigration raid in which 12 workers — allegedly in the United States illegally — were arrested at Shogun Buffet in Asheville triggered a Dec. 18 protest in downtown Asheville. Despite chilly weather, the midday gatheri...

• Expert predicts milder-than-normal winter for area

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 14:53

  Tom Ross From Staff Reports A relatively mild winter was predicted for the Asheville area by retired meteorologist Tom Ross during his Dec. 6 lecture at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College’s Ferguson Auditoriu...

• Despite weak economy, Asheville, Buncombe officials cite gains

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 14:48

  By JOHN NORTH The local economy is relatively rough, but through cost cuts and efficiency improvements, the City of Asheville and Buncombe County have managed to not only stay afloat, but to progress, two leading municipal offic...

• Driving on sunshine? Virtues of Asheville’s 1st charging station touted

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 14:45

  From Staff Reports The alternative energy company BioWheels Responsible Transportation Solutions on Dec. 12 unveiled its Brightfield charging station in the parking lot of the Asheville Public Works building on Charlotte Street. Despite chilly, bluste...

• Foundation to buy Health Adventure property for UNCA

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 14:44

  From Staff Reports UNC Asheville will end up with the property in Montford that was once planned to be the new location of The Health Adventure, the school announced Dec. 15. UNCA has no immediate plans for the 8.9 acres and school officials said it c...

• Area universities slash budgets, raise student fees, cut offerings

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 14:43

  From Staff Reports As a result of the continuing economic downturn, UNC Asheville, along with other state universities, was asked in December — by UNC President Tom Ross—  to cut its expenses by 2.5 percent for the remainder of 2011. Ross als...

• Warren Wilson College names new president

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 14:39

  Steven L. Solnick SWANNANOA — Warren Wilson College recently named Steven L. Solnick as its seventh president, effective July 2012. Solnick, appointed after an eight-month search, is a Ford Foundation representative and former ...

• McHenry to face challengers Bellamy, Keever for his seat

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 14:37

  From Staff Reports Ashevlle Mayor Terry Bellamy announced recently that she is running for the 10th District congressional seat now held by Republican Patrick McHenry. Bellamy, a Democrat, would have to win a primary against at least two oth...

• Ron Paul Meetup Group organizes in Asheville, sets sights on S.C. caucus

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 14:36

  From Staff Reports A Ron Paul Meetup Group organized on an ad-hoc basis drew about a dozen people to an initial meeting Dec. 18 at an art studio in Asheville’s River Arts District. The group, targeting Buncombe and Henderson counties, agre...

• Casino’s role as economic tool praised by Eastern Band official

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 14:34

  Second in a series of two stories From Staff Reports Larry Blythe, vice chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, reeled off a couple of one-liners that provided a splash of humor for attendees of the otherwise highly serious AdvantageWest Econ...