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• Guest Column: Interpretation termed fascinating but wrong about C.S. Lewis

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2011 09:00

  C.S. Lewis by Lee Ballard In the November Daily Planet, Carl Mumpower devotes a big chunk of his column to C.S. Lewis and his “Screwtape Letters.” I found this fascinating. I have no doubt that...

• Mumpower fires back: Liberty cannot exist without responsibility

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2011 08:57

  EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is Dr. Carl Mumpower’s response to Lee Ballard’s guest column. •   Screwtape was a big fan of one of the strongest tools in the dark side’s arsenal —obfuscation. He would smile at in...

• UNCA opens its new arena featuring tilt with Tar Heels

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2011 08:56

  Above, UNC Asheville’s Kimmel Arena was filled to its 3,400-seat capacity for its first men’s home basketball game — against the top-rated UNC Chapel Hill — on Nov. 13. The game was sold out weeks in advance and UNC won 91-75. At left, Bulldog s...

• From the left: What's in a name?

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2011 08:51

    Cecil Bothwell At the end of this month the Asheville Civic Center will almost certainly be renamed the U.S. Cellular Center. The other six members of Asheville City Council formalized that decision du...

• Letters to the Editor: December, 2011

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2011 08:46

  Tax opponents thanked; result called ‘not the end’ Many thanks to the volunteers and voters who realized that the so-called “Vote for AB-Tech” campaign was nothing more than a back door way for the Buncombe County Commi...

• Fun poked at Civic Center sponsorship

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2011 08:38

  Asheville PARC (People Advocating Real Conservancy) released several photos and cartoons in late November, mocking the plan by Asheville City Council to rename the Asheville Civic Center the U.S. Cellular Center. Above is a photo by PARC’s David...

• Occupy attorney ruled in contempt

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2011 08:37

  A judge ruled on Dec. 1 that local attorney Jennifer Foster, who has been affiliated with Occupy Asheville, in contempt of court when she cursed a magistrate. While she was looking for information about protester arrests on the evening of Nov. 5, F...

• Immigration raid results in 12 arrests

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2011 08:36

  In one of the largest immigration raids in Western North Carolina history, 12 workers were arrested at a Buncombe County eatery on Nov. 29. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested the workers at about about 10 a.m. at the Shogun Buffet ...

• Faced with complex questions, ideas flow during interfaith talk

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2011 08:33

    First in a series of two stories From Staff Reports A program on “Is Religion Relevant Today?” drew a standing-room-only audience of about 100 people on Nov. 12 to the Grotto at UNC Asheville’s Highsmith University Union....

• Slipping Beauty obsessed with boyfriend's knockout 'ex'

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2011 08:27

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon I’m in a great relationship of seven months. My boyfriend and I never get sick of each other. We respect each other and are there for each other, and we talk very openly, even when we’re upset. His ex...

• Occupy Asheville movement impacting city

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2011 18:10

  Activists seek, given free food, clothing, camping equipment From Staff Reports After more than a month of operations, the activist group Occupy Asheville continues to makes its presence felt downtown, with protesters camping on the sidewalk n...

• A-B Tech Foundationsí board accused of scandalous misuse of funds for campaign

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2011 18:06

  Robert Malt speaks against tax hike. By JOHN NORTH Local conservative activist Robert Malt alleged that A-B Tech Foundation’s Board of Directors  —  scandalously — has misappropria...

• Agenda 21 (sustainable development) termed control move

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2011 17:59

  Constitutionally guaranteed freedoms eroding into un-constitutional regional governance, speaker claims First in a series of two stories. By JOHN NORTH Neal Thomas In presenting a likely grim fu...

• Mission marketing chief resigns after foe plays audio clip

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2011 17:54

  From Staff Reports Mission Hospital’s vice president of marketing resigned Oct. 21 following comments she made during a presentation at a marketing conference in Arizona. Janet Moore’s comments included referring to Mission as a &ldq...

• Socialists at UNCA decry exploitation, call for a revolution

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2011 17:54

  From Staff Reports A program on “The Alternative to Capitalism: Socialism 101” — calling for a revolution in the United States with a radical change in the economic system from capitalism to pure Marxist socialism — was pres...

• Obama rips Republicans, touts jobs bills during Asheville visit

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2011 17:52

  The president wins applause from the friendly Asheville-area crowd. Daily Planet Staff Photo From Staff Reports FLETCHER — In touting his $447 billion jobs bill, President Barack Obama slammed what he a...

• Six candidates vye for three seats on Ashevilleís council

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2011 17:51

  From Staff Reports Only one incumbent, Jan Davis, is among the six candidates seeking three seats on Asheville City Council in the Nov. 8 election. The other two seats are held by Vice Mayor Brownie Newman and Councilman Bill Russell, neither of w...

• Two sides square off over referendum seeking sales tax increase for A-B Tech

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2011 17:47

  From Staff Reports Buncombe County voters, including those within the City of Asheville, will vote on a referendum Nov. 8 that seeks to approve a 25 cents per $100 local sales tax boost to finance infrastructure improvements, including three new bu...

• Zombie outbreak occurs

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2011 17:41

  Asheville Zombie Walk 2011 drews hundreds of costumed characters Oct. 22 to Biltmore Square Mall in Asheville. Activites were held inside the mall earlier in the evening, including a costume-judging contest. Later, when the mall closed, the Zombie Walk pr...

• ëSpeaking of Strangeí wins reprieve from cancelation; Spooky show to reincarnate on Nov. 19

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2011 17:40

  Asheville native Joshua P. Warren travels the world, investigating paranormal phenomena. He is the author of 10 books. His team made the cover of a science journal in 2004 for its work on the Brown Mountain Lights and other rare p...