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• Name-calling precedes debate

  Created: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 12:20

  FLAT ROCK — A squabble over rules regarding campaign signs before a debate last Thursday between Republican congressional hopefuls for the 11th District resulted in some colorful name-calling, but was resolved when Flat Rock Mayor Bob Staton reach...

• Mumpower rips Hendersonville paper for road stance; editor rebuts charges

  Created: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 12:19

  Mumpower The editorial board of the Hendersonville Times-News enjoys lambasting Republicans in general and 11th District Republican candidate Carl Mumpower in particular, Mumpower charged in a press release issued...

• Talk on N. Korean dilemma triggers questions

  Created: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 12:17

  EDITOR’S NOTE: The following sidebar, which did not appear with the main story about a World Affairs Council lecture on the Koreas in last week’s edition of the Daily Planet because of space limitations, is being reprinted in full here. &bu...

• ëSmart peopleí: Itís reasonably smart, but less than brilliant

  Created: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 12:13

  By JIM EMERSON Ask most reasonably bright, movie-review-reading people what qualities they value most in a mate or a motion picture, and the winning combo will likely be “smart and funny.” “Beautiful” is right up there,...

• Sects and the city: Donít mount jihad against wifeís prior sexploits

  Created: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 12:10

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon My wife of a year is from a very conservative culture (a Muslim country). She said she’d only dated three guys, and only kissed and held hands. I told her it’s nice she...

• Free worldís protesters show China the light

  Created: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 12:09

  The well-publicized troubles that the Olympic torch has encountered on its circuitous trip from Greece to China, particularly on the leg that included London, Paris and San Francisco, are a wake-up call China needs to heed. All too often governments an...

• Charlton Heston: A larger-than-life enigma

  Created: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 12:08

    John North Editor & Publisher One of the greatest actors of our time, Charlton Heston often played a mythical hero on the silver screen. In  his real life, he proved to be just as fascinat...

• Enough of the hubris, Hillary, step aside before itís too late

  Created: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 12:06

    Mark West What do the Empress Messalina, Hillary Clinton, Marie Antoinette, and George W. Bush have in common? They all soured their nations on their dynasties. In each case, the dynasties in question...

• Voting is an important right for every adult, not just a few

  Created: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 12:02

    Janese Johnson For many years, it was only the privileged. land-owning white male who was allowed to cast his vote for the candidates of his choice. Everyone else simply had to put up with that ch...

• U.S. government policies, business corruption tied to peak oil crisis

  Created: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 12:00

  By JOHN NORTH While the audience members who spoke all expressed general agreement with the two speakers’ peak-oil presentations, they nonetheless raised a number of issues for retired petroleum geologist John Sticpewich and  local susta...

• Stand-off most hurts N. Koreaís people, ex-diplomat claims

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:48

  By JOHN NORTH While North Korea thinks having nuclear weapons serves as a deterrent from being attacked by the United States, “in reality,” possessing nuclear weapons is the biggest deterrent to receiving full-scale humanitarian aid f...

• Marshmallows, anyone?

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:46

  A protest broke out in Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic, this past Monday. Above, a student from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo wears a face covering as he burns tires in support of a national strike that will be held today against th...

• Two speakers challenge global warming policies

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:44

  By JOHN NORTH Two men billed as experts in their respective fields of climatology and economics last Wednesday lambasted proposed policies for North Carolina and South Carolina fueled by public fears of global warming. Dr. John R. Christy, a...

• Kreiser hit his ninth home run of the season

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:40

  UNCA’s Reed Kreiser hit his ninth home run of the season last Saturday, but the Liberty University Flames burned the Bulldogs 14-13 in a slugfest. Photo courtesy of UNCA ...

• Three injuries deplete UNCA track team; some runners blame schoolís aging track

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:38

  With the Big South Competetion looming April 17, the already-small men’s and women’s track and field team at UNC Asheville has suffered major injuries to three of its athletes. What’s more, several members of the team are blaming ...

• Tourists drop plan to charge parking fees

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:37

  Following an overwhelming expression of opposition from fans, the Asheville Tourists have dropped a plan to charge $3 for parking near McCormick Field. Palace Baseball executive director Mike Bauer made the announcement of the teams’ withdr...

• Americansí knowledge on global warming? ëVery shallow,í speaker says

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:36

  By JOHN NORTH The two speakers fielded a range of questions — but none that were hostile — about their critiques of global-warming policy during a 15-minute question-and-answer period following their presentations in a “State Gl...

• Identifying our self with external rewards vs. who we really are

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:32

  Janese Johnson If I were to ask you what you liked about yourself, would you give me a list of “roles” that you identify with throughout the day to describe yourself? Or would you tell me about the inner...

• VP at HRMC announces resignation

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:31

  The vice president overseeing Haywood Regional Medical Center’s efforts to get its Medicaid and Medicare funding restored announced her resignation April 1, joining a growing list of officials who have quit in the wake of the center’s loss o...

• Letís end the airline industryís tailspin

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:30

  Though rising gas prices are making automobile travel less appealing to many Americans, recent studies show that air travel has been the source of even greater ire. Americans are increasingly unhappy with the airline industry according to the most ...