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• Is baseball still our national pastime? Perhaps not

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:43

  Erik RhyneBOONE ÇƒÓ Baseball, for as long as anyone can remember, has been defined as Americaës pastime. As football has inc...

• Proposal for affordable housing complex withdrawn for work after concerns aired

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:40

  By DAVID FORBESA proposal for an affordable housing development in East Asheville was withdrawn for more planning in the face of concerns raised from the neighborhood and members of Asheville City Council on Sept. 12."I very much like the idea of bringing...

• Advice Goddess: Groping for more with fianc?©e?

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:39

  The Advice GoddessAmy AlkonMy fianc?©e and I have been together for two years and living together since December, but...

• Outkast film better than expected

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:31

  Meg HaleOutkast has come to be a musical group to be reckoned with.Its song, "Hey Yah," was one of the first, if not the first, true hip-hop song to be p...

• In Iran, faith threatens education

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:30

  Amidst an increasingly tense standoff with the West over his countryës nuclear ambitions, Iranës  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last week continued to push his theocratic agenda ÇƒÓ this time into the arena of education.In remarks reminiscent of...

• Cell phone-free zones needed in Asheville

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:27

  John NorthEditor & PublisherI find the inconsiderate use of cellular telephone technology among the most irritating aspects of todayës society.Worldwide, cell phones d...

• ǃÚJesse Boyë gets big picture better than his father does

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:24

  Roland MartinCHICAGO ÇƒÓ When the Rev. Al Sharpton was preparing to run for president in 2004, I was definitely not feeling it.Largely a New York/New Jersey guy, Sharpton didnët have a track record outside of those two states to show he had serious na...

• Letters to the Editor - September 20, 2006

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:20

  Council members accusedof indifference on securityIëd like to comment on our City Councilës response to Dr. Mumpowerës presentation at the council meeting on Aug. 15, proposing that the City of Asheville take a few reasonable steps toward reversing the...

• Open the gates?

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:16

  Carl S. Milsted, Jr.Illegal immigration is a big issue these days. Itës all over the news and blogosphere, and many a candidate is campaigning on this issue.But frankly, itës all a sham. Illegal immigrat...

• Bushës greatest policy failure was squandering of 9/11 unity

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:14

  Mark WestLike a lot of people, I found myself lost in a haze of remembrance on Sept. 11. There was the remembrance of the horror I felt when I first realized what was happening, when I got the phone call from my mother telling me what was going on. I reme...

• Franklin offers timeless advice and a lesson in history

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:04

  Jeremy MorrisonSome books are timeless. Others are steeped in time. "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" is both.Though it is more than 200 years old, the fiesty codgerës life story deserves to be pulled from the shelf and du...

• As long as racism exists, America will not be a truly free nation

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 15:57

  Janese JohnsonRacism is like a slow disease that spreads throughout the body and affects all parts whether the whole body re...

• Constitution not meant to be etched in stone, prof says

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 15:48

  By Jeremy MorrisonHENDERSONVILLE ÇƒÓ Rather than an etched-in-stone pillar, the U.S. Constitution is an ever-changing document, UNC Asheville Associate Professor Brian Butler argued during the Sept. 5 session of the Great Quotes Lecture Series. ...

• UNCAës new philosophy chairman fields plethora of questions

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 15:43

  Brian ButlerBy Jeremy MorrisonHENDERSONVILLE ÇƒÓ After opening the 2006-7 Great Quotes Lecture Series on Sept. ...

• Fear makes a poor teacher for the lessons of the grave

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 15:33

  Marc Mullinax"Whatës lost is nothing to whatës found, and all the death that ever was, set next to life, would sca...

• Despite ǃÚNo Child Left Behindë law, 11-year-old discovered left behind

  Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 15:31

  Andy BorowitzIn what critics are calling a sign that President Bushës "No Child Left Behind" law is not delivering on its promise, an 11-year-old child in Toledo, Ohio, wa...

• Hundreds attend 9/11 peace rally touting Gandhiës vision

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:22

  By JIM GENAROWhile the date known as 9/11 came to be associated with terrorism and destruction five years ago for many Americans, a gathering of peace activists in Asheville commemorated a different significance for it last Monday ÇƒÓ the 100th anniver...

• Playing with fire

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:21

  Lotus Caristo of Unifire Theatre performs with a flaming staff at the Lexington Avenue Arts & Fun Festival last Sunday. The festival, which is in its fourth year, showcases local performers, artists and businesses. Several thousand people attended the...

• County focuses on storm-water runoff over development ban

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:19

  By JEREMY MORRISONThe Buncombe County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 5 to focus on implementing a storm-water runoff ordinance rather than imposing a temporary moratorium on new housing subdivisions as several residents had requested.The...

• Black Mtn. hires sheriff's captain for its police chief

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:17

  BLACK MOUNTAIN ÇƒÓ The Black Mountain Board of Aldermen announced Monday night that Kevin Pressley will replace Jack Staggs as the townës police chief.Staggs, who resigned June 29 after slightly more than a year on the job, remains a lieutenant. In hi...