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• History offers lessons on limits of military force to win peace

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:56

  Mark WestToday, Israeli troops move with impunity across fields where once Roman legionnaires held sway. And there is a lesson there for us about the limitations of military might.It is instructive to consider that the Jewish people have reconstituted the...

• At last, politics of GOP agenda ending; time to punish pirates

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:54

  Bill WalzIt feels like the Richard Nixon/Ronald Reagan/Newt Gingrich/George Bush I&II Republicanism that ruled much of the last 38 years of American politics is dead in the water.They thought they would be an undefeatable armada with a "permanent majo...

• Development: Time to get a life

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:50

  Daily Planet's OpinionThe latest development in the ongoing controversy over three businesses in Asheville: Greenlife Grocery, Staples and Prudential Realty, occurred on Aug. 22, when a long-awaited third party review by David Owens, a professor at the UN...

• Oasis better than Beatles? Not bloody likely

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:49

  John NorthI was astounded recently when I read that an album by the band Oasis beat out The Beatles for first place as the greatest album of all time in a recent poll of the British public.Specifically, the album "Definitely Maybe" topped "Sgt. Pepperës ...

• Radio One may be huge now, but its origins were humble

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:47

  Roland Martin WASHINGTON ÇƒÓ As the only African American woman to head a publicly traded company, Cathy Hughes is used to being feted and receiving accolades because of her accomplishments. ...

• Categorizing people creates separation that affects us all

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:43

  Janese JohnsonWhen we think about the bigger picture, we can see that we are all on this planet together whether we like it or not. One way of coping with all the differences has been to categorize each other by our beliefs, culture, race and economic s...

• Landis' troubles hurt U.S. cycling

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:41

  Erik RhyneBOONE ÇƒÓ Cycling is not a popular sport in America.But the popularity of cycling had increased in America over the past seven years ÇƒÓ thanks to Lance Armstrong.However, Floyd Landis threw out the window everything Armstrong had done to ...

• Despite dryness, book boldly poses challenges to U.S. history texts

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:38

  Jeremy MorrisonDid you know Helen Keller was a radical socialist? That she helped found the American Civil Liberties Union? Me neither and I was born and raised in the Helen Keller-mecca of northern Alabama. We studied her each year in school, but never...

• Sports Briefs: Asheville sets attendance record

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:36

  Asheville attendance sets record, but team loses 2-1 The Asheville Tourists set a single-season attendance record as they lost 2-1 to the Greenville Drive in baseball in front of 2,253 fans at McCormick Field last Sunday. The old attendance record of 1...

• UVA-Wise beats BC, 44-10

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:32

  BREVARD ÇƒÓ The University of Virginia-Wise thrashed Brevard College 44-20 in football in front of 5,500 fans at Brevard Highës Memorial Stadium last Saturday night. ...

• SBI probe ordered, assault records sought at youth prison

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:28

  SWANNANOA ÇƒÓ Gov. Mike Easley last Friday ordered a State Bureau of Investigation probe of the Swannanoa Valley Youth Development Center, a training school for male youth offenders, many of whom have been convicted of violent crimes. ...

• Police Blotter

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:24

  Teenager pistol-whipped while skateboarding in parkA man who allegedly pistol-whipped a teenage boy on Walton Street two weeks ago is being sought by Asheville police.The teenager was skateboarding in the park on Aug. 16, when an argument erupted betwee...

• Advice Goddess: Boyfriend doesn't trust you?

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:22

  The Advice GoddessAmy AlkonI was pretty wild in high school, and my boyfriend of two years has a hard time trusting me because of it. Iëve explained that I outgrew my teenage need to "hook up," and Iëm a different person now at 21. He really has no re...

• Cinema Listings

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:14

  Wednesday, Aug. 30, through Thursday, Aug. 31 ...

• Despite cheesiness, 'Snakes on a Plane' worth a look

  Created: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:11

  Meg HaleNo one is ever going to mistake the new thriller "Snakes on a Plane" for an art film that just cleaned up at Sundance, but there may be more value than one would expect. Actually, no, it is exactly what you expect. It is a relatively cheesy, ...

• Theologian calls for second reformation of church

  Created: Tuesday, 22 August 2006 19:12

  Matthew FoxBy JIM GENAROConfronted by the challenge of looming environmental devastation and the growth of fundamentalism, mainline Christianity must reinvent itself in a transformation as extreme as the Protestant Reformation, according to theologian Mat...

• Class of 2010

  Created: Tuesday, 22 August 2006 19:09

  UNC Ashevilleës Board of Trustees Chair Janice Brumit addresses the Class of 2010 at the schoolës convocation ceremony last Friday afternoon. The school welcomed 600 new freshmen this fall. Chancellor Anne Ponder is seated to the right. Staff Photo by...

• Lawsuit threatened if Woodfin proceeds on annexation plan

  Created: Tuesday, 22 August 2006 19:07

  By DAVID FORBESWOODFIN ÇƒÓ Opponents of a series of major annexations by this North Buncombe town came out in force on July 15 for a public hearing held by the townës Board of Aldermen on the issue ÇƒÓ and promised legal action if the involuntary...

• City encourages compromise on Greenlife issue

  Created: Tuesday, 22 August 2006 19:05

  By DAVID FORBESThe controversy over loading trucks from Greenlife grocery using nearby Maxwell Street continues, with Asheville City Council debating the issue on Aug. 15 and suggesting that both parties seek to compromise¨?¨? ÇƒÓ and, in the future,...

• Racism decried at rally

  Created: Tuesday, 22 August 2006 19:02

  In response to racist fliers circulated in Asheville last month, a rally was held Aug. 17 to celebrate diversity and unity."When we see things that arenët right, letës work for a change," Mayor Terry Bellamy told the rally. "No longer can we give lip se...