I found Chuck Werle’s letter [“Give Me Incorporation,” Sept. 10] to be an insensitive personal attack against Mr. Ferguson, and I felt it lacked substance. Incorporating simply means that the individuals involved are creating a legal entity other than themselves. A small-business owner risks having personal assets such as their own house being taken away […]

When I first visited a small village in Northern Mexico in college, I was astounded at the poverty and living conditions of a town so close to the United States. I was so appalled that I created fundraisers to try to send money over to the families I had met to help with their ability […]

I am proud to have served my nation in uniform for almost 32 years, plus an additional four years as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy. I would do it again in an instant, if given the opportunity. I called the campaign office of Carl Mumpower (11th District congressional candidate) on Sept. 5 […]

Actually, I presumed wrong in the past—based on the nearly unanimous attacks I read on Carl Mumpower in the “liberal media.” He was merely a cartoon to me. So thanks very much for showing someone I, too, would enjoy having for a friend, just like his other liberal friends. Because the guy has Integrity. Plus, […]

I would like to give Sarah Palin a huge thank you. She brilliantly demonstrated what the Democrats took great pains to reiterate during their convention—that a vote for McCain would [mean] more of the same. With her mean-spirited lies and her complete lack of substance, she proved herself a worthy inheritor of the Bush/Cheney mantle. […]

I am writing this letter to announce my appreciation of the McCain/Palin ticket and their support of my career choice. I am an ultrasound technologist at a local hospital, and I have vast experience with pregnant women such as Sarah and Bristol Palin. Thanks to Bush’s “abstinence in schools” initiative, my business is booming! Like […]

In recent years, I have become quite apolitical and cynical. I have felt that there was not much difference between the two major parties and had resorted to supporting third-party candidates for president. Now, after being introduced to Sarah Palin, I realize that the stakes are much too high to squander my vote in a […]

I am a Christian, an advocate of women’s rights and a believer in the responsibility of our media to deliver the truth. With this being said, I would like to encourage the media to give the public honest, relevant information about Republican VP pick, Sarah Palin. I researched assertions she made during her speech at […]

Given McCain’s thrashing of the media, I know it must be easy to gush over Sarah Palin right now. But that just won’t do. We turn to the media to deliver us unbiased news. And someone needs to dish on the undeniable facts about Palin. First, she’s against abortion, even in the case of rape […]

The curious selection of Sarah Palin for VP has me thinking way out of the box. Why choose an obscure woman from a state far removed from the mainland, who governs a population one-third the size of Brooklyn; a former beauty queen, mother of five children, a religious zealot who tried to ban books, who […]

I was disappointed to learn that the “short list” of recent applicants to fill the Buncombe County Planning Board vacancies is loaded with real-estate agents, a second-home developer, a mortgage broker and construction contractors. I believe the commissioners should strive to eliminate all appearance of conflict of interest within the membership of the Planning Board […]