The March of Dimes is one example of several “non-profits” that still heavily fund the vivisection industry. People in laboratories inflict human disease onto other species, such as rodents and primates. But these diseases are not the same as the ones that humans have. Diseases such as cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure take a […]

“To paraphrase Mr. Kuhn, it’s time to wake up, Buncombe County.” [“What the Flag Really Represents” by Sean McNeal, Letters, Aug. 8]. This struck a chord. We all need to show our concerns that our great nation is in peril. I’m not big on using my truck as a billboard, but after 9/11, there was […]

I would like to respond to Jason Bugg’s premise in “Part of a Nation, Under a Groove” [Xpress, July 5]: “Western North Carolina is known for a lot of things, but its up-and-coming hip-hop scene is not one of them.” There is an up-and-coming hip-hop scene in Asheville! I am very lucky to be a […]

In response to Anna Rector’s letter, “Tearing Away Childhood, and Much More” [Aug. 8], I have total empathy. I left Greensboro, N.C., in 1995 to move here because developers were not tearing up this land like they did there. My new husband and I eventually bought an old home in West Asheville, surrounded by trees. […]

Recently, at the behest of congressional aides, I was arrested in the halls of Congress for participating in a peaceful impeachment sit-in. Two days later, [two] Asheville residents were arrested by a deputy sheriff because they chose to use the American flag (in a manner protected by the Supreme Court) to demonstrate distress about this […]

I read with interest your recent story about animal-rights advocates showing up at the sidewalk grilling of a pig’s corpse, with a banner asking passersby to please think before they eat. Certainly the Davids were within their constitutional rights to be there on that public sidewalk, speaking up for the voiceless victims, the animals. And […]

I can appreciated the city wanting to support the National Guarad Armory, but putting it in the city’s largest forest park, Richmond Hill—inaccessible to major transportation arteries—seems ill-conceived and bordering on criminal. I realize that there are many important issues on the city’s agenda, but what could be more important than making sure our armory […]

Matt Mittan is right when he says that it is a big mistake for progressive City Council members to be annexing conservative or even centrist neighborhoods before the City Council election, or for that matter at any time before any election. It is not worthwhile to sacrifice true progressive potential in a limited area, in […]

As the elections draw near and the conversation has been about partisan determination, I am musing on this idea: Does it all come down to the fact we are following an elephant or a jackass? Is this, indeed, the metaphor? Are we only an experiment in crowd control? Is the entire political system, (not just […]