I applaud Jerry Sternberg’s critique of post-9/11 energy policy in the United States [“The Gospel According to Jerry: Power to the People,” March 7]. Our acting White House administration, steered by Big Energy in closed-door policy meetings, opted for short-term profit and war over true national security. Instead of addressing our energy addiction, they “sent […]
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Animals are community members, too
I am writing to our community concerning animal cruelty. This issue is one I feel [is] pressing and should be addressed. Animal cruelty is prevalent in our area, and we cannot ignore it. We have no right to confine, starve, beat and destroy the lives of animals around us. They are members of our community, […]
Reality veganism gets results
I am a pharmacist. In February 2004, I was slated for a bypass heart operation. On getting a second opinion, I was told that, no, I did not need a bypass. I was to go on a vegan diet (no meat or dairy products), exercise, lose some weight and take some supplements. Having two noninvasive […]
Accountability in 2007
Council is leading by example: If Council doesn’t enforce the UDO, how can they expect their staff to enforce the UDO? When Council member Robin Cape was running for election, she was asked by the Mountain Xpress: “City staff have documented several recent cases of developers violating the Unified Development Ordinance or conditions of their […]
Pouring oil on troubled waters
Many countries around the world have, or had, their own oil reserves, [and] the oil belongs to the state. But two aspects of the oil supply that are not always clearly separated in people’s minds are: having oil and having a way to process it. That is the big difference between our country and [those] […]
Gallery Gossip
• Greenville Museum of Art has published a small but impressive new catalog titled “Music Without Words” for internationally known Asheville native Kenneth Noland. The introductory essay and interview are by Robert Godfrey, and include a good deal of interesting Asheville history. The books are available at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center […]
Three Streams Family Health Center
Those at Three Streams Family Health Center believe that everyone deserves compassionate, professional medical care, regardless of economic status. Three Streams provides regular primary care, health and wellness education, nutrition services, disease prevention and pastoral care. This is offered to anyone with or without insurace. Because Three Streams is almost entirely staffed by volunteers, they’re […]
Dick and Jane go to school
The first day of school: a new backpack, a handful of No. 2 pencils and a whole world of opportunity (both socially and educationally) for our little ones. As parents, choosing a school for our kids is one of several momentous decisions we make for them. But what exactly is the difference between a magnet […]
Conference at UNCA tackles the “Q word”
This year’s gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender/queer conference at UNCA, which takes place Thursday, March 22, through Saturday, March 24, will emphasize the most recent addition to its already extended name—the “Q word.” “This started as a gay-and-lesbian-studies conference,” says the conference’s co-coordinator, UNCA literature professor Blake Hobby. “The Q comes from recovering what has been a pejorative term. […]
Drops in the bucket
Some music genres reward almost any innovation or improvisation. But impressing old-time fans with your unique arrangements of fiddle and banjo tunes can be harder than nailing Jell-O to a fence post. Savoring their uniqueness: The Carolina Chocolate Drops (with Joe Thompson) However, the fact that the Carolina Chocolate Drops is an all-black old-time band […]
Badges of honor
Awhile back, I started recording the trails I’ve hiked in the Smokies using a spreadsheet. First I created a comprehensive list using the book Hiking Trails of the Smokies, affectionately known as the “Brown Book.” Each time I hike a section of trail, I enter the mileage and date. Earning your stripes: The South Beyond […]
It’s time to force annexation out
“By one statute it is declared, that parliament can ‘of right make laws to bind us in all cases whatsoever.’ What is to defend us against so enormous, so unlimited a power?” So states the Declaration of Arms, a key document in our nation’s formation that was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia […]
Broken promises
In reading your recent roundtable on state mental-health reform (“Slouching Towards Bedlam,” Jan. 17 Xpress), I was struck by the enthusiasm Curtis Venable of Pisgah Legal Services has for our present mental-health-care system. Clearly, Curtis and I live in different worlds. Through no fault of her own, my daughter has severe mental illness. I was […]
Clean power would be real progress
I truly appreciated Jerry Sternberg’s comments [“Power to the People,” March 7] regarding the need to reduce our dependency on foreign oil and the Bush administration’s failure to harness this country’s moral imperative to do so. But I don’t understand why Jerry only sees the opposition to the Woodfin power plant as an “eco-freak” issue. […]
Commissioners slammed the doors on trust
An overriding issue in the matter of the Progress Energy power plant is representation and trust. While the county manager has authority to explore deals of possible benefit to the county/taxpayers behind closed doors, once a deal is ready to present to the Board, the doors should be opened. In good conscience and fairness, even […]
I’m joining Jerry’s Electric Light Orchestra
Thank you, Jerry, for your edifying and insightful article [The Gospel According to Jerry: Power to the People,” Commentary, March 7] about the Woodfin power-plant conflict and energy politics in general. I’d never realized before just how wrong people who care about the environment are! I particularly enjoyed some of the original and incontestable comments, […]
“Eco-freaks” are the future, Jerry
Dear Jerry [“Power to the People,” March 7]: The commissioners blew it! Last week I bought (in Ingles) a box of organic cereal made by Post, a major corporation. And the reason I could do this was because 35 to 40 years ago, the hippie-freaks of that day rejected establishment values in favor of more […]
Demanding less makes powerful sense
I’m responding to “The Gospel According to Jerry” [“Power to the People,” March 7]. The folks who are proposing conservation measures instead of a 130-megawatt oil-burning power plant in Woodfin are not “eco-freaks who live in mud huts, … read by oil lamps” or “want to go back to the Stone Age.” We are ordinary […]
Arts pieces were not so entertaining
I’m a long-time reader of your paper. I’ve enjoyed it for quite some time, but I’ve noticed something that has recently become all too prevalent in the Xpress: bad use of space. I’m sure that a writer or someone within the “biz” could find a better word or phrase for what I am thinking of, […]
Dial S for silence
OK. I admit it, I am probably the only person in the entire world who does not have a cell phone. So, maybe I just don’t get the need for constant flowing of conversational information, and maybe I don’t get that someone really needs to know immediately that I am walking the dog in the […]
Take two and grow up, Asheville
After watching years of Asheville City Council meetings where the minutia of downtown Asheville gas pains (potential depth of dirt on the Civic Center roof, parking decks, solar trash cans, panhandling and public peeing) is debated ad nauseam, it has occurred to me that it is time for Asheville to grow up. Please stop trying […]