A disconnection exists between the people and their government these days that only seems to be growing worse at the local level. Many taxpayers wonder, “What do we have to do to get these politicians to wake up?” Mike Fryer, an Asheville area resident and occasional political activist who has run for office, recently highlighted […]
One of my alltime favorite movies is “The Great Escape”. My favorite scene in the movie occurs when two of the British officers are planning the famous escape. One of them draws a moral distinction between the different branches of the German armed forces. The other officer, who has been tortured by the Gestapo, vehemently disagrees, and rightly […]
A Super Bowl halftime House Party for this week’s offerings: And, of course, the obligatory wardrobe malfunction: Last but not least – dammit:
New York City this week outlawed smoking in parks. New York City is World Class. With 1 being not a chance and 10 a sure thing: over/under on whether our World Class uptown lunch bunch pushes for something similar here before the DNC rolls into town. Built-in waiver clause, natch, for Obama and delegates. I […]
About halfway through President Obama’s national kumbaya address last month, I found myself wondering who could be gullible and dim enough to actually believe The One was moving to the center-right in all but pure sophistry and disingenuous rhetoric. I should have known: The president has become more centrist, which makes him easier to work […]
Politicians like to call it “creating jobs” by “recruiting business” or “awarding investment grants,” which sounds a lot more wholesome and clean that what it really is, which of course is bribery. And not just any bribery, but the very best kind, sanctioned by the state, which enables the same politicians who take your money […]
One of the main themes of President Obama’s SOTUS speech was his ad nauseum support for “green” energy’s (supposed) solutions to getting America out of buying foreign oil. If you honestly believe that “green” energies are going to fuel our country by any reliable or cost-efficient manner, you might want to go soak your head. […]
In North Carolina, it is a new political day. The Republicans take over and promise cuts, but they will find some proposed changes will be thwarted by court rulings and will find it is illegal to cut some areas of the budget. No longer do we live in an independent state, but in one of […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina Johnson & Wales University tops off the debut of the Dream Machine recycling initiative on campus with the school’s annual One-Ton Sundae event. [nggallery id=121]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina Davidson Wildcats top College of Charleston with a 75-64 win. [nggallery id=120]
