Marty Jones’ signs are just too much
To the Editor: It is November, which means it is election time. As we all know election time means campaign…
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Some regulations are good for business
To the Editor: Mark Meadows and Romney-Ryan believe business can exist and prosper without government, that business owners build their…
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Here’s why tax cuts aren’t working
To the Editor: The economy is the largest accident ever designed by man. We think we can’t control it, but…
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Oscillating Romney not a good choice
To the Editor: Mitt Romney continuously switches positions to appease his audience. I am citing only a few examples. In…
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Beware the candidate who runs attack ads
To the Editor: Campaign advertising is all around us. Much of it is in the form of attack ads meant…
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Forum gave insight into John Snow
To the Editor: A candidate forum was held in Sylva on Oct. 15, 2012. The forum was sponsored by the…
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Discussing religion of candidates is tricky
To the Editor: As I was engaged in a peace vigil in front of the Haywood County Courthouse recently, a…
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Climate change is real, must be confronted
To the Editor: First, I want to thank The Smoky Mountain News for co-sponsoring the political candidate forum held at…
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Parris lived in the moment, a rare trait indeed
On any given Saturday morning for the past 20 years, I would roll out of bed, crank up the coffee…
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GOP mailings smear candidates, ignore facts
To the editor: The world’s first political consultants were ancient Greeks known as Sophists who taught debating skills and boasted…
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Bear euthanasia was not first option
By Gordon Myers • Guest Columnist A letter was recently circulated regarding the euthanizing of a black bear in the…
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We need specifics from Romney
To the Editor: The first presidential debate underscored one thing — what does Romney intend to do when campaign rhetoric…
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The environment is key in this election
To the Editor: Bottom line: our economy, our health and quality of life are all dependent on how we treat…
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Obama just hasn’t gotten the job done
To the Editor: This will be the election of my lifetime. I was born before WWII. I have seen my…
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Is Romney really the person you want?
To the Editor: After listening to Mitt Romney’s excuses over the last several months for what he has and is…
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Davis’ gain is public education’s loss
To the Editor: At the county and state government levels budgets are about choices, and those choices have moral implications,…
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Giving bears a second chance
To the Editor: The inflexibility of the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission (NCWRC) is alarming. The killing of a three-legged…
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N.C. Wildlife Commission sets the record straight on euthanization as last resort
To the Editor: A letter was recently circulated regarding the euthanizing of a black bear in the Mountain Aire community…
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Barack Obama and his debate debacle
To the Editor: So, here we had it. Live TV for all the world to see. In one corner was…
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McCrory and our gems from Western Carolina
To the Editor: I am concerned about North Carolina’s unemployment rate of 9.7 percent and the country as a whole.…
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Make the right choice: Hayden Rogers
To the Editor: We in the mountains are known to be suspicious of outsiders who want to tell us how…
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Backcountry fees a bad idea
To the Editor: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park plans to begin charging fees for backcountry camping and implement a…
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HART’s Stage II is a ticket to the future
I’ve always believed in the adage that success builds success. It’s one of life’s truisms that anyone with eyes wide…
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Don’t be fooled again by Sen. Jim Davis
To the Editor: One of the most important decisions we will have to make on Nov. 6 is who to…
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Bernanke is killing the working class
To the Editor: It is really quite amazing that anybody would believe anything that emanates from the mouth of Federal…
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This election, let’s make a clean sweep
To the Editor: During this election the main question seems to be economical. We are a debtor nation. We are…
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Americans are too easily deceived
To the Editor: Why are the American people so easily deceived? It seems as if they want to be deceived. …
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GOP attack on women is real and continuing
To the Editor: The letter about women’s rights by Margery Abel in last week’s Smoky Mountain News says it very…
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Independent thinkers are key to future
To the Editor: Kurt Vonnegut, a prophetic fiction writer of the 1960s, wrote an amusing, disturbing and satirical short story…
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Sen. Davis’ comments were insulting
To the Editor: Much has been said this election year on the Republican “War on Women.” Some believe it exists…
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The tragedy of mass shootings, gun control
Hardly a week goes by without hearing about another tragic shooting, in a movie theater, a grocery store, a Washington,…
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Support Ghost Town and other local projects
To the Editor: This is really not an “either-or” situation. Maggie Valley should definitely support Ghost Town as an investment…
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Invest in nature, not Ghost Town
To the Editor: I have no problem with Ghost Town, and I wish them well in their efforts. But I…
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Neither candidate is going to get the job done
To the Editor: It appears Mitt Romney has committed the unpardonable sin — he told the truth and now must…
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A different kind of freedom in the Middle East
Could you imagine how different it might feel to be an American today if the ideas of individual freedom and…
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Life in the GOP fact-free bubble
To the Editor: I just don’t get it. Many Republicans think that Obama is a Kenyan socialist out to destroy the…
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Conservatives take us down the wrong path
To the Editor: Webster’s dictionary defines the following terms as stated below: • Conservative: “of or relating to a philosophy of…
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Jim Davis living in Alice in Wonderland world?
To the Editor: Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin, is apparently living in a world in where up is down, less is…
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Don’t legitimize hate and violence
To the Editor: From U.S. media coverage we get the impression that the Muslim world is burning with anti-Western anger over…
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Thanks to the GOP communications chair
To The Editor: In Carol Adams’ reply to my column (“Proud to be an American … sort of,” SMN Sept.…
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Video archives useful in combatting lies
To the Editor: I noticed that last week some of Mitt Romney’s defenders tried to claim that the video from…
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Women’s rights, the unfinished struggle
To the Editor: Throughout America’s history courageous women have struggled to achieve social and political freedom and equality. They have…
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Obama’s record needs closer look
To the Editor: Carol Adams in her Letter to the Editor (SMN, Sept. 12) asserts that Obama’s record is “not…
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History has been altered by victors
To the Editor: Mr. McLeod, instead of being upset over a Confederate flag flying in the South, perhaps you should…
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Is journalism dead or just very biased?
To the Editor: Mark Twain once said “If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you read the…
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Proposals could harm bear, deer populations
To the Editor: According to David Whitmire’s recent letters sent to the media in WNC, two pending bills for 2013-14…
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PetSmart will help animal rescue groups
To the Editor: PetSmart, which is known for not carrying puppy mill dogs or cats, also holds on-site adoptions for…
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Get the facts about state education funding
To the Editor: The Macon County Democrat Headquarters got my attention with their sign. For those that haven’t seen it,…
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In Democratic convention’s wake, 44 owes 42 – big time
By Savannah Bell and Don Livingston In his re-election campaign, President Barack Obama cannot count on the support of many…
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The end is nigh, but too few will admit it
By Kenn Jacobine • Guest Columnist According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, we are about to…
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