Deer hunting in the twilight of American culture
The Twilight of American Culture by Morris Berman. W. W. Norton & Company, 2001. 224 pages.
When I think of political curmudgeons, of gloomy prognosticators, of bleak Cassandras prophesizing doom, my mind turns to either extreme environmentalists or to right-wing survivalists whose garage shelves still hold Y2K canned goods. Both groups routinely predict the end of the world, the first by heat and global chaos, the second by global chaos and violence.
The Sunday ban: Hunters hope to lift 1869 hunting law
Many hunters in Western North Carolina are hoping that an 1869 law banning hunting on Sunday might finally be lifted.
By the numbers
A private research and public opinion firm was hired by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to measure public sentiment toward Sunday hunting — namely whether it should be allowed. North Carolina is one of the last states with a law banning hunting on Sunday.
