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Sovereign Oak -- Now Available
My historical novel Sovereign Oak is now available in hardcover, paperback, and e-book formats. Sovereign Oak tells the story of 3...
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moe226
Oct 183 min read
Woodfin's Feckless Four's Fecklessness On Full Display
I wrote a few days ago about four of the six members of the Woodfin NC Town Council -- all Democrats and all allegedly progressives --...
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moe226
Oct 144 min read
Wackery in Woodfin
If you identify as progressive on the political spectrum then you are all too familiar with the famous Pogo quote, "we have met the enemy...
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moe226
Sep 173 min read
Flushing Van Duncan
In January, I wrote an op-ed in the Asheville Citizen Times saying that the 2024 election would preserve the status quo at the local...
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moe226
Jun 223 min read
And Yet Another Excerpt from "Sovereign Oak"
Kelli enjoyed the picturesque view as she crossed over the high point at Sam’s Gap and began the descent down I-26 towards Asheville. It...
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moe226
May 123 min read
Stop the Stupidity
“No one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” This oft-repeated observation is by H. L. Mencken, a...
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moe226
Apr 303 min read
Another Excerpt from "Sovereign Oak"
I'm currently editing a historical novel I've written tentatively titled "Sovereign Oak" that's set in the mountains of Western North...
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moe226
Mar 218 min read
Excerpt from "Sovereign Oak"
For the past several months, I've been working on a historical fiction novel set in the mountains of Western North Carolina where I live....
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moe226
Mar 125 min read
Trump's NATO Surrender is an Absolute Disgrace
Nearly 75 years after the United States signed the North Atlantic Treaty and pledged to stand shoulder to shoulder with our North...
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moe226
Mar 43 min read
From Reagan's Morning in America to Trump's Death to Democracy in Just 35 Years
There was a time not long ago when Republicans seemed to be obliged to mention Ronald Reagan’s name every second or third sentence of...
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moe226
Dec 17, 20233 min read
The Trickle-Down Wealth Gap
More than forty years ago, economist John Kenneth Galbraith wrote that what we’ve come to know as trickle-down economics was around in...
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moe226
Oct 15, 20234 min read
Populism Weakened Israel ... and America
The Convention Against Torture says that “no exceptional circumstances whatsoever … may be invoked as a justification of torture.” The...
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moe226
Oct 3, 20235 min read
America: We've Got to Protect It If We're Going to Perfect It
Acknowledging that something is true doesn't mean you have to respect it or admire it. I acknowledge that far-right extremists have...
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moe226
May 12, 20233 min read
Trump And The Media ... It's Deja Vu All Over Again
"We ended up dancing around a demagogue. . . . The audience laughing at his comments about Jean Carroll. Disgraceful." -- A CNN on-air...
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moe226
May 8, 20233 min read
Politics, Polls, Propaganda & Purgatory
Rightfully, a lot of folks are alarmed by an ABC News poll showing Trump leading Biden in the 2024 presidential race. My takeaway from...
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moe226
Feb 11, 20234 min read
The Sky (Isn't) Falling!!!
If you watched the Republican response to President Biden's State-of-the-Union address or if you've tuned in to one of the clown show...
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moe226
Oct 11, 202211 min read
Ireland Was Incredible!
Like so many others, my wife and I put off traveling after COVID arrived in 2019. This year, after a more than two-year hiatus, we...
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moe226
Sep 10, 20224 min read
The Truth Behind the Ad Attacking Cheri Beasley
With less than two months to go until Election Day, we’re inundated with political ads, many of them attack ads designed to convince...
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moe226
Aug 14, 20225 min read
No Place Is Finer Than Western North Carolina
I spent the first 21 years of my life in the foothills and mountains in the western one-third of North Carolina. I didn’t realize it...
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moe226
Jun 26, 20222 min read
I Stood Up Against Dick Cheney Back Then ... and I Stand Beside Liz Cheney Now
“The primary question that has arisen at GITMO is whether torture based confessions are admissible,” said Guiora. “The clear ‘line in the...
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moe226
Mar 3, 20222 min read
Let's Fire Madison Cawthorn ... in the Primary
The largest group of registered voters in NC is Unaffiliated voters. In a primary election, Unaffiliated voters can choose a Republican...
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moe226
Feb 7, 20223 min read
More PILT for Western North Carolina
I'm grateful to the Asheville Citizen-Times for publishing my op-ed on PILT in the Sunday paper on February 6, 2022. Here it is: When I...
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moe226
Jan 29, 20221 min read
Davis v. Andana, LLC, et al.
On January 21, 2022, I filed a lawsuit in the Buncombe County Superior Court. In a nutshell, the case is about the authority of a...
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moe226
Jan 28, 20222 min read
The Day Challenger Exploded
In some respects, it’s hard to believe that it’s been 36 years since Challenger exploded. Back then, I was a young captain with thick...
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moe226
Dec 29, 202110 min read
About your money ...
I'm grateful for the more than 40,000 donations to my congressional campaign that totaled nearly $2,300,000. Here's where the money went.
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