Letters
Letters to the editor — Oct. 13
Trump’s FEMA statement endanger storm victims For all of my neighbors in Rowan County that are thinking of voting for Trump, please pay attention. If ...
Trump’s FEMA statement endanger storm victims For all of my neighbors in Rowan County that are thinking of voting for Trump, please pay attention. If ...
Use tax code to help fix immigration Immigration is in dire need of repair. Let’s come together and fix it for a better future for ...
By Melanie Miller Dear Neighbor, I am the mother of a 33-year-old young man who has multiple health concerns which he did not bring upon ...
By Jeff Moore If you’re reading this from within North Carolina, you already know that western North Carolina is in a world of hurt; you know ...
By Scott Brown Ask anyone these days and the consensus is that the political divide in the United States is a growing problem, many consider ...
By John Hood Whether the frame of reference is North Carolina or the nation as a whole, no one can dispute the fact that there ...
Endorsements for school board and state school superintendent Americans are fortunate to have boundless educational opportunities for ourselves and our families. In Rowan County, we ...
By Renee C. Scheidt A recent response to my article, “Policies, Not Personalities” proposed that morals and ethics determine behavior. Therefore, the writer said he ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin I don’t like the term “leader.” It ranks high on my annoyance scale along with the other overused superlative, “hero/heroic.” ...
By Elaine Hewitt Lately, there has been much discussion on trying to keep the church out of politics. And, by the church, I mean Christians. ...
By Brad Rhodes Picture this: You’ve meticulously saved for decades, diligently squirreling away money for your golden years. You envision carefree days filled with travel, ...
By Kim Porter Dear Neighbor, She was in her 90s, sitting in a rocker, smoking a cigarette. Her home was old, worn, but warm. Her ...
Hurricane trivia I was a senior in Boyden High School in 1954 when Hazel made landfall in Cherry Grove Beach, S.C. The effects were felt ...
By John Hood I got it wrong. Deeply wrong. Embarrassingly wrong. It was a few days after Hurricane Floyd struck the coast on September 16, ...
By Phil Kirk As the former chairman of the state board of education for six and one-half years, one of the biggest challenges I saw ...
In response to ‘Praising Liz Cheney’ In response to “Praising Liz Cheney.” First of all, with a headline like that, who really needs to read ...
By Tom Campbell Can you remember when TV’s Ricky Ricardo would proclaim, “Lucy, you got some ‘splainin’ to do?” The North Carolina Republican Party needs ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin Since we now cover and duct tape our kids in bubble wrap to avoid them experiencing the real world, I don’t ...
By Kyna S. Foster At Rowan Helping Ministries, there are moments that bring us face-to-face with the reality of how close we all are to ...
By Keith Townsend Christian Nationalism is one of the most powerful political movements in America today. It is also one of the most dangerous. The ...
By Tony Yon Over the past several days, I have been reflecting deeply upon the concept of truth. I remember an old saying that, “those ...
By Andrew Jacobson The writer got one thing right in the recent My Turn “Policies, not personalities” commentary on Sept. 1; as the title and ...
By Nan Lund Dear Neighbor, It has been almost a year since we began the “Dear Neighbor” column that appears each Thursday in the Salisbury ...
You pick the leader Once upon a time ago, I entered a well-known college-level institution charged for teaching “leadership” to young men (and today, also ...
By Francis Koster, Ed.D. There is no requirement that North Carolina K-12 schools be routinely tested for lead in drinking water, radon gas, or air ...
By Dr. Frank Labagnara and David Garling I was present at the Sept. 3 city council meeting where our neighbors, the Schaffers, were on the ...
By D.G. Martin The Wall Street Journal editors turned their newspaper’s attention to North Carolina last week. In a Sept. 19 article headlined “Republican Party ...
By John Hood On April 30, a mob of pro-Hamas protesters defaced public property at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and yanked ...
The Thursday college basketball schedule includes two games featuring a Big South team in action. Among those contests…
The Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (1-4) will attempt to end a four-game losing skid when visiting the Charlotte 49ers…
Pay attention to Jesper Bratt and Martin Necas in particular on Thursday, when the New Jersey Devils meet…
AAC teams will take the court in four games on Thursday’s college basketball slate. That includes the Memphis…
The Carolina Hurricanes, with Shayne Gostisbehere, will be in action Thursday at 7:00 PM ET, facing the New…