Opinion
Dear Neighbor: Kathy Vestal: The Third Commandment and politics
By Kathy Vestal Dear Neighbor, I used to think taking God’s name in vain meant saying words like “damn” or “hell” or “God” as an ...
By Kathy Vestal Dear Neighbor, I used to think taking God’s name in vain meant saying words like “damn” or “hell” or “God” as an ...
By Dean Ridings Not that many years ago, the best way you could find out about businesses in town would be through your local newspaper. ...
By Bruce La Rue “How bizarre, how bizarre” — OMC. Assuming we are not enveloped in some sort of mass nightmare from which we are ...
By Francis Koster Most of our local K-12 schools will be starting up in the next few weeks. And in North Carolina, aging school buildings ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin It wasn’t on the same level as the 1919 President Woodrow Wilson-led Versailles Peace Talks or the more recent Framework Agreement ...
By Renee Scheidt I’ve never liked chameleons. These lizards with long tails and tongues whose eyes move independently of one another change their appearance like ...
By Sue McHugh Dear Neighbor, When you sit in front of a piano, your eyes are drawn not only to the beautiful array of ebony ...
By Dr. Mike Walden AI — short for “artificial intelligence” is the technology wiz of the moment. One-third of businesses are now using AI, with ...
Commissioners missing from deployment ceremony It was disappointing not to have a single member of the Rowan County commissioners at the deployment ceremony for the ...
By D.G. Martin If you want to understand what has been happening in this year’s presidential contest, it will help if you know the term ...
Dearest parents and guardians of children, The most important thing you can purchase for your child to wear to school is an “I can do ...
By John Hood If you look at North Carolina’s state flag, you’ll see two dates: May 20, 1775, and April 12, 1776. Each signifies a ...
By Jim Beard Much of the rhetoric from Donald Trump and his supporters is framed to engender in Americans a sense of fear of immigrants. ...
By Alissa Redmond This past 4th of July, I left my kids with a friend so I could attend a parade. Isn’t that funny? To ...
By D.G. Martin One of the great joys of summertime for many North Carolina families is a drive to the Sandhills to visit one of ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin I have no idea what it feels like to be a “single childless cat lady,” so I have no right to ...
By Brad Rhodes Retirement is close. You can see it in the near future. You’ve worked hard to accumulate your resources, and you are facing ...
Keeping marriages together We know that since the beginning of time people have cheated on their partners. We saw it with President Clinton, N.C. House ...
By Carol Smitz Corken Today, as I was driving, I noticed a pile of boxes and bags at the curb in front of a house ...
By Nan Lund Dear Neighbor, The recent statement by a candidate for vice president that the country is in bad shape because it is run ...
By John Hood During each election cycle, we are treated to an endless parade of politicians extolling freedom. Given how many of them subsequently vote to ...
By Holly Edwards The rampant rise of illicit vape products has become a national crisis, threatening the well-being of countless Americans, especially our youth. While ...
By Dave Rogers When Winter Storm Elliott struck the Carolinas in late 2022, we all remember the havoc wrought by plunging temperatures and blackouts. Coal ...
By David Larson Public transit has long suffered from a popularity paradox — urban voters enthusiastically support its existence at the ballot box but avoid it ...
By Clyde “Thou hast nothing to draw with and the well is deep; from whence then has thou that living water?” (John 4:11) Artists always ...
By Cal Thomas “A defective update to an obscure piece of security software knocked out security systems around the globe Friday, causing widespread disruptions to ...
Kamala and Cooper? After Biden’s anticipated exit from the 2024 presidential race, he quickly endorsed Kamala Harris to be the nominee at the DNC convention ...
By Bonnie McElveen-Hunter After 20 years as chairman of the American Red Cross, it is my profound honor to pay tribute to a woman who ...
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