Opinion
John Hood: Winners still flirt with swing voters
By John Hood Carolina Journal’s first post-primary survey is out. It shows our state’s 2024 general elections will be, as usual, quite competitive. That’s not ...
By John Hood Carolina Journal’s first post-primary survey is out. It shows our state’s 2024 general elections will be, as usual, quite competitive. That’s not ...
By D.G. Martin “Why do you Mecklenburgers always act so high and mighty?” I still get this question every now and then even though I ...
Rev. Harris’ voting irregularities scandal I read with interest Rev. Harris’ quote regarding the “manufactured scandal” from his aborted 2018 bid for the U.S. House. ...
By Steven V. Roberts There’s an ancient and accurate political adage: Elections are about addition, not subtraction. That’s especially true this year, since the last ...
By Byron York How do presidential candidacies start? Most begin with the ambitions of one person — one governor or senator or, in Donald Trump’s ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin I’m having intense withdrawals. I miss my weekly treks to the movies to take in the 10 a.m. showings and paying ...
By Cal Thomas When some people appear beyond help because of addiction or other circumstances they can’t control, family members have been known to stage an ...
By Brad Rhodes The news of the closure of three banks in 2023 has sent shockwaves across the financial world. As customers of these banks ...
By Alexander H. Jones A recent national poll found that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leads Joe Biden among voters under the age of 40. This ...
By Kim Porter Dear Neighbor, I believe I was in the eighth grade when I took a civics class. It was required and I enjoyed ...
By Larry Efird After my retirement from teaching and subsequent relocation to Durham shortly thereafter, my wife and I downsized and moved into a townhouse. ...
By Marjorie Ritchie The country music star, Alan Jackson, and I have several things in common. Unfortunately, the ability to sing and write songs is ...
By Tom Campbell Recently I wrote how government (specifically our legislators) was tipping the scales of fairness through gerrymandering elections. But that same group is ...
By John Hood Party nominations for North Carolina’s 2024 elections are, for the most part, decided. Just four races remain to be settled in runoffs ...
By Renee Scheidt A quick look at the Republican party will show, as Jerry Lee Lewis said, there’s “a whole lot of shaking going on” and ...
By Kenneth Hardin “Follow the money.” For the past two months, I’ve lived that quote from the 1976 film, “All the President’s Men.” Back in ...
By Brad Rhodes “Stay committed to your decisions, but flexible in your approach.” — Tony Robbins One of the most significant pieces of financial legislation ...
By Cal Thomas Politicians aren’t good at much, but they do excel at one thing — lying. They lie about the border. Both parties refuse ...
By Bill Bucher Jr. I heard a saying once that “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does ‘echo’.” Sometimes when I am reading the news, ...
By David M. Shribman One of them looks old; the other looks older. One of them faced a nomination challenge from one of his presidential ...
By Elisabeth Strillacci For the Salisbury Post I know it will sound extreme to ask the question, but truly, could we be heading toward a ...
By Sue McHugh Dear Neighbor, Have you ever noticed that when we label people by behavior, characteristics or perceived political affiliation, we limit our curiosity ...
Candidates violate privacy with texts You will not get my vote. To any candidate that robo texted my cell phone or any member of my ...
By David M. Shribman What if President Joe Biden opened his upcoming State of the Union address this way: On this Hill which was my ...
By Keith Townsend HIV/AIDS first appeared in the U.S. in the summer of 1981. The initial cases were in Los Angeles and it quickly became ...
By Tom Campbell My wife and I voted early and were appalled at how few had voted less than a week before the March 5th ...
An open letter to Congressman Dan Bishop In 2014, Russia invaded Ukraine and was able to capture Crimea and some land along the eastern Ukrainian ...
By Tom Campbell Can you remember when elections were contests where candidates expressed their political philosophies, told us what they would do if elected and ...
The Carolina Panthers will visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. Several of the…
Check out same-game parlay options for when NFC South opponents match up as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-7)…
Bookmakers give the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-7) the edge when they host the Carolina Panthers (4-11) on Sunday,…
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers square off in one of nine exciting games on the NBA…
In one of the many compelling matchups on the NBA schedule today, the Miami Heat and the Orlando…