Opinion
Kenneth L. Hardin: Rude comments have no consequences for some
By Kenneth L. Hardin It must be nice to be able to utter thoughtless and ignorant remarks and not worry about whether the receiver will ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin It must be nice to be able to utter thoughtless and ignorant remarks and not worry about whether the receiver will ...
By Brad Rhodes Albert Einstein once said “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn’t, ...
By John Hood North Carolina voters will be asked this fall to remove a troubling ambiguity in the state constitution. An overwhelming, bipartisan majority of ...
Abortion laws Why do some conservative politicians continue to blame women for abortions? They are working against the Pro-Life movement. I and many women can ...
By Elisabeth Strillacci Over more than 35 years of journalism, especially since my beat for more than 25 of those years was cops and courts, ...
By Lib Campbell “A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket. I wrote a letter to my love and on the way, I lost ...
By Kim Porter Dear Neighbor, Words mean a lot to me. You can do so much with them. You can rearrange them, select them, force ...
By Dr. Mary Ann Wolf This year, my youngest child, Andrew, graduated from high school. And, yes, I am feeling all of the pride and ...
By Renee C. Scheidt “I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done,” Biden shouted in Raleigh on Friday following ...
Trump’s lies still matter Rowan County Democratic Party believes in being honest and transparent. As RCDP chair, this is my response to the presidential debate ...
By Gene Lyons As far as I’m concerned, they can’t put warning labels on social media websites soon enough. Indeed, I’d go a lot further. ...
By John Hood A little over a year ago, I penned a column using polling data to explore why North Carolinians appeared to favor Republicans ...
Vote for pro-public education candidates I am writing on behalf of the Rowan Retired School Personnel. All of our members are retired educators who have ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin Sometimes it’s difficult being me because I purposely don’t fit into a category, a box or anyone’s check-off list. People don’t ...
By David M. Shribman The ascendancy of Donald Trump signaled the end of an era for the Republican Party and, more broadly, for American politics. ...
By Alexandra Sirota North Carolina House and Senate spending plans released last week show we can’t fix the big problems we face in our state without ...
By Kathy Vestal Dear Neighbor, Prejudice does not mean that we hate or intentionally mistreat people who are different from us. It means that we ...
By Thomas Mills North Carolina’s rural voters are getting a lot of attention this cycle. The Wall Street Journal did a long piece this weekend. ...
By Cal Thomas The debate between President Biden and former president Donald Trump Thursday night on CNN ought to be more than rehearsed answers and ...
By Frank Hill Now that Medicaid expansion has happened, there may not be a more pressing public policy issue in North Carolina than improving educational ...
By John Hood What does it mean to be free? Many seemingly intractable disputes about specific issues — ranging from welfare spending and school choice ...
By Alexander H. Jones When he entered politics, Jeff Jackson appeared to quickly be approaching the doorstep to greatness. He was appointed to the state ...
NC legislators should fund early education A crisis is looming in our state by June 30, just days away — a crisis for families, for ...
By Gene Lyons As a serious basketball fan, I regret to report that all this Mean Girl stuff following Caitlin Clark’s professional debut has persuaded ...
By Cal Thomas Once in America — and in some parts of the world — we were gifted by great orators, men and women who ...
By Elisabeth Strillacci What’s the one thing that, no matter our politics or religion, nearly all of us enjoy on the internet? You know it. ...
By Clyde “There we sat, night after night longing for the morning, when we could again catch a glimpse of the blue beaming sky.” — ...
By John Hood Over the past two years, North Carolina had made critical investments in the future of our state. No, I’m not talking about ...
Monday’s AAC college basketball schedule should have plenty of excitement on the court. Among those games is the…
The Charlotte Hornets (7-21) are 5.5-point underdogs as they attempt to break a four-game losing streak when they…
The Murray State Racers (6-5) play the Charlotte 49ers (6-5) at 12:30 AM ET on Tuesday, December 24,…
Tuesday’s game at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center has the Murray State Racers (6-5) matching up with…
Martin Necas and Filip Forsberg will be two of the most exciting players to keep an eye on…