Opinion
Seven month forecast: stormy with a probability of ugly
By Tom Campbell You don’t need a crystal ball to predict that the seven months before the Nov. ...
By Tom Campbell You don’t need a crystal ball to predict that the seven months before the Nov. ...
By John Hood Carolina Journal’s first post-primary survey is out. It shows our state’s 2024 general elections will ...
By D.G. Martin “Why do you Mecklenburgers always act so high and mighty?” I still get this question ...
Rev. Harris’ voting irregularities scandal I read with interest Rev. Harris’ quote regarding the “manufactured scandal” from his ...
By Steven V. Roberts There’s an ancient and accurate political adage: Elections are about addition, not subtraction. That’s ...
By Byron York How do presidential candidacies start? Most begin with the ambitions of one person — one ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin I’m having intense withdrawals. I miss my weekly treks to the movies to take ...
By Brad Rhodes The news of the closure of three banks in 2023 has sent shockwaves across the ...
By Cal Thomas When some people appear beyond help because of addiction or other circumstances they can’t control, family ...
By Alexander H. Jones A recent national poll found that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leads Joe Biden among ...
By Kim Porter Dear Neighbor, I believe I was in the eighth grade when I took a civics ...
By Larry Efird After my retirement from teaching and subsequent relocation to Durham shortly thereafter, my wife and ...
By Marjorie Ritchie The country music star, Alan Jackson, and I have several things in common. Unfortunately, the ...
By Tom Campbell Recently I wrote how government (specifically our legislators) was tipping the scales of fairness through ...
By John Hood Party nominations for North Carolina’s 2024 elections are, for the most part, decided. Just four ...
By Renee Scheidt A quick look at the Republican party will show, as Jerry Lee Lewis said, there’s “a ...
By Kenneth Hardin “Follow the money.” For the past two months, I’ve lived that quote from the 1976 ...
By Brad Rhodes “Stay committed to your decisions, but flexible in your approach.” — Tony Robbins One of ...
Improve handicap access My name is Elaine Howle (pronounced “Owl”), and I would like to get some response ...
By Cal Thomas Politicians aren’t good at much, but they do excel at one thing — lying. They ...
By Bill Bucher Jr. I heard a saying once that “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does ‘echo’.” ...
By David M. Shribman One of them looks old; the other looks older. One of them faced a ...
By Elisabeth Strillacci For the Salisbury Post I know it will sound extreme to ask the question, but ...
By Sue McHugh Dear Neighbor, Have you ever noticed that when we label people by behavior, characteristics or ...
Candidates violate privacy with texts You will not get my vote. To any candidate that robo texted my ...
By David M. Shribman What if President Joe Biden opened his upcoming State of the Union address this ...
By Keith Townsend HIV/AIDS first appeared in the U.S. in the summer of 1981. The initial cases were ...
By Tom Campbell My wife and I voted early and were appalled at how few had voted less ...