Guest columns

Leonard Pitts: ‘Isn’t it time we moved on?’

By Leonard Pitts You didn’t see what you thought you saw. You got it wrong, you misunderstood. Your ...

Lifestyle

Gotta’ Run: Frank Adams Jr. has the family genes

The first time I saw Frank Adams Jr. run, I thought immediately of his grandpa, long-time sportswriter and ...

Columnists

Gary Pearce: Do Democrats have problem with math or English?

By Gary Pearce North Carolina Democrats want to change the U.S. Senate math in 2022. But is their ...

Columnists

DG Martin: Has Biden’s reelection campaign already started?

By D.G. Martin What is going on? President Joe Biden is on primetime television almost every day. He ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: Our family’s baby song

There’s a song we sing, the women in my family, when we celebrate the birth of a child. ...

Opinion

John Hood: Enforce rules to ease labor shortage

By John Hood RALEIGH — President Joe Biden wants you to believe that there is no relationship between ...

Columnists

Kenneth L. Hardin: Show me the lie in Biden’s statement

By Kenneth L. Hardin I took offense to an online scathing story of Trump-loving Republicans being upset with ...

Columnists

Nalini Joseph: Why are fewer men in local church pews?

By Nalini Joseph A young Ugandan Catholic deacon by the name of Joseph shared a meal with my ...

Opinion

Francis Koster: Will Rowan-Salisbury Schools seize funding opportunity?

By Francis Koster COVID-19 has created an opportunity for the Rowan-Salisbury School System to get federal funding to ...

Guest columns

Guest columnist: Senate Bill 355 provides for much-needed transparency

By Lockwood Phillips Senate Bill 355, legislation that promotes and enhances public access to the performance records of ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: You wonder why they’re so afraid

By Leonard Pitts Not that the subject has ever been easy. No, as has often been noted in ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Riots, rocket attacks among the signs of the times

By Cal Thomas Signs have been a part of Middle East lore dating back to biblical times. People ...

My Turn

My Turn, Jerry Shelby: City’s attention, action needed in Morlan Park

By Jerry Shelby The Morlan Park Neighborhood Safety Patrol is at it again cleaning up another safety problem ...

Columnists

Gary Pearce: Apple brings good news, seeds of hope

By Gary Pearce Apple brought Democrats and Republicans happily together – and maybe sowed the seeds for more ...

Guest columns

Roy Cooper: Road to a brighter future runs through North Carolina

By Roy Cooper North Carolina is emerging from a worldwide pandemic strong and growing, with new jobs and new ...

Columnists

John Hood: Race theory is dangerous

By John Hood RALEIGH — According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans of Filipino descent had a median ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Three ways to say complicated things

By Sharon Randall Sometimes, when we don’t  know what to say, it’s because what we want to say ...

Guest columns

Kenneth L. Hardin: Black women’s lives matter, too

By Kenneth L. Hardin In the aftermath of the hollow victory of the George Floyd murder trial and ...

Columnists

Cal Thomas: Central Insanity Agency infiltrated by woke liberals

By Cal Thomas The Central Intelligence Agency is always looking to recruit new agents and advertising is one ...

Columnists

Leonard Pitts: Better to ask, ‘Why can’t we have nice things?’

By Leonard Pitts Its Constitution fixed the value of African Americans at three-fifths that of other humans. Its ...

Columnists

Nalini Joseph: Responsibility for Salisbury’s ‘green’ future

By Nalini Joseph “Generally, people have things that are more within their personal purview that are difficult to ...

Columnists

Kathryn Lopez: You’ve got to pray to make it today

By Kathryn Lopez President Joseph Biden mentions his Catholic faith frequently. We’ve heard him cite both Pope and ...

Guest columns

Jenn West: Exercise is a good prescription for controlling COVID-19, maintaining quality of life

By Jenn West Exercising is probably not at the top of our list as we struggle with how ...

Guest columns

Gary Pearce: Will NC get real on climate change?

By Gary Pearce When I think about climate change, I think about my brother-in-law Tillman. Tillman spent his ...

Guest columns

Guest column: Beach home case shows more insidious example of property rights conflict

By Erin Wilcox When is losing the entire value of your property due to government regulation, not an ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Navigating through life’s rough spots

By Sharon Randall The message from my sister was brief: “Sissy, call me.” But I knew by the ...

Columnists

John Hood: Conspiracy theories damage democracy

By John Hood RALEIGH — For weeks after the ballots were counted, supporters of the defeated presidential candidate ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: SC senator’s response a lot better than Biden’s speech

The contrast between President Biden’s first address to Congress last Wednesday night and the Republican response delivered by ...

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