Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Local news outlets, governments take on technology giants

I started some time in the mid-2000s. Interested in connecting with my friends also in American military families, ...

My Turn

My Turn, Renee Bradshaw: Family Crisis Council here to help domestic violence, sexual assault victims

By Renee Bradshaw The Family Crisis Council of Rowan is the only domestic violence and sexual assault Agency in ...

Columnists

Jim Weaver: Ensure officials have accurate internet access data

By Jim Weaver Still cannot get high-quality, reliable, high-speed internet service at home? You are not alone. In ...

Columnists

DG Martin: Without Daniels, parkway would have gone to Tennessee

By D.G. Martin The National Park Service’s recent announcement that a woman would be the new superintendent of ...

Columnists

John Hood: Nationalizing politics was a mistake

By John Hood RALEIGH — If Californians want to make their government the monopoly payer of all medical ...

Guest columns

Gary Pearce: Will Gov. McCrory become Sen. McCrory?

By Gary Pearce Maybe you can’t stand Pat, but former Governor McCrory could be future Senator McCrory. When ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: Feeling of going home

By Sharon Randall What does “home” mean to you? Is it a person? A place? Or a feeling ...

Opinion

Ada Fisher: Unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors should be returned home

By Ada Fisher The caravans of illegal unaccompanied minors at the U.S. border with Mexico are not acceptable ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Chauvin verdict correct; theatrics leading up to it not so much

By Cal Thomas The guilty verdict against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on all counts was correct, ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: Cop put in a no-win situation in case of 16-year-old with a knife

By Leonard Pitts Sorry, but this is not an open-and-shut case. This is not Tamir Rice, Philando Castile ...

Opinion

Byron York: Finally, the facts about a Capitol riot casualty

It took nearly 3 1/2 months for the District of Columbia medical examiner’s office to announce a cause ...

Opinion

Steven V. Roberts: Two truly terrible ideas

The Biden White House seems tempted by two truly terrible ideas. One would expand the Supreme Court to ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Sister songs float through the breeze

By Sharon Randall At sunset, a breeze blew in from the coast and swirled up the valley, ruffling ...

Columnists

John Hood: Too many workers are sidelined

By John Hood RALEIGH — The latest federal job report is out — and it shows North Carolina’s ...

Opinion

Gary Pearce: Roy and Phil’s ‘Excellent’ school adventure

By Gary Pearce Bipartisanship, like pollen, has been in the air in Raleigh lately. Both will be gone ...

Columnists

My Turn, Kenneth L. Hardin: COVID-19 came to visit me, too

By Kenneth L. Hardin As hard as I’ve tried over the last year to avoid it, I had ...

Local

Carl Blankenship: Pollen and prejudice make their return

‘Tis the season for the greater Piedmont to transform into a green-tinted pollenscape thanks to the wonders of ...

Columnists

Clyde: Get out of your hibernaculum 

By Clyde Ah, the first signs of spring — groundhog sightings, the first warm day, the first worm ...

Opinion

Nalini Joseph: Children deserve to live in bubbles of safety

By Nalini Joseph Human trafficking and sexual exploitation of children does not appear to be going away in ...

Opinion

Josh Bergeron: Time to go digital on letters, columns

I got started on writing in newspapers earlier than most. My first published piece of writing was an ...

Guest columns

Thomas Mills: Trump primary takes shape in North Carolina

Editor’s note: The following are excerpts from recent columns by Thomas Mills, founder and publisher of PoliticsNC.com, on ...

Columnists

Gary Pearce: FDR to LBJ to Joe Biden

By Gary Pearce Joe Biden’s surprisingly progressive presidency looks more like Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson ...

Columnists

DG Martin: Quirky characters work to save Hatteras Lighthouse in novel

By D.G. Martin Do you remember back in 1999 when the Hatteras Lighthouse was moved about 1,000 yards ...

Columnists

John Hood: Corporate tax should be priority

By John Hood RALEIGH — North Carolina state government is headed into the 2021-22 fiscal year with nearly ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Praying for better COVID-free days

By Sharon Randall It’s been so long since I’ve traveled anywhere. I’ve almost forgotten how to pack. Thirty ...

Columnists

My Turn, Kendal Mobley: ‘Fame’ referendum, other assumptions based on false premises

By Kendal Mobley Several recent letters to the Post have called for a referendum to reconsider the relocation ...

Opinion

Josh Bergeron: Rep. Budd ran as political outsider in 2016; now he’s contemplating higher office

Politicians don’t typically tease an announcement about a bid for office when the answer is something other than, ...

Columnists

My Turn, Ed Norvell: Do we want to continue to litigate Confederate monument?

Over the past couple of weeks there has been a letter writing campaign opposing the move of the Confederate ...

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