Columnists

Gary Pearce: Lieutenant governors can be governors’ nightmares

By Gary Pearce As a Black conservative Republican, Mark Robinson isn’t North Carolina’s traditional lieutenant governor. But he’s ...

Columnists

Guest columnist: Say ‘no’ to Biden-Buttigieg mileage tax

By Ray Nothstine In an interview last month on CNBC, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg can hardly hold in ...

Opinion

John Hood: Political fantasies can be costly

By John Hood RALEIGH — It’s hard not to play along when children come up with cute untruths. ...

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Josh Bergeron: Amtrak expansion in Biden’s plan could help Salisbury

There are rare cases when presidents announce major initiatives and there’s something local to pay attention to right ...

Columnists

Ada Fisher: Getting high at whose expense?

By Ada Fisher Government officials and those believing erroneously that “pot” is not harmful are remiss in doing ...

My Turn

My Turn, Chris White: Focus on advantages of successful immigration policies

By Chris White In these early months of the Biden administration, we have seen another surge of migrants ...

Guest columns

Nalini Joseph: This Easter, give thanks for blessings we’ll enjoy

By Nalini Joseph On Easter 2020, for the first time in history, many Americans watched vigils and services ...

Opinion

Byron York: Biden’s FDR delusion

By Byron York In early March, President Joe Biden met with a group of seven historians in the ...

Guest columns

Steve Roberts: Become a caring community

By Steve Roberts While warming up for a recent tennis match, a pal said, “We’ve all been vaccinated. ...

Columnists

Clyde: Build it and they won’t come

By Clyde Now look what you’ve gone and done. You only just have to look around to see ...

Guest columns

Grace Galloway: It was just a bad day?

By Grace Galloway “He had a bad day” That is the excuse that Georgia Capt. Jay Baker gave ...

Opinion

Gary Pearce: Will voting rights battle re-emerge in North Carolina?

By Gary Pearce For 150 years, North Carolina has been a battleground over Black citizens’ voting rights. Get ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: What’s a mother to do?

By Sharon Randall Recently I wrote a column on how surprised I was that my job as mother ...

Columnists

Elizabeth Cook: Beloved dialogue brings races together

Their interests ran the gamut —criminal justice, education, housing, jobs, mental health. But one factor united people of ...

Columnists

Guest columnists: Newspaper publishers back bill that would open state, local government personnel records

By Paul Mauney and Bill Moss Last week, many newspapers wrapped up coverage of Sunshine Week, a time ...

Columnists

John Hood: Suburban voters form largest block

RALEIGH — If you think about regional differences in North Carolina politics, economics or culture in terms of ...

Guest columns

Ingrid Newkirk: K-9 story lies in shooting of President Reagan 40 years ago

Forty years ago, on March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot outside the Washington Hilton. So was ...

Guest columns

DG Martin: Deciding who leads a university

By D.G. Martin Who runs the university? What university are you asking about? Well, for example, Fayetteville State ...

Columnists

Nalini Joseph: For Salisbury Parks and Recreation, the job is much more than kids and sports

By Nalini Joseph I’ve had the privilege of spending the last few months getting to know more about ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Consider donating stimulus check to COVID-19 relief fund

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury announced 90 million stimulus checks had been ...

Columnists

My Turn, Nina Dix: Questions linger about Salisbury Police’s K-9 training tactics

Editor’s note: These are Nina Dix’s prepared remarked for last week’s Salisbury City Council meeting. Because of the ...

Columnists

My Turn, Carol Pomeroy: Keep speaking up against Trump, lies

By Carol Pomeroy He was not held accountable when he arranged for hush money payments to two women ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: How to say ‘I remember you’

By Sharon Randall Sometimes my life gets a bit out of hand. If you don’t know what I ...

Guest columns

John Hood: COVID stimulus bill is reckless

By John Hood RALEIGH — The $1.9 trillion “COVID relief” bill just enacted by Congress and signed by ...

My Turn

My Turn, Ashley Honbarrier: Group cleans up mess from those who treat Rowan County like a dump

By Ashley Honbarrier We have been reading several letters sent in regarding the litter issue. Sadly, this is ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Take the shot when it’s your turn

It was surreal last week to join the more than 18,000 people in Rowan County who have been ...

Columnists

Guest columnists: Left, right agreement on voting success, path forward

By Bob Hall and Rick Henderson We are liberal and conservative leaders with decades of experience at policy ...

Columnists

John Hood: Three school initiatives show promise

By John Hood RALEIGH — In North Carolina politics, few issues are as contentious as education. For years, ...

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