My Turn

My Turn, Scott Huffman: We deserve better than Ted Budd

By Scott Huffman We swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States when ...

Columnists

Mayors coalition: Pass American Rescue Plan

Editor’s note: The following is written with the endorsement of Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, Concord Mayor Bill Dusch, ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: State Treasurer Folwell wants in-person meetings, changes to vaccine rollout

From top to bottom, State Treasurer Dale Folwell finds plenty of problems with the way Gov. Roy Cooper ...

Columnists

My Turn, Tarik Woods: What are we afraid of?

By Tarik Woods Let’s begin with the biggest concession: $1.9 trillion is a lot of cash. It was ...

Opinion

Genia Woods: Let’s talk about good news in Salisbury

By Genia Woods As my first column in the Salisbury Post, I must thank Editor Josh Bergeron for ...

Guest columns

Gary Pearce: What’s Gov. Roy Cooper’s secret?

By Gary Pearce A national reporter recently wrote a flattering article about Governor Roy Cooper, but seemed flummoxed ...

Guest columns

Dallas Woodhouse: Two key senate Democrats cave to keep schools closed

By Dallas Woodhouse North Carolina Senate Republicans failed to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 37, ...

Opinion

Guest columnists: Bill would ensure recognition for all wounded veterans

By Sarah Verardo and Rep. David Willis An Alive Day marks the day a service member nearly died ...

Opinion

John Hood: Reduce health cost, not just price

By John Hood RALEIGH — Too many North Carolinians lack access to the medical services they need. One ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Recipe for memories

By Sharon Randall What are the foods that you can only taste in memories? Your mother’s biscuits? Your ...

Columnists

Francis Koster: Balancing life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

By Francis Koster As I listen to intense discussions between various political tribes as they debate about the ...

Columnists

Nalini Joseph: Cancel culture dangerous for children

By Nalini Joseph While I was doing a little online research on cancel culture, I found a few ...

Columnists

My Turn, Pam Coffield: Traffic lanes shouldn’t be reduced in Downtown Main Street Plan

By Pam Hylton Coffield The first phase of the Downtown Main Street Plan proposes changing North and South ...

Columnists

Ada Fisher: Revisionist Black history leaves things out

By Ada Fisher The recent action taken by the Quaker Oats family of products to change the name ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: Keeping close to family

By Sharon Randall Have you ever read a letter that made you tremble like leaves on a poplar? ...

Guest columns

Gary Pearce: Was Burr’s vote revenge or statesmanship?

By Gary Pearce Maybe Sen. Richard Burr’s “guilty” vote in Donald Trump’s trial was revenge on Trump for ...

Columnists

John Hood: Picking winners is for losers

By John Hood RALEIGH — When it comes to giving out business incentives, you won’t find North Carolina ...

Columnists

Clyde: Get out, get digging

By Clyde Be careful what you dig up. Dirt from the Anglo-Saxon “dritan” literally means excrement. When’s the ...

Columnists

Francis Koster: What will catching COVID-19 cost you?

By Francis Koster America’s health insurance system is like a ratty old quilt.  If your body is covered ...

Columnists

Nalini Joseph: How do you measure your child’s success?

By Nalini Joseph Best practices. Code of conduct. Operations manual. Office procedures. Do these phrases sound familiar?  If ...

My Turn

My Turn, Karen Lilly-Bowyer: Face facts on landmark moratorium

By Karen Lilly-Bowyer I would like to thank Al Heggins and Tamera Sheffield for their vote to continue ...

Columnists

Gary Pearce: School reopening debate strains old ties

By Gary Pearce One of North Carolina’s most enduring political alliances — teachers and the Democratic Party — ...

Columnists

DG Martin: Do you want a workhorse or show horse?

By D.G. Martin Do you want your congressional representative to be a “workhorse” or a “show horse?” In ...

Columnists

John Hood: Sales tax hike is unneeded

By John Hood When North Carolina Democrats are in power, their go-to source of new revenue is to ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Friendships pick up where they left off

By Sharon Randall The first time I saw her was on the playground. It was my first day ...

Columnists

Nalini Joseph: Take risks, recover from defeats for greatness

I was watching an interview with Vinodh Khosla, the Indian American venture capitalist who founded Sun Microsystems. He ...

My Turn

My Turn, Larry Efird: How about being pro-humanity?

By Larry Efird I was rummaging through some old pictures while decluttering my classroom recently, and I came ...

My Turn

My Turn, Bradley Bethel: Congressman Budd fails to tell the truth

By Bradley Bethel Ted Budd has been making my job more difficult for months. The third-term U.S. congressman ...

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