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Nalini Joseph: Keeping your child on even keel during coronavirus

By Nalini Joseph Everyone’s talking about mental health these days. Most of us have good food to eat, ...

Opinion

Kathryn Lopez: Christians in Middle East need us

By Kathryn Lopez Archbishop Bashar Warda is a man of hope, humility, courage and defiance. Christians will stay ...

Columnists

Chris Magryta: On screen time, herd immunity, returning to schools full time

Editor’s note: The following are a few recent excerpts from blog posts by Dr. Chris Magryta, who works ...

Guest columns

Cal Thomas: Alito’s warning signs ring true

By Cal Thomas Everywhere one looks there are warning signs, from labels on cigarette packs warning that smoking ...

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Francis Koster: Think of battling COVID-19 like civil defense

By Francis Koster There are four facts in this article you do not know. Our population of COVID-19 ...

Guest columns

My Turn, Renee Bradshaw: United Way supports work of Family Crisis Council

By Renee Bradshaw October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about domestic violence, services ...

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D.G. Martin: Greek and Hebrew guides to our political differences

By D.G. Martin How can ancient Greek and Hebrew thinking help us understand why our friends who support ...

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Thomas Mills: Lessons learned from Cunningham’s loss

By Thomas Mills Cal Cunningham very likely cost Democrats control of the U.S. Senate. He was running against ...

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Sharon Randall: When so much is different, Thanksgiving is, too

By Sharon Randall Different. That’s a word I’ve been saying a lot lately. Maybe you’ve been saying it, ...

Opinion

John Hood: Parity extends down the ballot

RALEIGH — In 2020, North Carolina Republicans and Democrats took their respective cases to the public. Each party ...

Opinion

Nalini Joseph: Make your child’s path to greatness a musical one

By Nalini Joseph I always knew there was a strong connection between learning to play an instrument and ...

Guest columns

Cal Thomas: Where should evangelicals go after Trump?

By Cal Thomas Evangelical Christians have unquestionably been a loyal and largely unmovable base of support for President ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: New Catawba president wants to pay forward help he received

There is probably a large list of things that keep college presidents awake at night, but there’s one ...

Opinion

Kathryn Lopez: What if we turned off rhetoric?

By Kathryn Lopez “Are you celebrating?” The Uber driver’s question took me a little off-guard. And then he ...

Guest columns

Francis Koster: Depression epidemic accompanies coronavirus pandemic

By Francis Koster Our country is having two epidemics, not one. The first one is COVID-19. In the ...

Columnists

John Hood: Seven trends that affected result of 2020 election

By John Hood RALEIGH — Over the course of 34 years penning a column on North Carolina politics ...

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Gary Pearce: Cooper scores win and losses in election

By Gary Pearce Governor Roy Cooper did something this election that North Carolina’s last two governors couldn’t do: ...

Columnists

Ada Fisher: Post-election reforms to count every vote

By Ada Fisher What a presidential race! The winners are: the moderator of the last presidential debate, Kristin ...

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My Turn, Elizabeth Cook: Fisher’s advice golden, example priceless

By Elizabeth Cook When Paul Fisher asked for a few minutes of your time, something important was brewing.  ...

Columnists

Nalini Joseph: Trump supporters weren’t only ones campaigning in buffer zone

“Elections must be free and fair — to include being free from voter intimidation and disruptions at polling ...

Columnists

Francis Koster: Economy No. 1; happiness lags behind

By Francis Koster We can look at the state of our nation through two lenses: the state of ...

Opinion

Byron York: A Trump good deed receives its punishment

By Byron York Of all the Twitter attacks on President Trump — and there are thousands every day ...

Guest columns

Steven V Roberts: Winning is easier than governing

By Steven V Roberts If, when all the votes are counted, Joe Biden wins the election, he will ...

Columnists

John Hood: Democrats threw away their shot

By John Hood North Carolina Democrats thought the stars had finally aligned for smashing victories in 2020. A ...

Opinion

John Hood: Elections are a soap opera

By John Hood RALEIGH — The day before the 2018 midterms, I posted a column about “what to ...

Guest columns

D.G. Martin: An entirely too early prediction about 2024

By D.G. Martin Guess what. The presidential election is just about to begin. “You mean just about to ...

My Turn

My Turn, Karen Alexander: Tillis, congressmen will continue fighting hard for Salisbury

By Karen Alexander This past year, the city decided to take on a more proactive role in seeking ...

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My Turn, Danny Patterson: Railroad trends can help explain recent noise

By Danny Patterson Let me clarify one fact right off the bat: I am not a spokesperson for ...

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