Opinion

Francis Koster: Critical for local residents to complete Census

By Francis Koster I have bad news, and good news.    The bad news is that if your ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Why so much anger in politics?

By Cal Thomas There was a time in America, unknown or not experienced by people under the age ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Little things change the world

By Sharon Randall Little things mean a lot. Here’s a memory I’ll not soon forget: I woke in ...

Opinion

Thomas Mills: One line from debate could hurt US Senate candidate Cunningham

By Thomas Mills Debates in modern American politics are all about the headlines, not the substance. A candidate ...

Opinion

Gary Pearce: Will basic right to protest be protected?

By Gary Pearce In an America bitterly divided over protests and politics, the least-familiar part of our Constitution’s ...

Opinion

Josh Bergeron: Pandemic-induced lesson in being healthy

For at least one person in Salisbury, the loosening of state mandates that allowed gyms to reopen came ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: Echoes of two grandmothers

By Sharon Randall My grandmothers were about as different, one from the other, as any two women could ...

Columnists

Guest column: Lockdowns, restrictions likely contribute to excess deaths during COVID-19

By Donald Van Der Vaart North Carolina continues to grapple with COVID-19. During the early days of the ...

Columnists

Gary Pearce: Ghost of election years past haunts Democrats

By Gary Pearce Democrats are haunted this year by election ghosts. They’re suffering a form of PTSD: past-Tuesdays ...

Opinion

My Turn, Hope Oliphant: Support for United Way helps ensure strong community

By Hope Oliphant Many that visit Marketplace and Meeting Place have experienced a life filled with barriers, vanishing ...

Opinion

John Hood: Former slave blazed trail for writers

RALEIGH — You surely recognize the name Frederick Douglass and know the major role he played in American ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Another day older, another deeper in debt

By Cal Thomas The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reports the American government will soon reach a debt level ...

Columnists

Francis Koster: What to do when health foods are unhealthy?

By Francis Koster As my youngest grandson’s first birthday approached and a Zoom birthday party was being planned, ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: For Rowan County Fair, the show can’t go on

When the governor last week announced that gathering restrictions would be loosened as part of a series of ...

My Turn

My Turn, Christopher White: America fortunate to have democratic system of government

By Christopher White Alexander Lukashenko is in trouble. Sometimes referred to as Europe’s last dictator, the 66-year-old autocrat ...

My Turn

My Turn, Corey Hill: Workers deserve better in North Carolina

By Corey Hill North Carolina has decided that it’s time to go back to work. We opened back ...

Guest columns

Steven Roberts: The warning of history

By Steven V. Roberts “I want to be very clear about all of this,” Joe Biden said in ...

Opinion

Byron York: As election nears, another battle over intelligence, Russia

By Byron York A new furor has erupted over Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe’s decision to give ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: Tough times bring out best in us

By Sharon Randall Sometimes, when the road ahead is littered with our fears, the best we can do ...

Opinion

Kathryn Lopez: Don’t lose your soul during this election

By Kathryn Lopez Elections, even in non-pandemic years, can bring out some of the best and the worst ...

Opinion

D.G. Martin: We didn’t leave the party; it left us

By D.G. Martin Back in 1984 when I was running for Congress, I ran into older people who ...

Columnists

John Hood: Past governors budgeted more carefully

RALEIGH — As a fiscal conservative, I long for the days when North Carolina had responsible governors who ...

My Turn

My Turn, Aerik Williams: Some things remain certain about COVID-19 pandemic

By Aerik Williams COVID-19 has been an unwelcome guest in our country for many months now. In its ...

Columnists

Francis Koster: Turn attention to pollutants for causes of weight gain

We pride ourselves for being a wealthy nation. It may shock you to learn that in this elite ...

Lifestyle

David Freeze column: Found — the site of a historic mill

For most of my life, history has fascinated me. I read all the time, book after book, and ...

Opinion

Guest column: COVID-19 teaches about essential need for high-speed broadband

By Stacy Hale At the end of the 2019-2020 school year, most students left the physical classroom and ...

Guest columns

John Trump: By all means Gov. Cooper, keep us safe

By John Trump Agonizing. These lockdowns, mandates and suppressions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Logically inconsistent, clumsy ...

Opinion

Byron York: In today’s supercharged politics, even gardens start fights

By Byron York It has long been accepted, at least in some circles, that there is a condition ...

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