Guest columns

Ferrel Guillory: North Carolina’s own lessons in confronting crisis

By Ferrel Guillory  “Never let a good crisis go to waste,’’ the Italian Prince Machiavelli reportedly said and ...

My Turn

My turn, Tarik Woods: Sen. Ford shares misinformation about masks

By Tarik Woods Recently, our NC District 33 Sen. Carl Ford shared a headline from The Hill written ...

Opinion

John Hood: Education debate doesn’t need to be vicious

By John Hood RALEIGH — North Carolina’s economy is opening up after nearly two months of lockdown. I ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Lessons learned while at home

By Sharon Randall What do you do when you’ve done all you need or want to do? Before ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: More public data needed about economic decline

The systems we use to measure our economy simply aren’t built for the rapid economic decline our community, ...

My Turn

My Turn, M.H. Clements: Lessons he’s learned in virus isolation

By M.H. Clements Being among crowds can be dangerous. Witness the stories of vacationers on cruise ships, crowded ...

Columnists

Cal Thomas: More threats exist from China than coronavirus disease

By Cal Thomas The destruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent demise of the Soviet ...

My Turn

My Turn, Gary Hauze: Stay home, no matter how long it takes

By Gary Hauze Recently, I received word from a that an aunt’s granddaughter and her husband died of ...

Clyde

Clyde: Call COVID-19 what you like

By Clyde Here are some metaphors for the COVID-19 outbreak: •  Another bump in the road construction on ...

Opinion

Gary Pearce: Unsettled times with uncertain politics

By Gary Pearce Political pollsters often use a caveat that their audiences often ignore: “If the election were ...

Opinion

Melanie Denton: Changes will come to visits during phase one

By Melaine Denton Medical offices ranging from Dentists to gynecologists, allergists and eye doctors have all been shut ...

Columnists

John Hood: Debt incurred now only delays when bill is due

By John Hood RALEIGH — Set aside for the moment how quickly and to what extent North Carolina ...

Guest columns

Guest column: Piedmont Players bids farewell to Leonard

By Lori Van Wallendael As Piedmont Players Theatre bids farewell to our Resident Director, Reid Leonard, we want ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: Teachers find ways to connect

By Sharon Randall The first time I set foot in her classroom, I spotted it right away: She ...

Opinion

Josh Bergeron: Lesson for public in Citadel’s story

To hear Sherri Stoltzfus tell it was hard. When she learned that a majority of the 138 residents ...

My Turn

My turn, Larry Efird: Teacher’s journal of the plague year

By Larry Efird Oftentimes, I’m amazed at how well classical literature relates to the needs of the modern ...

Columnists

Ada Fisher: More to come from coronavirus

To open or not open, that is the question. Whether it is nobler to save a nation’s economy ...

Columnists

Gary Pearce: COVID-19 boosts Cooper’s re-election campaign

By Gary Pearce Like many governors, Roy Cooper gets good poll ratings for handling the COVID-19 crisis. Unlike ...

Opinion

My Turn, Shari Keller: Give thanks to forgotten front line

By Shari Keller As COVID-19 impacts our daily life and our local economy, it reaches the most vulnerable ...

Opinion

John Hood: Gov. Cooper’s reopening plan moves too slowly

By John Hood RALEIGH — At an April 23 press conference, Gov. Roy Cooper gave a reasonable explanation ...

Clyde

Clyde: What lights the distance?

By Clyde Sometimes, it seems the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel gets a little dimmer ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Nana’s top 10 tips on life

By Sharon Randall It was the first birthday of my first child’s first child. That’s a lot of ...

Guest columns

My turn, Bill Graham: Clean energy is part of solution

By Bill Graham These are uncertain times. People are understandably concerned — concerned about their jobs, concerned about ...

Opinion

Melanie Denton Dombrowski: Things to know about telemedicine during pandemic

Melanie Denton Dombrowski As “normal life” literally changes before us, the way we interact with our community has ...

Opinion

Josh Bergeron: More than ever, transparency should reign supreme during outbreak

There are times when pushing for transparency is a lonely battle. Reporters work to obtain data, correspondence or ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: The Acela media and liberal slant

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has coined a new phrase: “the Acela media.” His reference was to the ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: I will die one day, but not of stupid

Someday, I’m going to die. This, I grudgingly accept. I have no idea how it’s going to happen. ...

Opinion

Patrick Woodie: Stop thinking of broadband as luxury

By Patrick Woodie If you are like me, your email has been flooded with stories about COVID-19 lately. ...

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