Guest columns

Larry Efird: ‘Greatly exaggerated’ death reminder to enjoy every day

By Larry Efird A weird, but funny, thing happened the other night. My principal  called my house while ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Temporary break from county’s optimism-inducing period

It came with a sigh of relief. After months of hard work on the Post’s annual Spirit of ...

Opinion

Steven Fisher: Banks across nation are ready for pandemic

By Steven Fisher As a 110-year old community bank, nothing is more important than the safety and health ...

Opinion

Thomas Mills: Democrats should avoid blame game now

By Thomas Mills This week, Gallup released polls showing President Donald Trump’s approval ratings improving by about five ...

Opinion

Francis Koster: Credit system will be useful in downturn

By Francis Koster The coronavirus is going to impact our local economy for several years. Just because the ...

Lifestyle

Gotta’ Run: There is always something good

While all of us have been limited by the state and national response to the coronavirus, we are ...

Lifestyle

Ann Farabee — Bless you

 By Ann Farabee Bless you. We say it in daily conversation. We say it in the church. ...

Opinion

Elaine Spalding: Rowan in prime location to recover from COVID-19 crisis

By Elaine Spalding Rowan County Chamber of Commerce One of my mentors in the Chamber of Commerce industry ...

Columnists

Byron York: Biden catches up while rest of world deals with crisis

By Byron York Give Joe Biden some credit. On Jan. 27, he published an op-ed in USA Today ...

Opinion

John Hood: Deregulation has place in COVID-19 crisis

By John Hood RALEIGH — As North Carolina and other states inch towards increasingly draconian measures in response ...

David Freeze

David Freeze: Biking journey across all 50 states hits its end

The Big Island of Hawaii is the nation’s largest island, with an area of 4,028 square miles. It ...

Guest columns

Gary Pearce: Socialism goes viral amid coronavirus crisis

By Gary Pearce Coronavirus may not make us all sick, but it may make us all socialists. Washington ...

Faith

David Freeze: Tanzania pastor’s prayers answers by China Grove church

China Grove First Baptist Church began the process of looking for a new pastor in November 2018 and ...

Columnists

Cal Thomas: The virus and what matters most

By Cal Thomas Some years ago, I wrote a book titled “The Things That Matter Most.” It was ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: Viruses don’t carry passports

By Leonard Pitts Viruses do not carry passports. Nor do they have birth certificates or other markers of ...

My Turn

My turn, Larry Efird: Lessons from a bird and a prophet

By Larry Efird As I sit in my empty classroom today, looking out my third-floor window at a ...

David Freeze

David Freeze: Bike rental comes out cheaper than expected

I had been curious for the last two nights about a bunch of tall palm trees with Christmas ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: Take time to appreciate every second

By Sharon Randall Twenty seconds is a long time, especially when washing your hands. I’ve noticed that lately. ...

Columnists

Ada Fisher: Nominee should pick female running mate

Though many are lamenting the lack of women in elective office in US society, the cardinal rule of ...

Columnists

John Hood: Believing in rumors can become dangerous

By John Hood RALEIGH — If you draw your information about current events only from politicians, news outlets, ...

News

David Freeze: Break from biking to enjoy scenery

Friday didn’t have much bike riding here in Hawaii. About 6 miles total, which seems like a paltry ...

Columnists

Salisbury Mayor Alexander: Protect yourself, community as a whole

By Karen Alexander As the number of cases of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, continues to grow, I want ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: Justice comes for Harvey Weinstein

By Leonard Pitts He said, she said. Then Justice James Burke said: “Although this is a first conviction, ...

David Freeze

David Freeze: Visit to smallest post office

Today (Thursday) felt more normal with a great mix of people and scenery. And some challenges and surprises ...

Health

David Freeze: Gotta Run

Running and back pain Two of my current personal training clients want to become runners but are experiencing ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Preparation is better than panic

For now, store shelves in many places are empty or, at least, a little more sparse than usual. ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Gaffing his way to the presidency?

By Cal Thomas The modern media trend is to make fun of President Trump for his alleged and ...

My Turn

My Turn, Donald Doering: Help others at Rowan County Literacy Council

By Donald P. Doering In the Sunday, March 8, edition of the Salisbury Post there was an opinion ...

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