Guest columns

Guest column: Not vaping best way to avoid problems

By Patricia Rich The idea that the only people vaping e-cigarettes are current smokers trying to quit is ...

Columnists

Ada Fisher: Kobe Bryant goes out on top

By Ada Fisher The shocking deaths of former NBA great Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna in an ...

My Turn

My turn, Roger Barbee: Fine to debate founder’s intent, not God’s

By Roger Barbee Several counties in North Carolina have become, “sanctuary counties.” Resolutions were passed in these counties ...

Opinion

John Hood: Take action on affordable housing

Editor’s note: The following are two separate opinion columns written by John Hood, chairman of the John Locke ...

Opinion

Josh Bergeron: Prioritize litter control in Rowan

Consider this incredible fact: the county’s Department of Environmental Management removed nearly 50 tons of litter and 157 ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: Hell was a place called Auschwitz

By Leonard Pitts This week marks 75 years since Soviet troops stormed the gates of hell. Hell was ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: America’s expiration date

By Cal Thomas I love definitions because they help focus the mind. For decades, we are said to ...

Lifestyle

David Freeze: Gotta Run

Sunday’s Winter Flight sponsors and runners help homeless My favorite event of the year happens on Sunday afternoon. ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Routines change for ‘Nana’

By Sharon Randall Most days, my getting-ready- to-go-out routine takes two minutes tops. And that includes finding my ...

Columnists

Gary Pearce: Bloomberg makes push for nomination in NC

By Gary Pearce While the other Democratic presidential candidates slug it out and slog through snowy Iowa, Mike ...

Guest columns

Steve Inskeep: Instant information can widen gaps between us

By Steve Inskeep What can we do about technology that brings the world together while also driving it ...

Opinion

Ferrel Guillory: State picks wrong time to cut back

By Ferrel Guillory With history-laden news breaking out all over, North Carolina authorities have picked an inauspicious moment ...

Guest columns

Thomas Mills: Conservative Democrat would fare better

By Thomas Mills politicsnc.com On Sunday, the New York Times endorsed both Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar for ...

Columnists

John Hood: NC Democrats will be on defense in 2020

By John Hood RALEIGH — Everyone knows that North Carolina is a closely divided purple state. Everyone knows ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: County Commissioners see role for themselves in school closure talks

Rowan-Salisbury School Board members aren’t the only ones thinking about consolidation in 2020. While commissioners have already promised ...

Lifestyle

Kent Bernhardt: Stir straws and spare tires

  I’m pretty sure modern civilization started to crumble the day stir straws replaced spoons. Well, it may ...

Clyde

Clyde: What will Salisbury residents find in 2040?

By Clyde In the year 2040, if we’re all still alive we may find: • We disembark from ...

Columnists

My Turn, Olen Bruner: Some work done, more to accomplish one year after resolution’s passage

By Olen Bruner Just one year ago, Salisbury’s City Council unanimously passed a Resolution of Reconciliation, written at ...

Guest columns

Kirk Kovach: Kansas offers cautionary tale for North Carolina

By Kirk Kovach What’s the matter with Kansas? That’s the title of a popular book, and a now-popular ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Reflections on a table

How many times in my life have I scratched this table? How many times will I be lucky ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: Time for end to all of slavery’s permutations

By Leonard Pitts Last week, the Mississippi Supreme Court upheld Willie Nash’s sentence: 12 years for possession. Of ...

Guest columns

Dan Blue: People’s agenda looms large

By Dan Blue Legislators have a lot of unfinished business to attend to now that we’ve returned to ...

Guest columns

D.G. Martin: What would former major, lieutenant say?

By D.G. Martin “I don’t think the U.S. should be in the business of assassinating foreign leaders.” This ...

Columnists

John Hood: Prudence needed on voter ID in state

By John Hood RALEIGH — “Prudence,” wrote the British statesman Edmund Burke, “is not only the first in ...

Guest columns

Lynn Good: Important piece in climate conversation

By Lynn Good Around the world, there are important conversations going on regarding carbon emissions. Countries, companies and ...

Guest columns

John Trump: Alcohol industry always preparing for worst

By John Trump Distilleries, wineries and breweries are growing at an exponential rate — all with an eye ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: 10 realistic predictions for 2040 in Salisbury-Rowan

Last week, the Salisbury City Council added nine more members to its Forward 2040 committee, which will be ...

Lifestyle

David Freeze: Gotta’ Run

Once a Warrior, always a Warrior! I can’t begin to remember the first time I met Kevin and ...

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