Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Recent good news hasn’t eliminated tough calls for RSS

So, where are we now? Three weeks ago, the Rowan-Salisbury School Board put off the closure of Faith ...

Columnists

Cal Thomas: Today’s sanctuary cities unlike original intent

By Cal Thomas In the category of Mad magazine’s “scenes we’d like to see,” comes President Trump’s threat ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Easter stories, old and new

By Sharon Randall This is an Easter story. I’ve told parts of it before. But sometimes, to tell ...

Columnists

Samuel Motley: Americans mourn with France for Notre Dame

By Samuel Motley The world watched in sorrow this week as the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was ...

Columnists

Leonard Pitts: Admit truth as reality continues to betray ideals

By Leonard Pitts And what will you say afterward, America? That is not to encourage or even predict ...

Columnists

John Hood: Manufacturing jobs on the rise in NC

By John Hood RALEIGH — Did you know that manufacturing employment in North Carolina has gone up more ...

Opinion

Colin Campbell: Weak response shows need for finance reform

By Colin Campbell The bribery scandal that has ensnared N.C. Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes couldn’t be a ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: As development comes north, maintain county’s character

Michael Gallis’ words in 2000 are more relevant today than ever. Nearly 20 years ago, Gallis, an urban ...

Columnists

Michael Regan: Not too late to leave state in good shape

By Michael Regan I recently spoke at the University of North Carolina Clean Tech Summit — and I ...

My Turn

My turn, Alberta Mclaughlin: Crime victims have an advocate at Salisbury Police Department

By Alberta Mclaughlin The theme for this year’s year National Crime Victims Week, which ended Saturday, was “Honoring Our ...

Health

David Freeze: Gotta Run

Is Zach Marchinko on the way to becoming Rowan’s best ever runner? It isn’t often that I read ...

Columnists

Cal Thomas: No reason to suspect religious left has influence

By Cal Thomas For the last 27 years, Democrats have been trying to win over evangelical Christians who ...

Columns

Kent Bernhardt: I guess the yolk’s on me

  It was called “the incredible, edible egg” once upon a time by advertisers who wanted us to ...

Opinion

Cokie and Steven Roberts: No, America is not ‘full’

By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts President Donald Trump recently traveled to the Mexican border and delivered ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Some friendships never fade away

By Sharon Randall Seeing her name in my inbox made me smile. Patricia and I grew up together. ...

Guest columns

Guest columnist: Solar deals making Duke bills higher

By Donald van der Vaart Roughly $1.25 billion. That’s how much Duke Energy customers will be overpaying for ...

Columnists

Guest columnist: Agree with the left or be destroyed

By Kay Coles James Google decided this year to create an advisory council that would help guide the ...

Columnists

Leonard Pitts: America becomes nation awash in baloney

By Leonard Pitts Baloney is not free. That’s important to keep in mind in an era that finds ...

Opinion

Kirk Kovach: Lindberg case gives credence to political suspicions

By Kirk Kovach News in recent weeks has laid bare what many people probably suspected was the way ...

Columnists

John Hood: Government funding not needed in campaigns

By John Hood RALEIGH — After Durham businessman Greg Lindberg, state Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes, and two ...

Columnists

Colin Campbell: Sleepy legislative session so far in Raleigh

RALEIGH — You might have forgotten the state legislature has now been in session for more than two ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Insight into consumers’ views of local news

In a time when the “fake news” phrase has made its way to town council meetings, the Pew ...

Guest columns

Anthony Smith: Poor People’s Campaign seeks to fly to new moral vistas

By Anthony Smith Principle No. 1 of the Poor People’s Campaign, a national call for moral revival: We ...

Opinion

Francis Koster: Help your schools get the lead out

By Francis Koster When you send your kids off to swim in a public swimming pool, you can ...

Guest columns

Ferrel Guillory: At last, K-12 schools could see capital funding infusion

By Ferrel Guillory When I first moved into my office in the far back corner on the third ...

Lifestyle

David Freeze: Teri and Philip: Best month the program as seen in several years

I knew we had two good participants for 2019 right away. They are interesting and making good things ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Accusations amount to political hit on Joe Biden

By Cal Thomas Why does it seem like the political equivalent of a Mafia hit job on Joe ...

Lifestyle

Kent Bernhardt: The intersections of life

  We sat frozen in the moment, our eyes meeting for the first time. We knew not what ...

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