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My turn, David Post: Life may be tougher on the outside

By David Post My name is Walter. I was just released from prison after 10 years for bank ...

Opinion

Cokie and Steven Roberts: A really bad idea

By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts Democrats are really frustrated, and for good reason. After the death ...

Columnists

Leonard Pitts: Media owe no apology for Mueller coverage

By Leonard Pitts Apparently, I am supposed to be embarrassed now. That, at least, is my interpretation of ...

Columnists

Patrick Woodie: GOP, Democrats must work to expand Medicaid

By Patrick Woodie Last week, more than 600 rural advocates from 85 counties travelled from across North Carolina ...

Guest columns

Guest columnist: Calling 811 before digging is easy; do it

By Victor Gaglio Along with college basketball mania and mother nature’s first blush of color, this time of ...

Opinion

John Hood: NC education needs choice, competition

RALEIGH — As a policy analyst and opinion journalist, I have spent much of my career advocating the ...

Opinion

Colin Campbell: Student voter ID policy a confusing patchwork

By Colin Campbell Imagine this scenario: You’re an 18-year-old college freshman, eager to cast your first vote in ...

Columnists

Cal Thomas: Media complicit in Russia collusion narrative

By Cal Thomas What Sean Davis, co-founder of the web magazine The Federalist, wrote in Tuesday’s Wall Street ...

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D.G. Martin: Authors say mother, child relationships varied, unique

By D.G. Martin Carol Folt’s swift departure from the chancellorship of UNC-Chapel Hill a few weeks ago and ...

Lifestyle

Gotta Run

Early in January, the Road Runners Club of America announced that Salisbury had been designated as a “Runner ...

Guest columns

Blake Bourne: Let’s make NC into most veteran-friendly state in country

By Blake Bourne N0rth Carolina, rightfully so, advertises itself as the most military-friendly state. We are home to ...

Opinion

Cokie and Steven Roberts: Following the Mueller model

By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts So the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller wasn’t a witch ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Three stages of change

Moving is not for sissies. And that is what I am. I try to avoid things that can ...

Columnists

Kirk Kovach: Now is the time to right wrongs of gerrymandering

Once and for all, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to alter the way that legislative districts are ...

Guest columns

My turn, Steven Arey: We are all caretakers of city’s history

By Steven Arey I attended a funeral Friday for a fellow veteran who was 97. There was a ...

Opinion

Colin Campbell: Dysfunctional UNC Board of Governors reappointed

By Colin Campbell The UNC Board of Governors is a hot mess these days. They’ve pushed out three ...

Opinion

My turn, Josh Wagner: School system’s consolidation results from misguided spending

By Josh Wagner Needless to say, the past two weeks have been volatile for Rowan-Salisbury Schools. Personally, I ...

Guest columns

My turn, Vicki Fink: What will be lost by closure of Faith school this year?

By Vicki Fink My husband and I retired to Faith three years ago. As a relative newcomer, I ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Mr. president, try kindness, grace for a change

By Cal Thomas President Donald Trump made a rare appearance at a church last Sunday. It’s a safe ...

Lifestyle

Kent Bernhardt: Out of step

“Do you ever feel like the world is a tuxedo, and you are a pair of brown shoes?”— ...

Opinion

My turn, Mary Walker: Work remains to address city’s housing needs

By Mary Walker I value public service and the amount of time elected officials spend on issues that ...

Opinion

Cokie and Steven Roberts: Balancing censorship and responsibility

By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts After a white nationalist slaughtered 50 Muslims in New Zealand, Margaret ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Springtime in the Carolinas

By Sharon Randall A week isn’t much, my mother would say, but it’s something. Long ago, after college, ...

Columnists

Leonard Pitts: Admissions scandal should be wake-up call

By Leonard Pitts If you think you’re angry now, wait till you read the court documents. Not that ...

Guest columns

My turn, Franklin Merrell: Don’t forget role of community in high-quality public schools

By Franklin Merrell Although I no longer have children in Rowan-Salisbury Schools, I still follow what is happening.  ...

Opinion

John Hood: Freedom rankings improve in NC

By John Hood RALEIGH — While election scandals, national issues, and candidate announcements for 2019 and 2020 races ...

Opinion

Colin Campbell: State government should let the sunshine in

By Colin Campbell RALEIGH — The N.C. House has taken a long overdue step toward transparency, voting unanimously ...

Columnists

Ada Fisher: Accountability needed for college admissions scandal, athletics

By Ada Fisher The recent revelation of a long-buried scandal of children from privileged families buying admission to ...

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