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Byron York: Congress, not House alone, stands as co-equal branch

By Byron York The divided government of 2019 is a mirror image of the divided government of 2011. ...

Columnists

Leonard Pitts: Video of students captures nation at breaking point

By Leonard Pitts They say a picture is worth a thousand words. We’ll have to make do with ...

Columnists

John Hood: State policy agendas sound familiar

By John Hood RALEIGH — North Carolina Republicans lost their General Assembly supermajorities in the 2018 midterms, and ...

Columnists

Colin Campbell: Help NC rural towns by visiting them

By Colin Campbell For those of us who don’t often get outside the cities — or very far ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Trump has options for State of Union

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has given President Trump an opportunity to change the dynamic of the State of the ...

Guest columns

My turn, Nan Lund: County doubled down on losing fight

More than five years ago, two other Rowan County residents and I challenged the invocation practice of our ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Roadside litter easy to prevent

It’s simple. Put waste in its place. Whether a result of apathy for the world that surrounds us ...

Columnists

John Hood: Gov. Cooper must provide answers on pipeline

By John Hood RALEIGH — Consider this scenario. A couple of years before a politician is elected to ...

Columnists

Clyde: From shutdowns to work ethic in 2019

By Clyde We are all just trying to get by. With all the protests and “guvment” shutdowns, it ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Oh the places she’ll bike

By Sharon Randall Have you ever watched a child learning to ride a bike, getting that first taste ...

Opinion

D.G. Martin: Readers offer names of well-known North Carolinians

By D.G. Martin A couple of weeks ago I shared with readers a list of famous North Carolinians ...

Guest columns

Ted Budd: America must help veterans obtain industry-specific skills

By Rep. Ted Budd While there has been a lot of progress over the past few years in ...

Opinion

Colin Campbell: NC’s biggest slumlord is state government

By Colin Campbell If you drive into downtown Raleigh from the north, some of the first buildings you’ll ...

Guest columns

John Hood: State’s regulatory reform working

By John Hood RALEIGH — Milton Friedman once observed that “nothing is so permanent as a temporary government ...

Guest columns

My turn, Kendal Mobley: How did reconciliation resolution get to its current point?

By Kendal Mobley Actions in Faith and Justice, responsible for revising a proposed Reconciliation of Resolution, was formed ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Location matters in a child’s chances for success

Whether it’s a few city blocks or the other side of the street, where a child grows up ...

Time Was

Clyde: Things new Post editor should know

By Clyde You’re not the first. J.J. Bruner, at the age of 9, entered the printing office of ...

Guest columns

My turn, Mandy Mills: It takes a village to close awareness gap

By Mandy Mills A significant part of my job is working with community partners such as our local ...

Guest columns

My turn, Jeffrey Sharp: Rowan County’s prayer suit over, but where’s apology?

It is no trifle for the Rowan County commission to sacrifice a quarter-million dollars of taxpayers’ money to ...

Opinion

Cokie and Steven Roberts: Information before impeachment

By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts “I” words are inundating Washington. President Trump insists his border wall ...

Opinion

Talkback: What online readers are saying about …

Steele, Yeldell will be inducted into new Hall of Fame Congratulations, coach. You earned this on and off ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: After Trump’s speech, Americans face ‘battle of images’

By Cal Thomas Despite advance billing that President Trump’s border wall speech would break news and contain new ...

Opinion

John Hood: Land grabs don’t enhance growth

By John Hood RALEIGH — Over the past eight years, conservative lawmakers have done much to constrain the ...

Guest columns

Guest column: NC center looks to tell war’s story

By Kirk Bradley Recent controversies surrounding Confederate monuments across North Carolina can be tied directly to a lack ...

Columnists

Josh Stein: State’s Department of Justice fought for NC residents in 2018

By Josh Stein As we begin 2019, I want to highlight some of the work the North Carolina ...

Columnists

D.G. Martin: North Carolina’s Old Testament prophet

By D.G. Martin While I have been traveling up and down North Carolina’s roads in search of local ...

Columnists

Colin Campbell: Legislature’s changes affect ‘people’s house’

By Colin Campbell RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Legislative Building is supposed to be the “people’s house,” but it’s ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: News could use some explanation

For longtime newspaper readers, words such as “editorial” and “column” are familiar, but they’re simply journalism jargon to ...

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