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Ada Fisher: Missteps on abortion   

The reported leak of a working paper from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito seems to lay the ...

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My Turn, Michael S. Young: City Hall has bunker mentality, not a jobs program

Dear Mr. Green, There was a time when I believed that if I ate my vegetables, exercised and ...

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Kenneth L. Hardin: Are you prepared to die?

I have a weird relationship with death. Because of my previous professional career, I had the opportunity to meet ...

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Rod Crider: Rowan EDC celebrates Economic Development Week

By Rod Crider SALISBURY – May 9-13 is National Economic Development Week. You’ve heard the term “economic development” ...

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Sharon Randall: Tips on how to stay married

Marriage is an excellent teacher on life — on how to live it and survive it and share ...

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Sharon Randall: Keeping things clear

   This may seem strange, but I need to tell somebody, and I’m trusting you to understand.   ...

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Karen Carroll: Shield a Badge With Prayer — a plea to be aware

By Karen Carroll Being aware takes effort. Many today are so overwhelmed with the tasks of providing basic ...

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Kenneth L. Hardin: I’m tired of having the race discussion

I’m confused. Torn. Conflicted. A recent conversation has left me so perplexed that I woke up in the ...

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Sharon Randall: Beauty is more than skin deep

When was the first time you felt beautiful? Not the kind of beauty you see in a mirror, ...

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John Hood: Freedom a tool for progress

By John Hood RALEIGH — I’m a conservative without a conversion story. Plenty of others have such a ...

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DG Martin: Crawdads again

A book is going to put North Carolina in the news. Again. The book, “Where the Crawdads Sing,” is set ...

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Ada Fisher: It’s not just about sex  

“TransMania” is seemingly overtaking the media and hyper-inflating a new national show, “What’s my sex.”  Lia Thomas, a University ...

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Evelyn Uddin-khan: An appeal to our leaders

By Evelyn Uddin-khan For the Salisbury Post As we approach the primaries in May, and the midterms in ...

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Kenneth L. Hardin: No talking at the dinner table

For all those who’ve followed me in this publication or online, you know my mind never rests. I ...

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Steven V. Roberts: Putin crosses a line

Where can the United States and its allies fight Putin’s murderous rampage in Ukraine? The answer is everywhere, ...

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Byron York: Can Biden buy votes with student debt relief?

The 2020 Democratic presidential primary race was a bidding war in which the various candidates advocated spending trillions ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: A not so bad fall

One of my all-time favorite reads is “Growing Up” by Russell Baker, a Pulitzer-Prize winning autobiography in which ...

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David M. Shribman: The value — and urgency — of voting 

Most Americans are spectators in today’s most critical struggle for democratic values — being battled at every hour ...

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John Hood: Inflation a reality check for activists

RALEIGH — Climate change is real. Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities such as power generation and ...

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Leonard Pitts: Charges in Texas raise the question of who’s next?

Texas recently gave us a glimpse of the future. It was not pretty. It seems that a 26-year-old ...

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Cal Thomas: Biden the ghost (gun) buster

Inflation ballooned 8.5 percent in March compared to a year ago, the largest increase since December 1981 and ...

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Gene Lyons: What has happened to us?

A few months ago, I ran into a recently retired judge, a former prosecutor and friendly acquaintance, at ...

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Kenneth L. Hardin: What Happened to loyalty and respect?

Loyalty and respect, oh how I miss you. Both are in short supply these days. People treat them ...

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Lindsey Stroud: No, the FDA does not need to regulate cannabis

By Lindsey Stroud Taxpayers Protection Alliance   The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and ...

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Byron York: The Democrats’ Bidenflation disaster

The government says inflation rose 8.5% in March compared to last year — the worst it has been ...

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Steven V. Roberts: Big liars, big lies

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin share a deeply dangerous trait: They are both Big Liars, and they embrace ...

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Tom Campbell: The heartbreak of saying goodbye

Fishing, farming and forestry have historic foundations in our state. We also have a history of migration, moving ...

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Sharon Randall: Randy’s good heart

The good thing about a long drive is it gives you time to talk. My grandson, Randy, is ...

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