Opinion
DG Martin: The world’s most memorable sports rivalry
Every year I buy the new edition of the World Almanac and Book of Facts. I like to ...
Every year I buy the new edition of the World Almanac and Book of Facts. I like to ...
By Mike Walden Most of us are prone to shortening names. Wolfpack becomes “Pack,” Tarheels are “Heels” and ...
I went on a journey last week, but I didn’t leave the city limits. It wasn’t a particularly fun ...
Payton McNabb, a high school senior from Murphy, played volleyball on her school teams since sixth grade. Those ...
By Sen. Thom Tillis My House Republican colleagues demonstrated tremendous leadership by passing a debt limit increase that ...
Moving is a knot of conflict. Six years ago my wife and I moved from the Shenandoah Valley ...
A coalition of four grassroots organizations, all based in Salisbury and Rowan County, presented the following statement to ...
By Dave Gammon The United States Congress must agree to raise the current debt limit of $31.4 trillion. ...
I don’t celebrate holidays. It’s not for any religious reason I have such an aversion to the celebratory ...
By Kaylee Driessen Education is the monkey in the middle. Recently, there has been a lot of discussion ...
Re: “Mook’s Place: China Grove Mural (April 16): I’ve lived in China Grove for all my life. When ...
The following excerpt comes from a provocative poem by Irish poet W.B. Yeats. Though it represents only half ...
Several months ago, I received an anonymous letter from a “shy” person accusing me of being a “woke.” ...
By Josh Stein Online reviews can be a useful tool to help you decide what products to buy, ...
By Mike Walden A couple of days ago my wife heard an enthusiastic “Yippee!” from my home office. ...
The 1960s carry much weight. Some folks see those years as the beginning of America’s demise because of ...
Homelessness in the United States affects hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people. In Rowan County, around ...
For the first time in a long time, North Carolina Republicans are saying “Welcome to the Party!” Why? ...
By Greg Hlavaty “Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth?” This stinging ...
Three killed by gunshots on March 30; two arrested soon after for the murders, and another suspect a ...
By Evelyn Uddin-khan Children in American classrooms are dying for no reason. They are not dying from childhood ...
By Theresa Opeka The news of Rep. Tricia Cotham, Mecklenburg County, changing her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican has ...
By Steve Huffman My assumption I was invincible took a hit last fall when an emergency room doctor ...
Things, at least political ones, are moving quickly here in North Carolina, and there is no tar on ...
By Anne Palmer You might say he was a member of a gang. In fact, he was fast ...
Is North Carolina an important state for the arts? Of course, I assert resoundingly! There are lots of ...
On March 22 in Durham, two 16-year-old boys were shot and killed, and a third 16-year-old was badly ...
Education is at the crossroads of America’s future. There is just too much politics in education and too ...
The Georgia Southern Eagles versus the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs is the only game on the Friday college basketball…
AAC teams will be on Friday’s college basketball schedule in one game, the North Dakota Fightin’ Hawks squaring…
A-10 teams are on Friday’s college basketball schedule for one game, the Army Black Knights taking on the…
The Carolina Hurricanes’ Sebastian Aho and the Ottawa Senators’ Drake Batherson are two of the most exciting players…
The Washington Wizards (3-19) are welcoming in the Charlotte Hornets (7-17) for a matchup of Southeast Division rivals…