Columnists

Alexander H. Jones: Time for North Carolina to abolish the death penalty

By Alexander H. Jones After years of appeals filed by overworked lawyers and an isolated, violent existence in ...

Opinion

Ray Nothstine: Our long-gone Great War veterans ensured free society

By Ray Nothstine Frank Buckles, who passed away in 2011, was the last surviving American veteran of World War I. ...

Opinion

Bobbie Richardson: Budd played politics with investments in jobs, infrastructure

By Bobbie Richardson When President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure deal into law on Monday, he set ...

Opinion

DG Martin: History shows discriminatory practices at UNC

By D.G. Martin Last month, U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs ruled that UNC-Chapel Hill does not discriminate against ...

Opinion

John Hood: Don’t claim ‘the people’ have spoken

By John Hood Although some pundits and grifters may claim otherwise, there’s nothing new about populism. It comes ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall column: Thankful list grows longer

By Sharon Randall Today I am getting an early start on my Thanksgiving tradition of writing a list ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Harris goes abroad with ratings down

When past presidents have seen their approval numbers take a dive, they went on foreign trips. Sometimes this ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: Capitol stormer says quiet part out loud

She slammed down her white privilege like you’d slam down an American Express black card. Which is to ...

Opinion

My Turn, Shana N. Cauthen: Story of ‘Rodger’ shows importance of United Way’s help

By Shana N. Cauthen “Rodger” is a 9-year-old boy who is in the third grade. He is smart, ...

Opinion

Steven V. Roberts: Democrats have to choose

Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who has thwarted many liberal aspirations, told CNN: “We can’t go ...

Opinion

Byron York: The GOP fight that stopped Trump’s immigration plan

In the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s highest-profile promise was to build the wall — that is, to ...

Columnists

Kathryn Lopez: Are we replacing our religion?

By Kathryn Lopez “Love is love.” “Science is science.” Homes and offices in Washington, D.C. must display every ...

Columnists

Post starts monthly veterans feature

By John Carr Few people sacrifice more for our society than our veterans. Many lose their lives and ...

Guest columns

Alexander H. Jones: Not much backlash to authoritarianism this time

By Alexander H. Jones North Carolina’s frontier origins bred a resistance to overweening authority. The earliest Euro-Americans to ...

Guest columns

Ray Nothstine: Unhealthy obsession over race is imploding on Democrats

By Ray Nothstine In 1992, Bill Clinton famously rejuvenated the Democrat Party by moving to the political center ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Who are you in the mirror?

By Sharon Randall Lately, I find myself staring at a face in the mirror and asking: 1. Who ...

Opinion

John Hood: Don’t buy myth about voter turnout

By John Hood RALEIGH — Republicans in much of the country enjoyed significant success during the 2021 election ...

Opinion

My Turn, David Post: Potholes are not red or blue

By David Post Partisanship drives so much in today’s world — even non-partisan municipal elections. Partisanship creates division. ...

My Turn

My Turn, Evelyn Uddin-khan: How much longer do we hide our identity?

By Evelyn Uddin-khan To be or not to be a Muslim? That is not the question! The question ...

Columnists

My Turn, Jackie Harris: Give to United Way to support mental health

By Jackie Harris We have been through an extraordinary time over the last several months. Isolation, financial issues, ...

Opinion

Steven V. Roberts: What would Cokie do?

DEAR READERS: My wife, Cokie, and I wrote more than 1,000 of these newspaper columns together. After she ...

Opinion

Byron York: Note to Dems: It’s not 2020 anymore

There’s been a lot of attention paid to President Joe Biden’s falling job approval rating. And it is ...

Columnists

My Turn, Jeannie Sherrill: Happy ending depends on all of us

By Jeannie Sherrill Once upon a time, there was a young agency, the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Council of ...

Opinion

D.G. Martin: Home from Afghanistan

Our man in Afghanistan is home. But he is still covering Afghanistan for The New York Times. David ...

Opinion

John Hood: Public conflicted on housing markets

RALEIGH — As they witness rapidly escalating costs for building, buying, and maintaining homes, the vast majority of ...

Guest columns

Dale Folwell: State government may have your money

By Dale Folwell Think back: Have you ever been owed money — maybe a refund from a business, ...

Opinion

My Turn, Renee Bradshaw: Learn signs of human trafficking

By Renee Bradshaw Family Crisis Council of Rowan, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has been funded partly ...

Opinion

Alexander Jones: Rural NC has chance at revitalization

By Alexander H. Jones The rural-urban divergence in North Carolina has become so acute that it turned one ...

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