Opinion

Leonard Pitts: Power unrestrained serves only itself

As police misbehavior goes, it was a small thing. No one was killed, or shot, or even arrested. ...

Columnists

My Turn, Marjorie Ritchie: Defend the beauty of North Carolina

By Marjorie Ritchie Long before I fell in love with my North Carolina-born husband, I fell in love ...

My Turn

My Turn, Renee C. Scheidt: Don’t mandate masks again

By Renee C. Scheidt In spite of the facts, the Salisbury Rowan School Board for months dictated the ...

Opinion

David M. Shribman: Breaking up is hard to do, eh?

OTTAWA — The story of the dramatic change in Canada’s global profile — and in the decline of ...

Opinion

Steven V. Roberts: First, do no harm

Many Facebook employees felt their own company helped instigate and organize the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol ...

Columnists

My Turn, Ed Norvell: In 21st Century, Salisbury can enjoy ‘town commons’ envisioned in 1770

By Ed Norvell In his “History of Rowan County” published in 1881, the Rev. Jethro Rumple noted the ...

Opinion

Kathryn Lopez: Tragedy in the U.K.

“Alta was alive and breathed on her own for 90 minutes after her breathing tube was removed,” — ...

Opinion

D.G. Martin: Joe Biden needed Frank Porter Graham last week

Could the legendary president of the University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham, have helped Joe Biden last ...

Opinion

My Turn, Susan Lee: Community involvement key for School Justice Partnership

By Susan Lee The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education is revisiting the design and implementation of the Rowan County ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Stories are us

By Sharon Randall What are your favorite stories you learned as a child? Have you told them to ...

Columnists

My Turn, Evelyn Uddin-khan: Let Chinese Americans live in peace

By Evelyn Uddin-khan Asia is a continent with 48 countries and 4.7 billion people with thousands of different ...

Opinion

Clyde: Ode to return of fall

By Clyde Behold! The colors of fall. “With what glory comes and goes the year! The gentle wind, ...

Opinion

Steven V. Roberts: The boy from the Bronx

Many people are sharing their favorite Colin Powell stories, and here’s mine: As the child of immigrants from ...

Opinion

Byron York: Christopher Steele speaks

The disgraced former British spy Christopher Steele has kept a low profile in recent years. Understandably so, given ...

Columnists

John Hood: COVID-induced school closures were a mistake

By John Hood RALEIGH — Closing down school buildings for many months last year — and offering poorly ...

Columnists

Alexander H. Jones: Echoes of Jesse Helms found in lieutenant governor’s statements

By Alexander H. Jones Many North Carolina Republicans wouldn’t consider it an insult to compare their party’s lieutenant ...

My Turn

My Turn, Nan Buehrer: For older adults, CARS program is a lifeline

By Nan Buehrer My day begins with a last gulp of coffee before I grab my car keys ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: History depends on author

Britain’s Home Office says more than 12,500 migrants have broken the law to get into the UK so ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Memorial can help ensure pandemic isn’t lost to time

By Josh Bergeron Will we remember? Far in the future, long after anyone reading this column is gone, ...

Columnists

Bob Hall: One voter can turn loser into winner

By Bob Hall With early voting starting this week in many cities, a new report answers the question: ...

Opinion

Byron York: Was Jan. 6 An ‘armed insurrection’?

It has become common in some circles to call the Jan. 6 Capitol riot an “armed insurrection.” That ...

Opinion

My Turn, Joe Morris: Jimmy Hurley would have loved Bell Tower Green

By Joe Morris Congratulations to the Bell Tower Green Committee for the opening of an extraordinary green space! ...

Opinion

D.G. Martin: Following Macbeth’s advice in Afghanistan

By D.G. Martin Can Shakespeare’s Macbeth help us deal with President Biden’s decision to pull all American troops ...

Opinion

Alexander H. Jones: Charles Graham launches strong challenge to Dan Bishop

By Alexander H. Jones State Rep. Charles Graham is drawing strength from history in his effort to make ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Watching the wind blow as plans change

By Sharon Randall Life stays interesting in one way or another. I like that about it, usually. Interesting ...

Guest columns

John Hood: Raleigh gets balanced budgeting right while Washington remains wrong

By John Hood I’ve been spending a lot of time recently in conversation with right-leaning leaders, policy experts, ...

Columnists

My Turn, Renee C. Scheidt: Following the science on masks means not requiring them in schools

By Renee C. Scheidt Confusion rules the day on the effectiveness of wearing masks, especially for those under ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: The Pandora papers

“The rich put cream on their berries; the rich drive shiny black cars.” — (from the Broadway musical ...

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