Opinion

Ada Fisher: Treat immigrants from all countries equally

By Ada Fisher Many are complaining about the continuous flood of immigrants from Mexico and other Latin and ...

Opinion

DG Martin: Losing our grandchildren before finding them again

By D.G. Martin In some North Carolina houses, this is a time of empty rooms and empty spaces. ...

Opinion

Ray Nothstine: Cooper’s all in on critical race theory

By Ray Nothstine Even in North Carolina, the rejection of fundamental American principles thunders ahead. The proof? Gov. ...

Guest columns

My Turn, Scott Maddox: Salisbury has to get out of easy chair to address problems

By Scott Maddox At least once a day as I travel around Salisbury, I see a “Cease Fire ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: For sick sister, gift aims to remind of good times

By Sharon Randall My sister will celebrate her birthday this week, but it won’t be much of a ...

Guest columns

John Hood: Income and poverty facts matter

By John Hood The income of the median American household fell by nearly 3% last year as the ...

Opinion

Francis Koster: We’re at war with COVID, but ‘patriots’ won’t wear masks, get vaccinated

By Francis Koster Sometimes I will be in a large gathering of thousands of people, and the speaker ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: You’ve got to be taught to love

The lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II wrote many beautiful songs for Broadway musicals. One that was not beautiful, but ...

Guest columns

My Turn, Vernon Walters: Family First Prevention Act will bring changes to child welfare system

By Vernon Walters Most often change is a good thing. That’s certainly the case with the Family First ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: Managing a mentally unbalanced president

What do you do when a president is crazy? That’s essentially the question Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of ...

Opinion

Quotes of the week

“I don’t think you can make any decision that’s wrong when you put the student’s best interest at ...

Opinion

Steven V. Roberts: The tyranny Of Trumpism

When President Biden announced vigorous new rules, designed to vastly increase the number of Americans inoculated against COVID-19, ...

Opinion

Byron York: Is President Biden politicizing COVID?

Two leading House Republicans, Reps. Steve Scalise and James Comer, are asking the Food and Drug Administration for ...

Opinion

Mike Walden: You decide what made today’s North Carolina economy

During one of my recent early morning workouts at the local YMCA in Raleigh, I met an impressive ...

Opinion

D.G. Martin: A great teacher teaches on

When Julian Pleasants died Sept. 7, North Carolina lost one of its most important academic and popular historians. ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: What stories will they tell about you?

By Sharon Randall How well do you know the people you love? What stories do you tell about ...

Opinion

John Hood: What’s more democratic than an election?

By John Hood Do the ends justify the means? This familiar question produces strong feelings precisely because its ...

Opinion

Steven V. Roberts: The future of work

When I returned to my office at George Washington University last week, the calendar on my wall — ...

Opinion

Byron York: Two questions about Afghan refugees

Biden administration officials are proud of their effort to airlift about 118,000 Afghans, plus somewhere between 5,000 and ...

Local

Edward Norvell: On Sept. 11, 2001, we couldn’t believe what we were seeing

The morning of September 11, 2001 was a beautiful fresh autumn day, crisp, a chill in the air, ...

Guest columns

Ray Nothstine: Cajun Navy reflects the best of civil society

By Ray Nothstine If you’ve ever seen an armada of small boats and pickups barreling down highways 90 ...

Opinion

Guest columnists: North Carolina faces critical teacher shortage

By Diane Mitchell and Dee Grissett If you sat down in the dentist chair, you would think it ...

Columnists

John Hood: NC lawmakers should make licensure reform higher priority

By John Hood According to the most-recent ranking I can find, North Carolina requires state-approved licenses in more ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: After traffic stop, Matangira hopes to present highway patrolman with plaque

Update: Following publication of this article, Matangira was able to schedule a plaque presentation with Trooper C.T. Walker ...

Opinion

John Carr: Pops section is example of what Salisbury was close to having

By John Carr On Wednesday afternoon, the decision was made to cancel Pops at the Post. In today’s ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Deep in the heart of Texas babies

By Cal Thomas In the matter of a new Texas law banning abortions six weeks after gestation, when ...

Guest columns

Leonard Pitts: Right-wing radicals have stated their aims

By Leonard Pitts It’s been five years since I first speculated in this space about the end of ...

Opinion

Kathryn Lopez: Mother Teresa’s shining example

On the eve of the 111th birthday of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, five nuns from Missionaries of Charity ...

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