Opinion

Byron York: Filibuster frustration boils over

New presidents have only so long to get big legislative initiatives done. It’s already June, and the clock ...

Opinion

Steve V. Roberts: Ensuring the common good

Houston Methodist Hospital set a deadline this week for its 26,000 employees: Get vaccinated against the coronavirus, or ...

Guest columns

Guest columnist: Political correctness takes aim at bird names, cows

By John Trump I’d like to address the “woke” movement, or whatever people are calling it. I’m not ...

Opinion

John Hood: Carolinians remain fiscal conservatives

By John Hood RALEIGH — North Carolinians are closely divided when it comes to party preference. Our state ...

Guest columns

Ada Fisher: Trump was not always wrong

By Ada Fisher Love him or hate him, President Donald John Trump’s administration from 2016-2020 was one littered ...

My Turn

My Turn, Jayson James: Where’s the love for South Rowan?

By Jayson James As a current sports journalist, we are taught to create and give an even amount ...

Opinion

My Turn, Michael Chapman: Is Budd’s staff accurately describing his opinion?

By Michael Chapman Memorial Day has come and gone, and I would like to thank everyone who made ...

Guest columns

Cal Thomas: The ‘Can’t Do’ narrative continues

By Cal Thomas President Biden has pledged to “help narrow the racial wealth gap and reinvest in communities ...

Guest columns

My Turn, Carol Pomeroy: Accountability, transparency, equity needed in policing

By Carol Pomeroy A number of years ago I received a speeding ticket. I deserved it.  I was ...

Opinion

Nalini Jospeh: What’s the real intent of Green New Deal?

By Nalini Joseph The Earth and our environment have always been near and dear to my heart. Perhaps ...

Opinion

My Turn, Le’Andre Blakeney: Take a second look at criminal justice system

By Le’Andre Blakeney George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Ahumad Aubrey. Michael Brown. Dominique Fells. Trayvon Martin. Sandra Bland. Eric ...

Opinion

Steven V. Roberts: Voting rights is job one

As Texas Republicans tried to ram a bill through the state legislature that would severely restrict the rights ...

Opinion

Byron York: In Texas, Democrats thwart will of majority

Texas is the latest state to have a big fight over reforming its election laws. Remember that in ...

Opinion

Kenneth L. Hardin: We’re not all the same

By Kenneth L. Hardin Although I’ve been Black my entire life, except for those few years wearing a ...

My Turn

My Turn, Pam Bloom: How do we find common ground as a nation?

By Pam Bloom Memorial Day was a day of reading and reflection at my house. I lived in ...

Opinion

Gary Pearce: Race defines NC politics — again

A national political reporter recently asked me how I would explain North Carolina politics to a class of college ...

Opinion

D.G. Martin: Whirligigs to the rescue

Why make the small eastern North Carolina city of Wilson my first post-COVID break-out vacation trip? In a ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Does downtown Salisbury have parking problems?

I think I’m coming around to the argument that downtown Salisbury has a parking problem or could have ...

Opinion

Nalini Joseph: Plan for fun, but don’t forget lessons from past year

By Nalini Joseph “Nalini, India has collapsed,” my cousin who lives in Calcutta, India, wrote on a WhatsApp ...

Columnists

My Turn, Dylan Horne: Improve, don’t eliminate Rowan Express

By Dylan Horne The Rowan Express takes to me to and from my job as a bike mechanic ...

My Turn

My Turn, Ed Norvell: Salisbury’s oldest cemetery best location for ‘Fame’

By Ed Norvell It seems the main objection to moving “Fame” to the historic cemetery on North Lee ...

Opinion

Ted Budd: Remember real reason for Memorial Day

By Ted Budd Memorial Day is far too often treated as the unofficial start of summer, with only ...

Opinion

Steven V. Roberts: Resisting the ‘Illusionist Caucus’

The political world has been focusing on the serious splits in Republican ranks — and rightly so. Purging ...

Opinion

Byron York: After George Floyd, what one year has brought

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met in the Oval Office Tuesday with the family of ...

My Turn

My Turn, Ronnie Smith: On Memorial Day, we should honor ‘Fame,’ veterans

By Ronnie Smith Memorial Day is a patriotic holiday. It is a day to honor and remember all ...

Guest columns

Guest columnists: Civic life suffers from pressures on Black men

By Keith Sutton and Bob Hall About the same number of young Black men and women reach voting age in ...

Columnists

DG Martin: Changing times strain UNC, Davidson College

By D.G. Martin Tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill and changing rules about the Davidson College president’s religion pulled both ...

Columnists

Gary Pearce: Poll finds cracks in Trump’s base

By Gary Pearce When Carter Wrenn says Donald Trump’s hold on the Republican Party is slipping, I listen. ...

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