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John Hood: Trashed Capitol should trouble us all

By John Hood RALEIGH — It was the summer of 1987 when I first stepped inside the United ...

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Nalini Joseph: Begin 2021 with love

By Nalini Joseph Each school morning, I drive through the circle, waiting for my turn to drop off. ...

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My Turn, Carol Pomeroy: Try reading facts instead

By Carol Pomeroy This is in response to Delmar McDaniel’s letter dated Dec. 31. It is so unfortunate ...

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Ada Fisher: Peaceful transition is what’s needed now

By Ada Fisher Anger and bitterness in defeat does not lay a fertile ground for binding a nation ...

Opinion

Francis Koster: Time for a different version of ‘the talk’ with family

By Francis Koster When I was a kid, there is a little ritual that happened in private. I ...

My Turn

My Turn, Jeanne Lane Miller: Salisbury caved to cancel culture

By Jeanne Lane Miller I read in the Salisbury Post’s Dec. 31 paper with great sadness the article ...

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Sharon Randall: Unexpected gift brings welcome surprise

By Sharon Randall Unexpected gifts are always a nice surprise. But sometimes, they’re also what we need. On ...

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Shavonne Potts: It was my pleasure to serve as Post reporter for 15 years

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — As some of you have already heard, my time at the Post ...

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Gary Pearce: North Carolina has taken a wrong turn

By Gary Pearce Sixty years ago this week, a new governor set North Carolina on a new course. ...

Opinion

Ester Marsh: Year is all about your mindset

By Ester Marsh Let’s hope 2021 will be happy, healthy, prosperous and kind. But it’s all in the ...

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Kathryn Lopez: Here’s to life in the new year

By Kathryn Lopez The current president of Planned Parenthood is unafraid to use the word “abortion.” In a ...

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Nalini Joseph: Record your greatness in times of uncertainty

By Nalini Joseph Many of us are at our worst when times are chaotic and uncertain. How did ...

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Guest columnist: Broadband tops list of legislative priorities for upcoming session

By Becki Gray The General Assembly will convene its biennial session Jan. 13. They’ll talk about how to get ...

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Thomas Mills: Registering voters should be Democrats’ resolution for 2021

By Thomas Mills Yesterday, I took a first look at turnout from the 2020 election. What keeps haunting me ...

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My Turn, Michael Young: What’s wrong with this streetscape?

By Michael Young Having just completed a streetscape improvement project in the first two blocks of East and ...

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DG Martin: Rudolph’s little brother

By D.G. Martin I know Rudolph’s little brother. And now that Rudolph and the other reindeer are safely ...

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Gary Pearce: 2022 Senate race may fuel family fights

By Gary Pearce A “transition” is the time after an election when you stop fighting your enemies and ...

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Sharon Randall: Family feuds and Walmart generators

By Sharon Randall People say things happen for a reason. But sometimes it’s hard to say what the ...

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John Hood: Lower taxes attract key leaders

By John Hood RALEIGH — When Democrats attack pro-growth tax reform as “trickle-down economics,” I can understand their ...

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Francis Koster: Is America being naughty or nice?

By Francis Koster My mom and dad always ended the Christmas and New Year’s holiday period exhausted. They ...

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My Turn, Raymond Coltrain: Leaders should do what’s best for people, not egos

By Raymond Coltrain I began my career working for the public with government agencies in the early ‘70s ...

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Kathryn Lopez: Christian examples and warnings

By Kathryn Lopez “In times of trouble, it’s always the most vulnerable who suffer the worst,” Archbishop Bashar ...

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Cal Thomas: Christmas’ power unlike other holidays

By Cal Thomas Of all the great and small events of 1991, the death of CBS News’ “60 ...

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Nalini Joseph: Share stories, wisdom with children on path to greatness

By Nalini Joseph I have often reminisced about my childhood Christmases in India. In a primarily Hindu country, ...

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Ada Fisher: Post-election considerations being missed

By Ada Fisher By law the administration of Donald John Trump will end officially on Jan. 6 when ...

Opinion

DG Martin: Authors take different views on saving college sports, solving compensation questions

By D.G. Martin Is the U.S. Supreme Court going to put college athletics out of business? Last week, ...

Columnists

Gary Pearce: Why do Democrats want to run for Senate?

By Gary Pearce I don’t understand why Democrats want to run for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat in ...

Opinion

John Hood: NC SPIN reaches its end

RALEIGH — May I tell you a bit about the pioneering Campbells of eastern North Carolina? The patriarch ...

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