Guest columns

Thom Tillis: Town halls provide invaluable feedback

By Thom Tillis The COVID-19 pandemic has presented incredible challenges for North Carolinians, including public health risks from ...

Columnists

Ada Fisher: Let statues stand to remind of who we were

By Ada Fisher The pulling down of the statue of George Washington, the nation’s first and one of ...

Opinion

My Turn, Ann Brownlee: Council abandoned laws, procedures in voting to move monument

By Ann Brownlee Efforts in recent weeks to address the conundrum of the Confederate monument have brought out ...

Opinion

Gary Pearce: Politics, religion inextricably linked

Race and religion have always shaped America’s politics. Race now dominates the 2020 debate, but religion will play ...

My Turn

My Turn, Larry Efird: Working to understand Black Lives Matter movement

“English is weird. It can be understood through tough, thorough, thought though.”  By Larry Efird As a teacher, ...

Opinion

John Hood: Economic recovery moving too slow in NC

By John Hood RALEIGH — During the month of May, 38 states saw their unemployment rates drop as ...

My Turn

My Turn, B.D. Robinson: Proposed new ‘Fame’ location requires city funding

By B.D. Robinson For the Salisbury Post Recent discussion on the fate of the “Fame” statute has centered ...

Columnists

Byron York: Why the disparity in coronavirus rules?

By Byron York As the country struggles to vanquish coronavirus, Americans are witnessing a bizarre phenomenon in which ...

Opinion

Tamara Sheffield: Some public comments Tuesday were out of order

Editor’s note: The following is an edited version of an email that Councilwoman Tamara Sheffield sent to other ...

My Turn

My Turn, Carol Pomeroy: Statue shouldn’t honor ancestors in middle of town

By Carol Pomeroy I, as a white woman, stand in solidarity with the Black community. A white policeman ...

Columnists

Gary Freeze: Buffalo sculpture reminds of long-ago Rowan residents

By Gary Freeze The American buffalo standing beside the Rowan Museum is more than just a pretty face ...

Guest columns

DG Martin: Time for new name for Fort Bragg?

By D.G. Martin Should Fort Bragg keep on being Fort Bragg? Or do we need another name for ...

My Turn

My turn, André Resner: Arguments for symbols increasingly specious

By André Resner It’s a little known fact that up until 1941, the yearbook at Catawba College was ...

Columnists

Gary Pearce: Keep the Constitution’s promise

By Gary Pearce We Americans have no tolerance for tyrants. We fought a revolution to get rid of ...

Columnists

My Turn, Elaine Spalding: How can business community help in current times?

By Elaine Spalding As Rowan County’s largest business advocacy organization, the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce recognizes the ...

Columnists

My Turn, Michael Stringer: Building better Rowan will take effort

By Michael Stinger The “Fame” situation once again peeks from what Frederick Douglass called “behind the veil.” I ...

Opinion

Byron York: ‘Defund the police’ turns into a dilemma

By Byron York What seemed like a crazy slogan on the far left —”Defund the Police” — is ...

Opinion

My turn, ashlove: On black lives matter, the chant of our time

By ashlove There’s a chant some may be familiar with; it’s more of a spiritual wail — the ...

Opinion

My turn, Virginia L. Summey: Why ‘Fame’ needs to go

By Virginia L. Summey On May 10, 1909, “Fame” was dedicated in downtown Salisbury. These sorts of dedications ...

Guest columns

Gary Pearce: How would Terry Sanford handle modern-day times?

By Gary Pearce North Carolina has been through tense, racially troubled times before. What happened 60 years ago ...

Columnists

John Hood: Another Cooper shutdown order will fail

By John Hood RALEIGH — While announcing a cumbersome set of guidelines for schools to reopen in August, ...

My Turn

My turn, Jackie Miller: Take down ‘Fame,’ we can’t breathe

By Jackie Miller The removal of the overt symbol of racism and white supremacy, “Fame,” is long overdue. ...

Opinion

My Turn, Karen Alexander; Doing what is right, moving forward together

The Salisbury community has been through a difficult couple of months, and especially the last week. Communities across ...

My Turn

My Turn, David Post: Legal considerations complicate removal of ‘Fame’

By David Post The tragic murder of George Floyd, too many senseless murders of innocent black men and ...

Columnists

Greg Edds: Recommit to respect, common decency in Rowan County

By Greg Edds Last week we all watched in disbelief as a Minneapolis police officer callously took the ...

Opinion

Charles Jeter: Still a Republican, no longer believe in president

By Charles Jeter Gone, baby, gone. Did Trump lose me or did I lose Trump? It’s almost a ...

Guest columns

Cal Thomas: Unusual conversation between radio hosts

By Cal Thomas Which of the following would you consider the most unusual and least likely to occur? ...

Columnists

Lynn Moody: We are strong together

By Lynn Moody Recent events have brought to light the intolerance that sadly continues to exist in our ...

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