Opinion

Mitch Kokai: Legislative session should feature a lot of ‘no’

By Mitch Kokai The majority leader in North Carolina’s state Senate offered his colleagues good advice for this year’s legislative ...

Opinion

My turn, Susan Lee: Public safety not effectively addressed by delaying response

By Susan Lee I respond in appreciation to those who spoke regarding “Fame” at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, ...

Opinion

My turn, Kendal Mobley: Those who benefit from white privilege must move beyond words

By Kendal Mobley George Floyd was born a citizen of the United States. He should have been protected ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Still fighting to ensure freedoms

By Sharon Randall If Norman Rockwell could’ve painted this day, he might’ve called it: “An Average American Family ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: Floyd’s death raises an old question

By Leonard Pitts “I know you’re asking today, how long will it take?” Thus spake Martin Luther King ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Can Biden defend his disturbing pattern?

By Cal Thomas Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden told an African American talk show host last week: ...

Columnists

My turn, Larry Efird: Why we all should love class of 2020

By Larry Efird As I gaze over a sleepy campus without another soul in sight on this late ...

Opinion

Whitey Harwood: Things aren’t funny anymore

By Whitey Harwood This story is not about being 6 feet apart, staying at home or Donald Trump, ...

Opinion

Byron York: Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions in wild Alabama Senate race

By Byron York Jeff Sessions is in a surreal place. He spent 20 years as a senator from ...

Columnists

Yadkin Riverkeeper: Buy local, support small farms during the pandemic

By Brian Fannon If trips to the supermarket are stressing you out these days, consider that your next ...

Columnists

Guest column: Make Google, Facebook pay for news just like you

By Dean Ridings If you are a newspaper subscriber or you pick up a copy at a local ...

Columnists

John Hood: Go-slow reopening may be costly

By John Hood RALEIGH — Over the first two months of the coronavirus crisis, our labor-market cratered. The ...

Guest columns

Gary Pearce: Coming apart or coming together?

By Gary Pearce COVID-19 might as well be called Divided-2020. When the pandemic started, optimists thought it might ...

Columnists

Ada Fisher: Trump still has my vote in 2020

By Ada Fisher As a black Republican of over 52 years, President Donald Trump has my vote not ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Finding places to hide

By Sharon Randall Do you recall the first time you climbed a tree? How old were you? How ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: ‘Snake oil’ cures don’t usually pan out

By Cal Thomas On Monday, in an off-the-cuff comment following a White House meeting with restaurant industry leaders, ...

My Turn

My turn, Le’Andre Blakeney: Public transportation should be more equitable

By Le’Andre Blakeney Anyone in Rowan County who needs to ride the bus should have that right. They ...

Columnists

Leonard Pitts: A reminder of how much it took

Oh beautiful, for heroes proved, in liberating strife Who more than self their country loved, and mercy more ...

My Turn

My turn, Joe Fowler: Why did absentee ballots arrive after primary voting day?

By Joe Fowler In the Washington Post, Mark Niquette wrote, “Elections are a hallmark of democracy. Voting in ...

Columnists

John Hood: We can’t keep our schools closed

By John Hood RALEIGH — Our elementary and secondary schools will reopen this fall. During these past months ...

My Turn

My Turn, Jean McCoy: Method of dealing with loss makes difference

By Jean McCoy The worst year of my life was 2019. Why do I say that? • In ...

Clyde

Clyde: Avoid the crowds; what’s the hurry?

By Clyde What’s the hurry? The words just don’t seem to work anymore. Hurry-up is not the same ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: Happy mistake while using new gadget

By Sharon Randall Sometimes it’s good to be wrong. I should know. I am wrong a lot. Ask ...

Columnists

Editorial: Cheerwine event should serve as example for digital events

There’s something nice about enjoying an ice cold Cheerwine and some local food in downtown Salisbury while listening ...

Opinion

John Hood: Treat government aid as shock absorber

By John Hood So far, the federal government has agreed to borrow some $4 billion and then transfer ...

Columnists

Cal Thomas: Fear shouldn’t interfere with lives

By Cal Thomas The choice before us seems to be no choice at all: stay inside and have ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: America can still kill itself

By Leonard Pitts Eighteen-year-old Dameon Shepard was playing video games when the mob came to his door. Some ...

Guest columns

Ferrel Guillory: North Carolina’s own lessons in confronting crisis

By Ferrel Guillory  “Never let a good crisis go to waste,’’ the Italian Prince Machiavelli reportedly said and ...

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