Opinion

Elaine Spalding: Rowan in prime location to recover from COVID-19 crisis

By Elaine Spalding Rowan County Chamber of Commerce One of my mentors in the Chamber of Commerce industry ...

Columnists

Byron York: Biden catches up while rest of world deals with crisis

By Byron York Give Joe Biden some credit. On Jan. 27, he published an op-ed in USA Today ...

Opinion

John Hood: Deregulation has place in COVID-19 crisis

By John Hood RALEIGH — As North Carolina and other states inch towards increasingly draconian measures in response ...

Guest columns

Gary Pearce: Socialism goes viral amid coronavirus crisis

By Gary Pearce Coronavirus may not make us all sick, but it may make us all socialists. Washington ...

Opinion

My turn, Tarik Woods: Despite challenges, class of 2020 will persevere

By Tarik Woods The rustle of tree limbs and gentle scraping of autumn’s leftover leaves are the loudest ...

Columnists

Cal Thomas: The virus and what matters most

By Cal Thomas Some years ago, I wrote a book titled “The Things That Matter Most.” It was ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: Viruses don’t carry passports

By Leonard Pitts Viruses do not carry passports. Nor do they have birth certificates or other markers of ...

My Turn

My turn, Larry Efird: Lessons from a bird and a prophet

By Larry Efird As I sit in my empty classroom today, looking out my third-floor window at a ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: Take time to appreciate every second

By Sharon Randall Twenty seconds is a long time, especially when washing your hands. I’ve noticed that lately. ...

Opinion

Guest column: Senior year, relationships cut short at Wake Forest University

The night before we left for spring break, I sat with my friend Sydney at a wooden table ...

Columnists

John Hood: Believing in rumors can become dangerous

By John Hood RALEIGH — If you draw your information about current events only from politicians, news outlets, ...

Columnists

Salisbury Mayor Alexander: Protect yourself, community as a whole

By Karen Alexander As the number of cases of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, continues to grow, I want ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: Justice comes for Harvey Weinstein

By Leonard Pitts He said, she said. Then Justice James Burke said: “Although this is a first conviction, ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Preparation is better than panic

For now, store shelves in many places are empty or, at least, a little more sparse than usual. ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Gaffing his way to the presidency?

By Cal Thomas The modern media trend is to make fun of President Trump for his alleged and ...

My Turn

My Turn, Donald Doering: Help others at Rowan County Literacy Council

By Donald P. Doering In the Sunday, March 8, edition of the Salisbury Post there was an opinion ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Some answers found in heart, not brain

By Sharon Randall Two stories, two different people, same advice. I was at a big event where I ...

Columnists

Ted Budd: Be smart to beat back coronavirus

By Ted Budd As your congressional representative, I am closely following the events surrounding the spread of the ...

Guest columns

John Hood: Government has important role in virus response

By John Hood RALEIGH — I am a conservative who seeks to expand freedom and limit government. In ...

Opinion

Thomas Mills: Tossup for Senate race in NC

By Thomas Mills The primary last Tuesday reshaped the political landscape in North Carolina. In the U.S. Senate ...

Opinion

John Trump: Keep North Carolina right to work state

By John Trump North Carolina law bans government agencies from making contracts with unions and bans public employees ...

Opinion

John Hood: Primaries can teach political lessons

By John Hood RALEIGH — Abraham Lincoln never used the term “lifelong learner.” But the largely self-taught Lincoln ...

Columnists

Leonard Pitts: There are more of us than there are of them

By Leonard Pitts Six hours is a good, long time. You could do a lot of things in ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Not so smooth, smoothie

By Sharon Randall Some days I do my best. Other days, I do the best I can. Last ...

Opinion

Ferrel Guillory: Stereotypes stick to GOP, Democratic parties

By Ferrell Guillory Evidence and analyses have piled up to bolster the case for a surge of initiatives ...

Columnists

John Hood: Stereotypes stick to GOP, Democratic parties

By John Hood RALEIGH — When I began my syndicated column in 1986, politics in North Carolina, and ...

Opinion

D.G. Martin: Will history repeat itself more than 100 years later?

By D.G. Martin In Chapel Hill people still talk about the influenza pandemic of 1918. Even after more ...

Columnists

Leonard Pitts: Alas, a eulogy for competence

By Leonard Pitts Consider this a eulogy for competence. It’s an appreciation long overdue, but then, competence — ...

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