Columnists

Kathleen Parker: Coming soon to a theater near you?

By Kathleen Parker WASHINGTON — It did have a wag-the-dog feel to it, a cynic might say. With ...

Columnists

Cal Thomas: As we enter new decade, at look at life 100 years ago

By Cal Thomas It can be useful and instructive to observe the turning of a decade by looking ...

Guest columns

Kristen Blair: In education, American stands for average

By Kristen Blair The world’s workforce pipeline pulses with top talent, yet American education remains mired in mediocrity. ...

Columnists

Eugene Robinson: Democrats pushing away diversity

By Eugene Robinson WASHINGTON — Let me get this straight: Kamala Harris and Julián Castro are out of ...

Columnists

My Turn, Elaine Spalding: Chamber of Commerce hard at work for members in 2020

By Elaine Spalding The Rowan Chamber would like to thank our 2020 chair of the board Gary Blabon, president ...

Columnists

Kirk Kovach: In 2020, NC is wrong state for those who dislike politics

By Kirk Kovach Ever since 2016 at least, politics seems to pervade daily life more than ever before. ...

Columnists

Thomas Mills: Democrats were NC political stars

Editor’s note: The following are excerpts from blog posts by Thomas Mills on his website politicsnc.com. Mills is ...

Guest columns

Bob Hall: Cooper vetoed a SB 250, but it could make a return

Remember the schoolyard pushback to a bully’s taunts:  “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will ...

Guest columns

Marc Thiessen: The 10 best things Trump has done in 2019

By Marc Thiessen WASHINGTON — In his third year in office, President Trump continued to deliver an extraordinary ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Socialism’s cyclical appeal back for another round

By Cal Thomas Like swallows returning to Capistrano, socialism makes an appearance on a regular cycle. The current ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: To party or not? That’s the question

By Sharon Randall Holiday parties are highly overrated. Unless someone else is hosting them. Every year in early ...

Opinion

Ada Fisher: Free will means you can’t force agreement

By Ada Fisher The suppression of religious expression in the name of a poorly understood concept of freedom ...

Columnists

Jennifer Rubin: McConnell should shift strategies

By Jennifer Rubin Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., might not care about his oath as an impeachment ...

Columnists

David Von Drehle: May your days be merry and bright

By David Von Drehle In East Asia, the ancient festival of the winter solstice is called Dongzhi. Among ...

My Turn

My Turn, Ken Houston: What next after voting Trump in 2016 election?

By Ken Houston At 73 years old, I voted for our president very reluctantly in the last election. ...

Columnists

Steven Roberts: Without facts, democracy doesn’t work

By Steven V. Roberts As election year 2020 approaches, there’s one thing that American voters need above all: ...

Guest columns

Larry Efird: Christmas: The most wonderful time of the year?

By Larry Efird Having been in a  school setting during the Christmas holidays for most of the past ...

Guest columns

Richard Hudson: Impeachment was dark day for national politics

By Richard Hudson Last week, Washington Democrats passed articles of impeachment with zero evidence President Donald Trump committed ...

Columnists

Whitey Harwood: Didn’t think about that

By Whitey Harwood Last week, I was in Salisbury looking for some horehound candy and met a young ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: May Christmas bring goodwill

By Sharon Randall This is a Christmas story. I’ve told parts of it before. But some stories bear ...

Opinion

Noah Feldman: Senate impeachment trial will be unlike those in courts

By Noah Feldman The jockeying has already begun over the structure of President Donald Trump’s Senate trial. Senate ...

Guest columns

Gary Pearce: Revolution against restoration for Democrats

By Gary Pearce The Democratic presidential race is ultimately a debate about whether to promise America revolution or ...

My Turn

My Turn, Roger Barbee: Understand Kannapolis assignment before criticizing

By Roger Barbee A mother in Kannapolis complained on Facebook about her middle school child’s math assignment. It ...

My Turn

My Turn, Edward Norvell: Knox old enough for historic register; K-8 school needed

I urge the Rowan Salisbury School board not to close Overton Elementary and disperse its students and teachers ...

Guest columns

Ted Budd: More needed to stop veteran suicides

By Rep. Ted Budd I recently came across a report from the Department of Veterans Affairs on national ...

Guest columns

Kristen Blair: Should screen time draw concern?

By Kristen Blair “It’s a media-mad world.” This was a tagline from a parenting book I co-authored  eight ...

My Turn

My turn, Larry Efird: Paying attention is only the first step

By Larry Efird A month or so ago, a good friend gave me a book written by a ...

Opinion

Byron York: Why the rush to impeach?

By Byron York House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, leader of the Democratic effort to impeach President Trump, ...

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