Opinion

My Turn, Shawn Campion: Make the tough decisions on schools

 By Shawn Campion This column is intended to outline the effects of the Rowan-Salisbury Schools and past county commissioners’ ...

Opinion

My Turn, Phil Kirk: Rowan must think big for best school solutions

I have followed with great interest the current discussion about the future of Knox Middle School and Overton ...

Guest columns

Kathleen Parker: Haley’s comet just fizzled

By Kathleen Parker WASHINGTON — She had it all: A great personal story as a first-generation American, a ...

Columnists

Gary Pearce: Poll shows NC voters oppose impeachment

By Gary Pearce Contrary to what you might read and hear, not all Americans have made up their ...

My Turn

My turn, Jackie Miller: No place for prosecutorial misconduct

By Jackie Miller Prosecutors have an array of duties and a great deal of power. They work with ...

My Turn

My turn, Michael Stringer: Trump, Jackson adhere to same ideologies

By Michael Stringer Former FBI Director James Comey said, “Judge me by my enemies” when referring to President ...

Guest columns

Gary Pearce: Younger voters could reshape elections

By Gary Pearce A wave of new and young voters has come ashore in North Carolina – and ...

Columnists

Ada Fisher: Do we need to make 18 legal age of adulthood?

By Ada Fisher The present Millennial Generation is often touted as being lazy, dependent on their parents and ...

Columnists

John Hood: Name-calling won’t help Gov. Cooper

By John Hood RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper is a likeable and experienced politician. But he’s not made ...

My Turn

My Turn, Elizabeth Trick: Solve Knox problems now with K-8 school

By Elizabeth Trick In September, the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education voted, 4-3, to approve a $26 million renovation ...

My Turn

My turn, Mary Younts: Lawmakers must tackle billing the right way

By Mary Younts For most Americans, health problems are hard enough. Surgery, injuries and other medical emergencies already ...

My Turn

My turn, Michael Young: Engineer’s study raises dated answers for downtown parking

By Michael Young To the city, parking is a traffic issue. To the Main Street Program, parking is ...

Columnists

John Hood: Time to try new approach to government

By John Hood RALEIGH — America’s national government was meant to be small and tightly focused on matters ...

Opinion

Guest columnist: Democrats now moving from center, too

By Andy Taylor Partisan polarization has been a fixture of American politics for several decades now. Analysts have ...

Opinion

Bill Graham: Sens. Tillis, Burr should back anti-obesity bill

As the incoming chairman of the Novant Health Rowan Medical Center Foundation, I am aware of the skyrocketing ...

Guest columns

Thom Tillis: House holds up passage of trade deal

By Thom Tillis President Donald Trump’s trade strategy is certainly a bold one, but even the president’s loudest ...

Guest columns

Thomas Mills: NC Senate leader rebukes House vote

Editor’s note: The following are two excerpts from posts by politicsnc.com Founder and Publisher Thomas Mills on his ...

Guest columns

D.G. Martin: Like Clinton, Trump will come back strong

By D.G. Martin Trump is going to survive. It is the Republican Party we should be worried about. ...

Opinion

Guest column: U.S., Iran must find ways to talk

Japan News-Yomiuri At the annual U.N. General Assembly gathering of world leaders, a spotlight was once again focused ...

Guest columns

Adam Sotak: House Bill 655 could be good compromise for Medicaid expansion in North Carolina

By Adam Sotak On Tuesday night, Salisbury will be the site for an important public conversation about the ...

Opinion

Washington Post: Chinese meddling must be confronted

The Washington Post Countries around the world are worrying, rightly, about Russian interference in their elections. But there’s ...

My Turn

My Turn, Roger Barbee: Tools advance from rocks to bricks to guns

By Roger Barbee During one seventh-grade recess in about 1958, I was playing second base. In those days, ...

Guest columns

Josh Stein: North Carolinians shouldn’t fall victim to illegal robocalls

By Josh Stein If you own a phone, you’ve probably been annoyed by unending robocalls. When I travel ...

My Turn

My Turn, Jeffrey Sharp: Racism describes actions, not character traits of people

By Jeffrey Sharp Thanks to the Salisbury Post for printing “What’s the Charge in Accusations of Racism” by ...

Guest columns

My Turn, Vernon Walters: Give thanks to direct care staff

By Vernon Walters It is often said that it takes a village to raise a child. That is ...

Guest columns

Michael Bitzer: Unique trends emerge in 9th District results

By Michael Bitzer The two-point margin of victory for Republican Dan Bishop over Democrat Dan McCready in North ...

My Turn

My Turn, Dora Mbuwayesango: Post tarnishes mayor’s reputation

By Dora Mbuwayesango Half-information is misinformation and deception. The editorial published last Sunday reflecting our current mayor’s travels ...

Guest columns

Patrick Woodie: Rural Center helps churches make difference

By Patrick Woodie Churches are and always have been the backbone of rural North Carolina. Places of hope, ...

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