Opinion

My Turn, Renee C. Scheidt: Tillis proving he’s no true Republican

I t’s a sad day when we realize we’ve been duped. Someone said one thing yet did another. ...

Opinion

My Turn, Bill Graham: VA shouldn’t allow optometrists to perform eye surgery

As a dedicated attorney, proud North Carolinian, and patriotic American, supporting active and retired members of our military ...

News

Pendergrass gave all he could to animals, citizens of Rowan County

By Jason Walser For the Salisbury Post It was with great interest that I read the well-written story ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: A reason to smile

Sharon Randall is taking this week off. This column is from 2019. I t was a quick stop ...

Opinion

My Turn, Bruce LaRue: Climate alarmists — skating on thin ice?

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to ...

Opinion

Francis Koster: Earth heating up like inside of car left in sun

By Francis P. Koster More than several thousand pets had to be rescued from overheating cars parked in ...

Opinion

Leo M. Lambert and Carol Quillen: Congress must act on DACA before year’s end

By Leo M. Lambert and Carol Quillen  Oscar Miranda Tapia came to Elon University as a Golden Door ...

Opinion

My Turn, Vernon Walters: No empty Christmases at Nazareth

It’s Christmas morning. You’re 11 years old. You’re in a strange place. You’ve never had a real Christmas ...

Opinion

Michael Reagan: Big Media is overdue for a colonoscopy

By Michael Reagan Love Trump or hate Trump. Whatever you think about him, you have to admit that ...

Opinion

My Turn, Michael Chapman: Missed opportunity for school system

By Michael Chapman In response to Kenneth Hardin’s article “Why is our school system performing so poorly?” (Dec. ...

Opinion

Roger Barbee: Paw-Paw and more

Over his almost 80 years of life, James Hilton  served many roles. Younger than James and a hopeful ...

Opinion

Kenneth L. Hardin: Happy I can still rub people the wrong way

People either really appreciate my opinions or I rub them so wrong they create personal character assessments without ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: The second best story

At Christmas, we want to give our loved ones the gift of their dreams, the best gift that ...

Opinion

My Turn, Carol Pomeroy: Bring joy at Christmas

Adults and older children understand that Christmas is the time to remember and honor the birth of Jesus. ...

Opinion

Kenneth L. Hardin: Why is our school system performing so poorly?

As I scrolled through six years of the Rowan-Salisbury School System’s state report cards, I cringed. The troubling ...

Opinion

Francis Koster: We need to help kids see invisible things shaping their future

By Francis Koster   Earlier this year, my wife and I went to Antarctica. What I saw blew ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: A poem for the ages

Where do random thoughts come from? What makes them pop into mind for no apparent reason? And why ...

Opinion

Wilson Cherry: Let’s be thankful and give

While we approach the holiday season, it is time to reflect on the many issues we have had ...

Opinion

Michael Reagan: GOP’s future is with a governor, Not Trump

By Michael Reagan DeSantis, Kemp and Abbott. Those governors were not just the Republican Party’s brightest stars in ...

Opinion

Roger Barbee: Boguslaw Wos and Bogdan Ciupek

Boguslaw Wos, the 62-year-old foreman of a grain warehouse, and Bogdan Ciupek, a 60-year-old tractor driver, were killed ...

Opinion

My Turn, Evelyn Uddin-khan: A message from Ecclesiastes 

As we celebrate Thanksgiving 2022, let us give special thanks where it is due: To the Almighty for ...

Opinion

Francis Koster: ‘Global warming,’ ‘climate change’ two different things

By Francis Koster   I am the oldest of six kids. When I was growing up in Lakewood, Ohio, ...

Opinion

My Turn, Ronnie Smith: Where to place flag in Bell Tower Green Park

On behalf of many Rowan County veterans and concerned citizens, we sincerely thank the Salisbury City Council for ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Waking up

Dear Readers: I’m taking this week off for the holiday. The following column is from 2004. Happy Thanksgiving! ...

Letters to the Editor

My Turn, Alissa Redmond: With no forum, thoughts on Faith parade, symbols

By Alissa Redmond The town of Faith canceled the public forum for last Thursday evening, where I’d planned ...

Opinion

My Turn, Michael Chapman: The reality of our public education system

“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” ...

Opinion

Francis Koster: Old folks, young folks don’t agree that earth is getting warmer — really?

By Francis Koster On one of the most significant public policy issues of our time, the major split ...

Opinion

Kenneth L. Hardin: Do our city leaders really care about the gun violence?

Is our crime control, citizen safety and gun violence plan written in secret invisible ink?  Do I need ...

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