Columnists

John Hood: Economic growth closely tied to worker pay

RALEIGH — If the most important factor determining the welfare of workers is the growth rate of the ...

Guest columns

My turn, John Leatherman: In schools, we continue to accept failure

If you have not read the My Turn article by Karen Lilly-Bowyer published Jan. 27 (“RSS may need ...

Guest columns

Guest column: Renewing commitment to NC schools should be top priority

By Keith Poston The creation of a system of taxpayer-funded public schools accessible to all is one of ...

Guest columns

My turn, Dylan Frick: Rep. Hudson should voice funding concerns

Rep. Richard Hudson, a Republican who represents the 8th Congressional District, is putting our military and active duty ...

Guest columns

My turn, Nan Lund: County doubled down on losing fight

More than five years ago, two other Rowan County residents and I challenged the invocation practice of our ...

Sports

‘I was a terrible baseball player’: Rowan native Phil Kirk inducted into hall of fame in Goldsboro

Editor’s note: Rowan County native Phil Kirk, a former state senator, chairman emeritus of the State Board of ...

Guest columns

Ted Budd: America must help veterans obtain industry-specific skills

By Rep. Ted Budd While there has been a lot of progress over the past few years in ...

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John Hood: State’s regulatory reform working

By John Hood RALEIGH — Milton Friedman once observed that “nothing is so permanent as a temporary government ...

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My turn, Kendal Mobley: How did reconciliation resolution get to its current point?

By Kendal Mobley Actions in Faith and Justice, responsible for revising a proposed Reconciliation of Resolution, was formed ...

Opinion

Claude A Clegg III: Resolution positions Salisbury at vanguard of history

As both a native of Salisbury and the author of a book on the city's history, I am ...

Guest columns

My turn, Mandy Mills: It takes a village to close awareness gap

By Mandy Mills A significant part of my job is working with community partners such as our local ...

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My turn, Jeffrey Sharp: Rowan County’s prayer suit over, but where’s apology?

It is no trifle for the Rowan County commission to sacrifice a quarter-million dollars of taxpayers’ money to ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: Three questions for new year

By Sharon Randall At the start of a new year, I like to ask three questions. • Who ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: After Trump’s speech, Americans face ‘battle of images’

By Cal Thomas Despite advance billing that President Trump’s border wall speech would break news and contain new ...

Opinion

John Hood: Land grabs don’t enhance growth

By John Hood RALEIGH — Over the past eight years, conservative lawmakers have done much to constrain the ...

Guest columns

Guest column: NC center looks to tell war’s story

By Kirk Bradley Recent controversies surrounding Confederate monuments across North Carolina can be tied directly to a lack ...

Columnists

Leonard Pitts: Voting, not Trump’s impeachment will produce change America needs

By Leonard Pitts Should Donald Trump be impeached? That he will be seems likely as Democrats take control ...

Guest columns

D.G. Martin: What really happened to Virginia Dare?

What really happened to Virginia Dare, the first child of English parents born in the New World and ...

Guest columns

Peter Zimmerman: James Barringer’s photos a reminder of barefoot preacher’s story

By Peter Zimmerman For the Salisbury Post The photographs accompanying this story were taken by James Barringer (1939-2014), ...

Guest columns

Colin Campbell: Cooper sits at crossroads of compromise and conflict

By Colin Campbell Contributing columnist RALEIGH — North Carolina’s lawsuits Governor finds himself at a crossroads as he ...

Opinion

John Hood: Evidence ought to guide policy decisions

By John Hood Contributing columnist RALEIGH — As dysfunctional as Congress has become, it does manage to enact ...

My Turn

My Turn, Allen Hicks: Walk in our shoes at North Rowan

What exactly does it mean to be a student at North Rowan? It is more than just a ...

Opinion

My Turn, Ella Jones: Save our school

My name is Ella Jones, and I am a seventh- grader at North Rowan Middle School. I have ...

Opinion

Dr. Michael Bitzer: Thoughts on the Old North State’s political character

This is an excerpt from a blog at OldNorthStatePolitics.com.  The Ninth Congressional District’s election fraud storm that has ...

My Turn

My Turn, Giovanni Spillman: Facebook censors GOP ad at last minute

My name is Giovanni (Vincent) Spillman, the social media coordinator for the Rowan County Republican Party. I am ...

Opinion

My Turn, Vernon Walters: What Christmas is really about

Anyone searching for the true meaning of Christmas should have been in the gymnasium on the campus of ...

Opinion

Don’t ignore 21-trillion-pound gorilla

By John Kasich Special to The Washington Post Do deficits matter? Clearly, the White House and a substantial ...

Opinion

John Trump: Squabble over NC elections board ends where it began

Here we are, two years later. We’ve taken many, arduous, often tedious steps. Only to return to where ...

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