Opinion

James B. Carter: Teacher-made tests are best

The school year is underway. Across Rowan-Salisbury Schools, teachers are getting to know students. Ice-breakers and questionnaires reveal ...

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Hurricanes are deadly far from the sea. How do we make the risks seem real?

 By Cara Cuite, Rebecca Morss, Julie Demuth Special To The Washington Post For better or for worse, when most people think ...

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Nikki Haley: When I challenge the president, I do it directly

By Nikki Haley Special To The Washington Post We have enough issues to deal with in the world, ...

Opinion

Ted Koppel: The media’s runaway role

By Ted Koppel Special To The Washington Post My journalistic colleagues and I are hurtling down a long, ...

My Turn

My Turn, John G. Noble: Resource officers should be high priority

I truly believe it is important to have school resource officers in the elementary schools. The presence of ...

Opinion

Bruce LaRue: Lonesome dove hunter

By Bruce LaRue Special to the Salisbury Post Mourning doves are quite plentiful in the western part of ...

My Turn

My Turn, Kevin L. Wilson: ‘Go tell the Spartans;’ remembering war dead is a timeless tradition

“Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.” This immortal quote, ...

Opinion

Margaret Young: Toppling of statue won’t end debate

By Margaret  Young Special to the Salisbury Post CHAPEL HILL — The first time I saw Silent Sam ...

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James B. Carter: Open houses give parents opportunity to ask questions

Now that the new school year is upon us, orientation events like open house nights are being staged ...

Opinion

Dr. Ada Fisher: Aretha Franklin’s music appealed to the best in us

Missed in the tributes to the late Aretha Franklin was the magnitude of her musical progression from gospel ...

Opinion

Salisbury Indivisible: City is not powerless over ‘Fame’

This is the text of comments addressed to Salisbury City Council on Tuesday by resident Emily Ford on ...

My Turn

My Turn, Olen Bruner: Let’s work together to bridge the racial divide

Did the stars align right Aug. 7 in the sky? Salisbury City Council’s discussion of a resolution of ...

Opinion

James B. Carter: Millennials can vote in change for public education

By James B. Carter Special to the Salisbury Post One of the most impressive scenes from the May ...

My Turn

My Turn, Susan Lee: Divisive? Indeed

On Aug. 7, a full 112 years after the 1906 lynchings, the Salisbury City Council considered a Resolution ...

Opinion

Ada Fisher: Court still dominated by certain types

It is impossible not to support U.S. Supreme Court justices who are constitutionalists with an originalist bent. Candidate ...

Opinion

James B. Carter: Big shifts bring need for stability for teachers

By James B. Carter Special to the Salisbury Post The shift is on in Rowan- Salisbury Schools. As ...

Opinion

Wilson Cherry: Support your Salvation Army

By Wilson Cherry Special to the Salisbury Post As a lifelong resident of Salisbury and Rowan County, I ...

Opinion

James B. Carter: After the teachers’ march, what’s next?

By James Carter Special to the Salisbury Post On May 16, approximately 30,000 educators marched to the State ...

My Turn

My Turn, Alan Menius: We must call out this intolerance

I was stunned when I heard of the cancellation of the Holiday Caravan parade. For the record, I’ve ...

My Turn

My Turn, Karen Jones: One group ruining Caravan for all

It would be fairly easy to look at the ending of our local Christmas parade as no big ...

Opinion

‘Avenue Q’ delivers the sermon we all need to hear

By The Rev. William Ragsdale Special to the Salisbury Post “Avenue Q” as a whole is one of ...

Opinion

KC Scott: Breaking the cycle, Rowan Literacy Council and United Way teach people to read

Want your children to be successful? Read to them. According to a study done by Georgia State University, ...

My Turn

My Turn, Kirk Kovach: Appalling business as usual in Raleigh

What ought to be appalling has now become routine in Raleigh. Republican leadership has beckoned their lackeys back ...

Opinion

My Turn, Jerry Forthofer: Angst, Trump & Russia

I am not a raving liberal. I voted for Reagan and both Bushes. I became disenchanted with the ...

Guest columns

Patrick Snider was a good one

By Andy Canup Special to the Salisbury Post Gosh, has it been eight years? Only 17 months before, ...

Opinion

Long shot dads … and the sacrifice that saved them

Editor’s note: This column, written in 2018, is one of two columns submitted by Robert Wienandt of Wisconsin ...

Opinion

Guest column: In praise of long-shot dads …

Editor’s note: This column, written in 2017, is one of two columns submitted by Robert Wienandt of Wisconsin ...

My Turn

My Turn, Karen Bowyer: Renewal is last-ditch effort to save school district

To suggest that the Rowan-Salisbury Schools should celebrate being selected as North Carolina’s first “renewal” school district is ...

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