Opinion

Dr. Michael Bitzer: NC voter registration nears 7 million

Now that we’re half-way through 2018, the North Carolina registered voter pool slowly creeps towards 7 million active ...

Opinion

My Turn, Bruce LaRue: In support of open borders … maybe

It will no doubt come as a surprise to some that I am willing to offer my support ...

Opinion

My Turn, Eric Hake: Immigration in the age of globalization

As pointed out at the recent “Families Belong Together” rally, local business owner and immigrant Evelyn Medina noted ...

Opinion

Dr. Ada Fisher: Druggist wrong to reject prescription

The recent denial by a pharmacist in Walgreen’s of Peoria, Arizona, of a woman’ prescription for an abortive ...

Opinion

Dear Ancestor: Here’s your America today

This is a letter to a soldier who fought in the American Revolution, updating him on how America has ...

Opinion

What the Pledge means

By Lee H. Hamilton Center on Representative Government You know the Pledge of Allegiance, probably by heart. You ...

Opinion

Principal Luke Brown: This work is monumental

By Luke Brown Special to the Salisbury Post On Sept. 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced a ...

Opinion

Dr. Lynn Moody: Renewal gives freedom to do what is right for our children

By Dr. Lynn Moody Special to the Salisbury Post I am excited about the passing of House Bill ...

Lifestyle

Rosella E. Caldwell, 100 years of giving from the heart

By Charmaine Roberts Parker Special to the Salisbury Post The year was 1918. A gallon of gas was ...

Opinion

Larry Efird: I pledge allegiance?

Perhaps one of the most readable contemporary authors in the field of history is David McCullough. I first ...

Columns

What happened on the way to Uncle Mo’s funeral?

By Felecia Wesley for the Salisbury Post When the news hit me on May 25 that my longtime ...

Opinion

George W. Benson: Smoke and mirrors hiding what’s really going on

By George W. Benson I like everyone else am just shocked to see the atrocity that is the ...

Opinion

Rowan’s unique position: Renewal school system could blaze trails

By Phil Kirk Special to the Salisbury Post The Rowan-Salisbury Schools system, a recognized national leader in cutting-edge ...

Opinion

Tom Campbell: Getting older, getting smarter

By Tom Campbell “Whoever thought I was going to live so long,” my 96-year-old mother asked? She isn’t ...

Opinion

Philip Allen Lacovara: Don’t wait for Trump to testify, Mueller

By Philip Allen Lacovara Special to The Washington Post Last week’s lengthy report by the Justice Department’s inspector ...

Opinion

David Post: Thinking of Mom, Dad and my luck in the lottery of life

Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, to me, are much more about my mom and dad than about me ...

Opinion

An easy way to reduce opioid deaths

By Robert Weissman and Leana Wen Special To The Washington Post  President Donald Trump declared the opioid addiction ...

My Turn

My Turn, Bill Lowe: We keep digging debt hole deeper

It is generally accepted that our national debt is now in excess of $21 trillion, and set to ...

Opinion

My Turn, Lawrence Persinger Jr.: Where will children go?

I couldn’t agree more with Jennifer Hubbard’s My Turn column editorial concerning the “collapsing” of media coordinators and ...

Columns

Bruce LaRue: A trip to town is a feast for the senses

From time to time we hitch the wagon to the team and venture out from the peaceful, bucolic ...

Opinion

David Whisenant: Don’t do it

By David Whisenant Special to the Salisbury Post  The news this week that fashion designer Kate Spade and ...

Opinion

Larry Efird: Reflections on a school year – knowing what to erase

It’s happened once again. Another school year has come to a close. Speaking as a person who has ...

Opinion

Smart Start and United Way partner on early literacy

By Amy Brown Smart Start Rowan For over two decades, Smart Start Rowan has served young children and ...

News

Moses, not Matthew? History detectives spring into action at Rowan Museum

By Jennifer Hubbard For the Salisbury Post If you’ve passed through Locke Township, you may have noticed the ...

Opinion

Keith Townsend: Our representatives care more about helping the wealthy than helping hurricane victims

By Keith Townsend Special to the Salisbury Post After being informed that at least 4,600 Americans may have ...

Opinion

My Turn, Karen Bowyer: End of grade testing not a waste of time

As a retired educator, I read “The weight they carry,” by Salisbury Post writer Rebecca Rider (in Sunday’s ...

Opinion

My Turn, Jennifer Hubbard: Are schools giving up on literacy?

And so it was announced in an email from Superintendent Lynn Moody to Rowan County school employees that ...

Opinion

Dr. Michael Bitzer: Are we approaching the end of an era?

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from Dr. Michael Bitzer’s blog post, “What I learned this semester form ...

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