Opinion

Kenneth L. Hardin: Veterans who actually served are respected

People who steal disgust me. I’ve never purposely misappropriated anything from another person in my life.  As Comedian ...

Opinion

My Turn, Rev. Olen Bruner: One nation under God indivisible

With midterm elections approaching, we must open ourselves to the true meaning of these foundational understandings, that, too ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Tell me a story

People tell me all sorts of stuff. I’m not sure why. My kids used to swear I wore ...

Opinion

Roger Barbee: Going backward

In July 2019, President Trump held a rally in Greenville, N.C., and took the Lord’s name in vain ...

Opinion

My Turn, Evelyn Uddin-Khan: Our democracy and its unsolvable social issues      

By Evelyn Uddin-Khan American democracy is losing the battle against social issues. Anyone who can take a critical ...

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Mathew H. Gendle: Social media posts may be forever, but your online branding likely isn’t 

By Mathew H. Gendle One of the most common and unfortunate lessons about social media is that posted ...

Opinion

Kenneth L. Hardin: Can we please let the Fame statue go?

Going down memory lane is great, but some people act like their car is broken down there and ...

Opinion

My Turn, R. Kevin Stone: NC Division Sons of Confederate Veterans on Faith parade

The North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) participated in the Faith 4th Parade again this year, as ...

Opinion

Whitey Harwood’s From the Wood Shed: You light up my life

On Tuesday, Oct. 4, this was on the bottom half of the Salisbury Post — County Green Lights ...

Opinion

My Turn, Jennifer Burroff-Smith: Faith needs to rewrite bylaws on who is allowed in parade

Faith Town Hall speech from Tuesday: I am here to speak tonight for all the people that are afraid ...

Opinion

D.G. Martin: Still writing compelling history — at age 100

When UNC-Chapel Hill Professor William Leuchtenburg delivered the Law Day address in Mecklenburg County 35 years ago, I ...

Opinion

My Turn, Roger Barbee: Not all lies are equal

My son-in-law sent his mother a short video showing President Biden in situations where he lies. The video ...

Opinion

My Turn, Carol Pomeroy: Government responsibility and religious beliefs

The First Amendment to the Constitution provides “that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or ...

Opinion

Kenneth L. Hardin: Spirit of Muhammad Ali lives in me

I’m not Muslim nor do I practice the peaceful religion of Islam. That didn’t stop a senior woman, ...

Opinion

Whitey Harwood’s From the Wood Shed: Country music here to stay

In the last couple of weeks, I’ve read three stories from Salisbury that caught my interest. Two from ...

Opinion

Larry Efird: Homecoming games, class reunions and growing older

Of all the many things that have helped to shape my life, being a part of the Class ...

Opinion

My Turn, Bruce LaRue: In defense of Columbus Day

Friends, Rowanians and countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to praise Columbus (sort of), not to bury ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Going home

W hat do you do when it seems there’s nothing you can do? I recently spent 10 days ...

Opinion

My Turn, Evelyn Uddin-khan: What would Jesus say?  

By Evelyn Uddin-khan Was Jesus a conservative? A liberal? What would He say about the Ten Commandments of ...

Lifestyle

Mike Wilson: Apologies to the queen

By Mike Wilson In light of recent events, I feel the need to offer sincere apologies to Her ...

Opinion

Whitey Harwood’s From the Wood Shed: Does anybody really know what time it is?

“Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is” was a No. 7 song for Chicago in 1970, and ...

Opinion

Kenneth L. Hardin: Black parents still need to give police survival talk

Last week, I read about a Tennessee school resource officer dragging a teenage Black kid by his hair ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Queen for a day

Every woman, at least once in her life, ought to be Queen for a Day. My sister Bobbie ...

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DG Martin: North Carolina’s connections to earlier Queen Elizabeth, King Charles

We watched the great and solemn events in Britain but heard not a mention of North Carolina’s important ...

Opinion

Kenneth L. Hardin: I’ve earned this tired old man rant

I’m getting close to the six decades mark and I accept that I have more years behind me ...

Opinion

My Turn, Richard Nash Creel: Bailout for student loans will pile more debt on US

Bailout for student loans? I recently read an article in the Post about this, and had previously seen Ada ...

Opinion

Whitey Harwood’s From the Wood Shed: It’s all in the movies

Here goes a quote from Aphra Behn: “The perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: The family reserve

Tomorrow, Lord willing (as my grandad would say) and if the creek don’t rise (as my grandmother would ...

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