"Actually, his wife is the smartest one in that family." We still hear that comment from time to time today even though it should have been buried as a relic from the long ago days when husbands were presumed to be the heads of fa ...Read More

By Henrietta Zalkind and Anthony Berkley N.C. Editorial Forum Young children learn more, do better in school and, ultimately, in the workplace when they move seamlessly from home to child care to preschool to the early grades. Unfortunate ...Read More

By John Burke There's been a lot of talk about the 15 percent of Americans and undocumented immigrants who don't have health insurance. The truth is, they get health care, but at a high cost, paid for by those with health insurance! Federal law r ...Read More

The magnitude of our recent snows has now reached the extent that they remind me of snows in the 1950s and early 1960s when I was growing up on Old Concord Road. And they herald the return of an old friend, the snowman. In recent years, there are ...Read More

A local business person forwarded me a supposed excerpt from Lee Iacocca's 2007 book, "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" I read it and my radar went off. This was too caustic, even for Lee Iacocca. The subject line was "Iacocca Speaks Out on Obama. ...Read More

In the midst of the usual glut of Super Bowl commercials with messages about beer, cars and women with impossible bosoms, on Sunday there will be one 30-second message that has some people upset, even angry. It is a message by 2007 Heisman Trophy win ...Read More

When my sons were young and my wife a stay-at-home mom, I worked a part-time evening job at the Sears Automotive Center in Burlington. I was a salesman, primarily dealing in tires and batteries. This was around 1990 and the auto center was a rocking ...Read More

WASHINGTON — The economic collapse of 2008 and 2009 did so much damage to the United States that only now can we begin to measure the devastation. A sentence buried in the budget that President Obama submitted to Congress this week screamed for atten ...Read More

By Dan K. Thomasson Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON — This city is abuzz these days with talk of bipartisanship and the need to meet an increasing public demand for civility in a Congress that seems pretty much dedicated to the opposite. But d ...Read More

By Alvin Park The Encarta dictionary lists 19 different definitions for the verb "lead". I found four to be particularly pertinent to issues involving the Rowan-Salisbury School System: - To show the way to others, usually by going ahead of th ...Read More

I love hot chocolate, but I think I love marshmallows more. I have no patience for people who make a rich, steaming mug of cocoa only to plop in two or three cursory marshmallows. If two or three marshmallows are good, aren't eight or 10 better? I a ...Read More

The Encarta dictionary lists 19 different definitions for the verb "lead". I found four to be particularly pertinent to issues involving the Rowan-Salisbury School System: - To show the way to others, usually by going ahead of them; - To have a pr ...Read More

WASHINGTON — The sober, sprawling State of the Union address President Obama delivered last week was marked by one extraordinary moment. It came when the president looked down at six robed members of the Supreme Court, seated directly in front of him ...Read More

If you live long enough in Washington you'll learn there is literally nothing new under the sun. That's why it is amusing to listen to the House "Progressive Caucus" and Moveon.org in a full-page newspaper ad attempt to explain the victory of senator ...Read More

Surrendering to your baby isn't easy, but my youngest sister already has it figured out. It took me three kids to finally understand that it's useless to fight the 6-pound behemoth that has taken over your life, your home, your wardrobe. That for the ...Read More

About 65 years ago in the winter of 1946, a group of World War II veterans enrolled in the class of 1948 at UNC Law School and formed a study group that, some of us believe, had a important and positive influence on North Carolina's history. One of t ...Read More

As a student of leadership and inspiration with a master's degree in organizational leadership, I will never forget certain motivational people and events. The recent cold winter days have caused my running shoes to steam when I return home and take ...Read More

I was down there at the feed store in China Grove when I overheard these two old boys saying "crappie, crappie, crappie." I sidled up a bit and overheard enough to know there must be a new lake up there near Salisbury. So, I paid up right quick and h ...Read More

WASHINGTON — In the run-up to Barack Obama's State of the Union address, the so-called narrative question is whether the president will be — pick a curtain — party leader, president, conciliator or fighter. Depending on whose head is talking, the pre ...Read More

Have you heard about the Jesus rifles? ABC News broke the story last week. It seems there was this fellow named Glyn Bindon, who used weapons of war to speak for his faith. Bindon, who lost his life in a 2003 plane crash, was the founder of Tri ...Read More

Among the interesting arguments in last week's 5-4 Supreme Court decision granting corporations First Amendment protections when making campaign contributions was the majority's decision to effectively treat corporations as persons. Liberal Washingt ...Read More

By Leonard Wood and Amy Smith For the Salisbury Post The Rowan County Health Department presented the 2009 Community Health Needs Assessment to the Rowan County Board of Health on Jan. 12. Leonard Wood, public health director, described how the depa ...Read More

While politicos across the nation were closely following Tuesday night's special Senate election in Massachusetts, you can safely bet that one North Carolinian in particular was paying attention. It might hold clues to his own political future. North ...Read More

One of the goals of our school board and the State Board of Education is to provide students with a rigorous, relevant curriculum designed to prepare students for a globally competitive world. It is truly a challenge for school systems to create oppo ...Read More

Recently, some talk in the newsroom about a man who'd gone into cardiac arrest in a public place made me wonder if I'd be equipped to help in such a crisis. Like many people, I've taken a CPR class, but that was years ago. I'd like to update my tra ...Read More