Opinion
Dear Neighbor: Pam Bloom — Celebrate voting for all voters
By Pam Bloom Dear Neighbor, A good thing happened for our community on Tuesday, April 16. In a unanimous vote, our Rowan County Board of ...
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Letters
Letter to the Editor: May 9
Post office to help stamp out hunger On Saturday, May 11, the Salisbury USPS office will hold our 32nd annual Stamp Out Hunter Food Drive. ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, May 9, 2024 12:00 am
Opinion
My Turn: Abby Lublin: Opposition to HB 942 “The SHALOM” Bill: Defending free speech and combating antisemitism
By Abby Lublin The proposed HB 942, which seeks to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism in North Carolina, is a ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, May 9, 2024 12:00 am
Opinion
Kathryn Lopez: A troubling tale
By Kathryn Lopez At 10 years old, Rob Henderson reached the following conclusion: “As far as I was concerned, adults were unreliable liars. With each ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, May 9, 2024 12:00 am
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John Hood: UNC protestors were treated properly
By John Hood As you’ve no doubt heard by now, the interim chancellor at the University of the North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lee Roberts, ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, May 7, 2024 12:00 am
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Kenneth L. Hardin: Throwing in the towel after three decades of service
By Kenneth L. Hardin Once I make up my mind, I don’t go backwards. There’s no gray area with me, it’s strictly black and white ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, May 7, 2024 12:00 am
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Tom Campbell: May runoff election cost, and an alternative
By Tom Campbell If you were disappointed in the voter turnout in the March 5 primary election, wait until the May 14 runoff. The nonpartisan ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, May 7, 2024 12:00 am
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Kenneth L. Hardin: My military memories — part 6
By Kenneth L. Hardin After spending two weeks recovering from five consecutive months of intense military training, I left home on Sept. 30, 1984, nervously ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, May 5, 2024 12:00 am
Opinion
Byron York: The ‘Biden bump’ that didn’t last long
By Byron York “The election is clearly changing now, moving towards Biden,” the influential Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg declared on March 26. “The Biden bump ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, May 5, 2024 12:00 am
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David Larson: The necessity and dangers of anonymous speech
By David Larson Wild, disruptive protests in support of the Palestinian cause are in progress at campuses across the country. At many of them, there are ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, May 5, 2024 12:00 am
Letters
Letter to the editor: An open letter to Lester Holt of NBC Evening News
Greetings and good day, Mr. Holt. My long-standing interest and familiarity regarding network journalism began in early childhood with periodic, televised black and white, 15-minute ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, May 5, 2024 12:00 am
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Elisabeth Strillacci: As always, the choice of words matters
By Elisabeth Strillacci We all have our own faiths, our own beliefs, and I think that’s wonderful. An essential part of America. Believe what speaks ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, May 5, 2024 12:00 am
Opinion
Steven Roberts: Toddler-in-chief
By Steven Roberts “The 2024 election is in full swing and yes, age is an issue,” President Biden cracked at the White House correspondents’ dinner. ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, May 5, 2024 12:00 am
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Brad Rhodes: What is your risk tolerance?
By Brad Rhodes One of the most crucial things to understand in retirement is your risk tolerance. But what exactly is risk tolerance? It’s your ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, May 5, 2024 12:00 am
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Tom Campbell: The children are watching
By Tom Campbell Remember the game “Simon Says” we used to play as children? One person, the designated “Simon,” would show the players an action ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, May 2, 2024 12:00 am
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Kathryn Jean Lopez: The evil of antisemitism
By Kathryn Jean Lopez Eva Weintraubova and her older brother Pavel. Marthe Suzanne Tepfer. Rosa Henriette de Vries-Gersons. Petr Haim. Eva Neuova. Those are just ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, May 2, 2024 12:00 am
Opinion
Dear Neighbor: Kim Porter: Change or challenge
By Kim Porter Dear Neighbor, Over the years, I have often been told I need to “change.” My parents would get on my case about ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, May 2, 2024 12:00 am
Opinion
John Hood: Politics should be less important
By John Hood RALEIGH — It might sound odd to hear this from someone who’s been writing a syndicated column on politics for nearly four decades, ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, April 30, 2024 12:00 am
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By Dr. Mary Ann Wolf: Legislators should spend surplus on schools
By Dr. Mary Ann Wolf For the Public School Forum NC has a surplus. The Office of State Budget Management recently announced that North Carolina ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, April 30, 2024 12:00 am
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Cal Thomas: Needed: Regime change in Iran
By Cal Thomas Every approach to curtailing Iran from its threats and behavior toward Israel and other countries has failed. In 2023, the Biden administration ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, April 30, 2024 12:00 am
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Elisabeth Strillacci: Dads get the credit for the laughter
By Elisabeth Strillacci I’m not sure why the funny, though awkward, jokes in our world have evolved into “Dad Jokes,” but if my own Dad ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, April 28, 2024 12:00 am
Letters
Letters to the editor — April 28
Granite Quarry after-school program increases tech skills There are many educational courses kids can take in Salisbury. However, many of them are oriented toward expressive ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, April 28, 2024 12:00 am
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Dr. Mike Walden: Do international investments help or harm?
Dr. Mike Walden Recently, the Japanese prime minister visited North Carolina to celebrate a major new investment by a Japanese company in our state. The ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, April 28, 2024 12:00 am
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Steven V. Roberts: Standing up to bullies
By Steven V. Roberts “The way you take care of a bully is you bloody their nose,” Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican, told CNN. ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, April 28, 2024 12:00 am
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Byron York: Growing Latino support for border wall, strict enforcement
By Byron York A new poll by Axios and Noticias Telemundo finds that 42% of Latino Americans support building a wall or fence along the ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, April 28, 2024 12:00 am
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Kenneth L. Hardin: Fingers need to be pointed with all the gun violence
By Kenneth L. Hardin As a child, I was taught that if you partially close your hand to point a judgmental finger at someone, there ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, April 28, 2024 12:00 am
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Dear Neighbor: Kim Porter: Being white
By Kim Porter Dear Neighbor, I was raised in the true South: north Florida/south Georgia. I was a southern boy, with an accent and many ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, April 25, 2024 12:00 am
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Tom Campbell: Can we teach civics without partisan politics?
By Tom Campbell “It is difficult to look at the state of American civic life right now and conclude higher education is doing all we ...