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My Turn, Carol Pomeroy: Bring joy at Christmas
Adults and older children understand that Christmas is the time to remember and honor the birth of Jesus. Younger children have been told this but ...
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Kenneth L. Hardin: Why is our school system performing so poorly?
As I scrolled through six years of the Rowan-Salisbury School System’s state report cards, I cringed. The troubling information detailing the schools’ performance created a ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, December 4, 2022 12:00 am
Clyde
Clyde: Home is where the hearth is
“For my days are consumed like smoke and my bones are burned as an hearth” (Psalm 102:3). Not many homes have hearths, these days these ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, December 4, 2022 12:00 am
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Francis Koster: We need to help kids see invisible things shaping their future
By Francis Koster Earlier this year, my wife and I went to Antarctica. What I saw blew my mind. I had not understood how ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, December 4, 2022 12:00 am
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Sharon Randall: A poem for the ages
Where do random thoughts come from? What makes them pop into mind for no apparent reason? And why can I recite a poem I learned ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, December 1, 2022 12:00 am
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Wilson Cherry: Let’s be thankful and give
While we approach the holiday season, it is time to reflect on the many issues we have had to encounter this year. The COVID-19 pandemic, ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, November 27, 2022 12:00 am
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Michael Reagan: GOP’s future is with a governor, Not Trump
By Michael Reagan DeSantis, Kemp and Abbott. Those governors were not just the Republican Party’s brightest stars in this week’s disappointing midterms elections. With their ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, November 27, 2022 12:00 am
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Roger Barbee: Boguslaw Wos and Bogdan Ciupek
Boguslaw Wos, the 62-year-old foreman of a grain warehouse, and Bogdan Ciupek, a 60-year-old tractor driver, were killed Nov. 15 by a wayward rocket as ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, November 27, 2022 12:00 am
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My Turn, Evelyn Uddin-khan: A message from Ecclesiastes
As we celebrate Thanksgiving 2022, let us give special thanks where it is due: To the Almighty for a “peaceful” ending to a tumultuous and ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, November 27, 2022 12:00 am
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Francis Koster: ‘Global warming,’ ‘climate change’ two different things
By Francis Koster I am the oldest of six kids. When I was growing up in Lakewood, Ohio, our (large) extended family would gather to ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, November 27, 2022 12:00 am
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My Turn, Ronnie Smith: Where to place flag in Bell Tower Green Park
On behalf of many Rowan County veterans and concerned citizens, we sincerely thank the Salisbury City Council for their unanimous decision to place the American ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, November 24, 2022 12:00 am
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Sharon Randall: Waking up
Dear Readers: I’m taking this week off for the holiday. The following column is from 2004. Happy Thanksgiving! They were wrong about me on ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, November 24, 2022 12:00 am
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My Turn, Alissa Redmond: With no forum, thoughts on Faith parade, symbols
By Alissa Redmond The town of Faith canceled the public forum for last Thursday evening, where I’d planned to deliver the following remarks on Confederate ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, November 22, 2022 12:00 am
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My Turn, Michael Chapman: The reality of our public education system
“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” — Vladimir Lenin For the last three ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, November 22, 2022 12:00 am
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Francis Koster: Old folks, young folks don’t agree that earth is getting warmer — really?
By Francis Koster On one of the most significant public policy issues of our time, the major split in our society is not between political ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, November 22, 2022 12:00 am
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Kenneth L. Hardin: Do our city leaders really care about the gun violence?
Is our crime control, citizen safety and gun violence plan written in secret invisible ink? Do I need to pull out my old comic books ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, November 20, 2022 12:00 am
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My Turn, Lisa C. Rudisill: Disrespect shown to veterans
My Uncle Frank was treated at the Bill Hefner Veterans Hospital following World War II — which was extremely helpful. While complaints happen with all ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, November 20, 2022 12:00 am
Clyde
Clyde: Come ye thankful people, come
“We plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land” —Mathias Claudius 1740-1815 Not too much wheat cradle harvesting going on at Petrea ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, November 20, 2022 12:00 am
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Mark Brincefield: Mayflower
by Post Opinion, Sunday, November 20, 2022 12:00 am
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My Turn, Michael Young: Lack of foresight on parking is staggering
Politicians making decisions based on popularity, rather than facts leads to bad and sometime costly policy. This week, to fix a problem that never existed, ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, November 20, 2022 12:00 am
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Sharon Randall: Lessons from a good wedding
Years ago, when I met Sam and his brother Joe, I had no idea what lay ahead. Do we ever know where life will lead ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, November 17, 2022 12:00 am
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Whitey Harwood’s From the Wood Shed: Some folks do and some folks don’t
Some folks call it litter. Other folks call it trash. Some folks go to the drug dealers. Other folks go to the drug store. Some ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, November 13, 2022 12:00 am
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My Turn, Tim Deal: An open letter to Donald Trump
I remember that I laughed when I heard back in 2015 that you declared as a candidate for president. After hearing your platform however, it was ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, November 13, 2022 12:00 am
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Paris Goodnight: Holidays, birthdays, fame and fortune
We haven’t gotten through Thanksgiving yet but radio stations are already playing Christmas music. It seems like those tunes come rolling around a little earlier ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, November 13, 2022 12:00 am
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My Turn, Jackie Harris: Mental health matters to us all, so call if you need help
Last Thursday, N.C. State University decided to suspend classes for their students. You may ask why. Their management team felt it was important to give ...