Opinion
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 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 Tom Campbell “It is difficult to look at the state of American civic life right now and conclude higher education is doing all we ...
When will work begin on the Empire Hotel? For over one half of a century, I have read stories in the Salisbury Post about the ...
By Brooke Medina As it turns out, when criminals think it’s likely they’ll be arrested (and punished), fewer are inclined to commit crimes. And, while ...
By John Hood RALEIGH — I’ve never been more delighted to be mistaken. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column observing that, over ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin I humorously recall an Iraqi newscast being played on American TV back in 1991 that poked fun at a news anchor. ...
By D.G. Martin Who is North Carolina’s most famous person? If you go by who got featured in a front-page article last week in The ...
By Elisabeth Strillacci Throughout life, by the time each of us has reached adulthood, I know every one of us has broken at least one ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin Everyday should be Veteran’s Day. Those who honorably wore the uniform shouldn’t have to wait until the 11th month of the ...
By Cal Thomas Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s ...
By Dave Gammon In just the past year, chemical industries 3M, Dupont, Chemours and Corteva paid out billions of dollars to settle lawsuits over the ...
By Alexander H. Jones After 14 years of total control, North Carolina’s conservative legislators seem to believe they have built a permanent majority. Revolutions tend ...
Choices If our government can legislate a woman’s choice to abort her unborn child, then the same legislature must legislate the choice for a gun ...
By Peter Hans (Editor’s note: This opinion piece was first printed in The News and Observer, April 11, 2024) When state lawmakers chartered the University ...
Thanks to local businesses for supporting volunteer efforts I wanted to write and tell all the local business owners and managers in Rowan thank you ...
By Francis Koster, Ed. D. For the Salisbury Post Do you remember when your teacher used to loudly knock on their desk to get your ...
By Tom Campbell Return with us now to those memorable days of 2016. The Carolina Panthers endured a disappointing loss in the Super Bowl. A ...
By Whitney Peckman Dear Neighbor, I love sautéed mushrooms! I’m excited to find more varieties in the markets nowadays. I have an old friend who ...
By Renee Scheidt One of the hot-button issues of the coming November election is abortion. The practice of killing a baby in the mother’s womb ...
By Beth Dixon I am compelled to address the inaccuracies in the April 7, 2024, article entitled “Two incidents in Salisbury raise questions about juvenile ...
By John Hood The police department in Winston-Salem uses a commercial product called ShotSpotter, a network of audio sensors and software, to identify possible incidents ...
By Cal Thomas Donald Trump issued a lengthy statement on abortion this past Monday. It is the latest of several positions he has taken on ...
Spencer: Taxation gone wild Spencer is a small town that is spending money like it is a world-class metropolis. Its police force has been expanded ...
By Steven V. Roberts In June of 1987, Ronald Reagan stood at the barrier dividing East and West Berlin and challenged the leader of the ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin The military uses a five-point readiness condition scale to keep our country on alert from threats to our normal way of ...
By Rev. Olen V. Bruner In the resplendent wisdom of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a beacon of compassion pierces through the darkness of indifference. His words, ...
By Joshua D. Glawson North Carolina is known for many wonderful things — being “First in Flight,” Carolina BBQ, Biltmore Estate (the largest private residence ...
By Eileen Hanson-Kelly Dear Neighbor, Have you done your taxes yet? I tackled mine during a recent rainy weekend, just me and Turbo-Tax. It was ...