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Kenneth L. Hardin: Military memories — part four
By Kenneth L. Hardin Looking back on my time in basic military training, I recognize the valuable life lessons I learned and still use 40 ...
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Elisabeth Strillacci: Home, or something like it
By Elisabeth Strillacci Some days I have a deep, aching need for some sense of home, and I will try my best to explain what ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 24, 2024 12:01 am
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Dr. Mike Walden: Can homeownership be made more affordable?
Dr. Mike Walden Traditionally, one of the ways to accumulate wealth was to buy a home. Indeed, owning a home was part of the “American ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 24, 2024 12:01 am
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Rob Schofield: Thom Tillis and non-MAGA Republicans: reaping what they helped sow
By Rob Schofield History tells us that it’s a common fate for those who play leading roles in the early days of revolutions and other ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, March 21, 2024 12:00 am
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Dear Neighbor: Pam Bloom: God or Country?
By Pam Bloom Dear Neighbor, Over a decade ago, a young white boy came into the elementary library where I worked and asked if I ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, March 21, 2024 12:00 am
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Op ed: Leandro? Nothing to see here, folks. Look away (Please!)
By Jonathan Sher On Feb. 22, the N.C. Supreme Court Justices allowed a “do over” hearing in the already decided — seemingly finally resolved — ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, March 21, 2024 12:00 am
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Seven month forecast: stormy with a probability of ugly
By Tom Campbell You don’t need a crystal ball to predict that the seven months before the Nov. 5 general elections promise to be ugly, ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 12:00 am
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John Hood: Winners still flirt with swing voters
By John Hood Carolina Journal’s first post-primary survey is out. It shows our state’s 2024 general elections will be, as usual, quite competitive. That’s not ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 12:00 am
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D.G. Martin: Mighty Mecklenburg
By D.G. Martin “Why do you Mecklenburgers always act so high and mighty?” I still get this question every now and then even though I ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 12:00 am
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Letters to the editor — March 17
Rev. Harris’ voting irregularities scandal I read with interest Rev. Harris’ quote regarding the “manufactured scandal” from his aborted 2018 bid for the U.S. House. ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 17, 2024 12:00 am
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Steven V. Roberts: Trump is subtracting, not adding
By Steven V. Roberts There’s an ancient and accurate political adage: Elections are about addition, not subtraction. That’s especially true this year, since the last ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 17, 2024 12:00 am
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Byron York: The ‘no labels’ joke
By Byron York How do presidential candidacies start? Most begin with the ambitions of one person — one governor or senator or, in Donald Trump’s ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 17, 2024 12:00 am
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Kenneth L. Hardin: I miss the political good times
By Kenneth L. Hardin I’m having intense withdrawals. I miss my weekly treks to the movies to take in the 10 a.m. showings and paying ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 17, 2024 12:00 am
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Brad Rhodes: Strategies for maximizing FDIC protection
By Brad Rhodes The news of the closure of three banks in 2023 has sent shockwaves across the financial world. As customers of these banks ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 17, 2024 12:00 am
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Cal Thomas: President and Congress need a spending intervention
By Cal Thomas When some people appear beyond help because of addiction or other circumstances they can’t control, family members have been known to stage an ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 17, 2024 12:00 am
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Alexander H. Jones: How can Biden fix his young voter problem?
By Alexander H. Jones A recent national poll found that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leads Joe Biden among voters under the age of 40. This ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 17, 2024 12:00 am
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Dear Neighbor: Kim Porter: Character — a lesson from Dad
By Kim Porter Dear Neighbor, I believe I was in the eighth grade when I took a civics class. It was required and I enjoyed ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, March 14, 2024 12:00 am
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Larry Efird: “Up in the basement”
By Larry Efird After my retirement from teaching and subsequent relocation to Durham shortly thereafter, my wife and I downsized and moved into a townhouse. ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, March 14, 2024 12:00 am
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My Turn: Marjorie Ritchie: Welcome to our world, Alan Jackson
By Marjorie Ritchie The country music star, Alan Jackson, and I have several things in common. Unfortunately, the ability to sing and write songs is ...
by Post Opinion, Thursday, March 14, 2024 12:00 am
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Tom Campbell: Putting whole hands on the scales
By Tom Campbell Recently I wrote how government (specifically our legislators) was tipping the scales of fairness through gerrymandering elections. But that same group is ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 12:00 am
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John Hood: National debt absent from primary campaigns
By John Hood Party nominations for North Carolina’s 2024 elections are, for the most part, decided. Just four races remain to be settled in runoffs ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 12:00 am
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My Turn: Renee Scheidt: NC shines in new RNC leadership
By Renee Scheidt A quick look at the Republican party will show, as Jerry Lee Lewis said, there’s “a whole lot of shaking going on” and ...
by Post Opinion, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 12:00 am
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Kenneth Hardin: I followed the fake money
By Kenneth Hardin “Follow the money.” For the past two months, I’ve lived that quote from the 1976 film, “All the President’s Men.” Back in ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 10, 2024 12:00 am
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Brad Rhodes: What is a self-directed IRA?
By Brad Rhodes “Stay committed to your decisions, but flexible in your approach.” — Tony Robbins One of the most significant pieces of financial legislation ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 10, 2024 12:00 am
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Cal Thomas: Politicians excel at lying
By Cal Thomas Politicians aren’t good at much, but they do excel at one thing — lying. They lie about the border. Both parties refuse ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 10, 2024 12:00 am
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My turn: Bill Bucher Jr.: Is history repeating itself?
By Bill Bucher Jr. I heard a saying once that “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does ‘echo’.” Sometimes when I am reading the news, ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 10, 2024 12:00 am
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David M. Shribman: Who’s the biggest loser? We are
By David M. Shribman One of them looks old; the other looks older. One of them faced a nomination challenge from one of his presidential ...
by Post Opinion, Sunday, March 10, 2024 12:00 am
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Elisabeth Strillacci: Is artificial intelligence on track to eliminate the need for humans?
By Elisabeth Strillacci For the Salisbury Post I know it will sound extreme to ask the question, but truly, could we be heading toward a ...