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Guest columnist: School board member in hot water over DC rally
By Ray Nothstine Sherry-Lynn Womack finds herself in the proverbial hot water. Her crime? Womack went up to Washington, D.C., for the rally for Donald ...
By Ray Nothstine Sherry-Lynn Womack finds herself in the proverbial hot water. Her crime? Womack went up to Washington, D.C., for the rally for Donald ...
By Cal Thomas In 1980, singer Neil Diamond recorded a song that celebrated American immigration, first in the early 1900s and then more recently. The ...
By Nalini Joseph I was sitting at Hoff’s Grill on Innes street enjoying the biggest “half chicken” I have ever seen and started talking to ...
By Fran Koster The electronic environment that manages our economy and life support systems is being attacked by Russia as you read this. When the ...
“You’ve got to make it look like a place where people want to hang out. And you don’t do that by crowding it with cars.” ...
By Steven V. Roberts As Joe Biden takes office as the nation’s 46th president, one number should be deeply disturbing to anyone who cares about ...
By Byron York President Trump is now former President Trump. With Joe Biden now President Biden, Democrats control the White House, the House and the ...
By Ron Bowers Hooray! Thursday, Jan. 14, my wife and I got our first COVID-19 shots. I had a 10:30 a.m. appointment at the Salisbury ...
By Warren Bumgarner Wednesday, Jan. 6, is a day that shocked, saddened and angered the nation as we watched the insurrection in Washington on television. ...
By Gary Pearce As an old speechwriter, I’m a close reader of political speeches, especially important speeches such as Gov. Roy Cooper’s inaugural address. Little ...
RALEIGH — I have strong opinions — but not about how to perform brain surgery, write a smartphone app, design a golf course or produce ...
By Leonard Pitts Jr. To the Republican Party: As the Trump administration stumbles through its final hours, it seems a proper time to offer a summation ...
By David Post In the 1988 vice presidential debate, Republican Dan Quayle, who was 41 years old, compared himself to President Kennedy. His Democrat challenger, ...
By George B. Jackson In April 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. was fed up with the almost decade long American occupation of Vietnam. Military advisers ...
By Nalini Joseph Start talking to your child now about some of the negative emotions he will experience as he climbs the ladder of success. ...
By Francis Koster We have two health care calamities unfolding before us — one visible, the other not yet. The first you at least know ...
“There has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution,” said Rep. ...
“So in 10 months, we have dedicated two years of our lives to the COVID response. It really hit me. I do think it’s pretty ...
Democrats started trying to remove President Donald Trump from office before he entered office. Now they are proposing to remove him from office after he ...
On April 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln went to Richmond. With the Civil War all but won, the president wanted to tour the rebel capital. There, ...
By D.G. Martin We got inoculated last week. Or, I think we did. I hope we did. I am not thinking about the COVID vaccine ...
The push to develop vaccines for COVID-19 was called Operation Warp Speed, but the delivery of two vaccines approved so far might be called Operation ...
By Dean Ridings It is no secret that Google has secured a near monopoly in the search and local advertising world. However, the impact on ...
By John Hood RALEIGH — It was the summer of 1987 when I first stepped inside the United States Capitol to work instead of visit. ...
By Nalini Joseph Each school morning, I drive through the circle, waiting for my turn to drop off. As I sit in the car smiling ...
By Carol Pomeroy This is in response to Delmar McDaniel’s letter dated Dec. 31. It is so unfortunate that any weight could possibly be given ...
By Ada Fisher Anger and bitterness in defeat does not lay a fertile ground for binding a nation and moving forward to heal a nation. ...
By Francis Koster When I was a kid, there is a little ritual that happened in private. I later learned my parents referred to it ...