Clyde
Clyde: A rose by any other name
Show me an old house place and there will always be a forgotten rose bush alongside the porch. ...
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Clyde
Clyde: Hurry up and wait
Is it just me, or does everything seem to be faster coming out of the pandemic gate? It ...
David Freeze
Gotta Run: A busy week ahead
The week just ahead has plenty of running options and I think its going to be fun. At ...
David Freeze
Gotta Run: Can’t wait to get back to running again
It had been 14 days since I could exercise or do much of anything physical. Everything started with ...
David Freeze
Gotta run, but I can’t! Learning about blood infection
Last week’s column addressed some help from Jeter Chiropractic for a nerve issue in my right leg and ...
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D.G. Martin: Bad news about favorite eateries and some good news, too
There is good news and bad news about our favorite places to eat in North Carolina. The bad ...
Clyde
Clyde: Where do we fit in?
Ubi caritas est vera Deus ibi est Where care and love is There is God ...
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Alexander Jones: Joe Biden is back after State of the Union
By Alexander H Jones Last week, President Joe Biden displayed some political strengths that have been obscured over ...
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John Trump: Consumers know what they want, and it’s not Russian vodka
By John Trump A ban on Russian vodka, a move by many U.S. states and countries, is wholly ...
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DG Martin: Author gleans lessons from blindness
By D.G. Martin Going blind. Is there any way it could be a good thing? Frank Bruni asks ...
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Sharon Randall: Cousins make families fun
By Sharon Randall Family ties are formed in various ways. Some are connected by blood. Others are created ...
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John Hood: Ukraine invasion playing role in 2022 elections
By John Hood Over the past couple of weeks, North Carolina politicos have focused intently on the outcome ...
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Ada Fisher: On cancel culture, coarse speech and parties rewriting history
By Ada Fisher “Cancel Culture,” whatever that means, promotes a political correctness in words and deeds that is ...
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My Turn, Phil Kirk: Give credit where it’s due
By Phil Kirk While three authors of a column published Feb. 13 (“NC school funding increases do not ...
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Alexander H. Jones: State’s leaders are failing rural North Carolina
By Alexander H. Jones Between the year 2000 and the end of that decade, North Carolina was the ...
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DG Martin: Life experience led Dellinger to fight discrimination
By D.G. Martin The tributes that rolled in when North Carolina lawyer Walter Dellinger died Feb. 16 were ...
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John Hood: The tale of NC’s crooked-necked John
The early history of North Carolina is full of fascinating characters. John Kincaid was one of them. A ...
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Sharon Randall: What’s your story?
By Sharon Randall What’s your story? The one you’ve been learning all your life, that tells where you’ve ...
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My Turn, Carol Hallman: Pray for peace in times of war
By Carol Hallman Why is this important to us, the people of Salisbury, to pray for peace? Many ...
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Ray Nothstine: Voters, not election board, should decide on Cawthorn
By Ray Nothstine Being giddy about the possibility of barring Madison Cawthorn’s attempt to return to Congress is ...
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Alexander H. Jones: GOP advantage in 50-50 state won’t continue forever
By Alexander H. Jones The last five statewide North Carolina elections have been decided by 2%, 1.5%, 3.7%, ...
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DG Martin: Finding the best for PBS NC
By D.G. Martin Earlier this month Lindsay Bierman, leader of North Carolina’s public television network since August 2019, ...
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Mike Walden: Rethinking international trade’s costs
By Mike Walden As the country recovers from the COVID-19 recession, numerous questions are being raised about the ...
Clyde
Clyde: What to do with all that stuff?
Chill airs and wintry winds! My ear Has grown familiar with your song; I hear it in the ...
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Sharon Randall: Cards can be unexpected, priceless gift
By Sharon Randall The birthday card made me laugh. A man and a woman of a certain age ...
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John Hood: Sidelined workers help fuel inflation
By John Hood What’s the hottest political issue right now? According to recent poll results, it’s inflation. Welcome ...
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My Turn, Evelyn Uddin-khan: Is race an illusion or a reality?
By Evelyn Uddin-khan One wonders: would the world have been a better place without racial differences? Would we ...
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Alexander Jones: Affirmative action strengthens higher education
By Alexander H. Jones The guts of the college admissions process are distasteful. Whatever else may be said ...