Opinion
John Hood: North Carolina should clarify voting rights
By John Hood North Carolina voters will be asked this fall to remove a troubling ambiguity in the ...
By John Hood North Carolina voters will be asked this fall to remove a troubling ambiguity in the ...
Abortion laws Why do some conservative politicians continue to blame women for abortions? They are working against the ...
By Elisabeth Strillacci Over more than 35 years of journalism, especially since my beat for more than 25 ...
By Lib Campbell “A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket. I wrote a letter to my ...
By Kim Porter Dear Neighbor, Words mean a lot to me. You can do so much with them. ...
By Stephen Pocklington Attending a recent Historic Preservation Commission meeting sparked a reconsideration of history’s vast scope. We ...
By Dr. Mary Ann Wolf This year, my youngest child, Andrew, graduated from high school. And, yes, I ...
By Renee C. Scheidt “I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done,” ...
Trump’s lies still matter Rowan County Democratic Party believes in being honest and transparent. As RCDP chair, this ...
By Gene Lyons As far as I’m concerned, they can’t put warning labels on social media websites soon ...
By John Hood A little over a year ago, I penned a column using polling data to explore ...
Vote for pro-public education candidates I am writing on behalf of the Rowan Retired School Personnel. All of ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin Sometimes it’s difficult being me because I purposely don’t fit into a category, a ...
By David M. Shribman The ascendancy of Donald Trump signaled the end of an era for the Republican ...
By Alexandra Sirota North Carolina House and Senate spending plans released last week show we can’t fix the big ...
By Kathy Vestal Dear Neighbor, Prejudice does not mean that we hate or intentionally mistreat people who are ...
By Thomas Mills North Carolina’s rural voters are getting a lot of attention this cycle. The Wall Street ...
By Cal Thomas The debate between President Biden and former president Donald Trump Thursday night on CNN ought ...
By Frank Hill Now that Medicaid expansion has happened, there may not be a more pressing public policy ...
By John Hood What does it mean to be free? Many seemingly intractable disputes about specific issues — ...
By Alexander H. Jones When he entered politics, Jeff Jackson appeared to quickly be approaching the doorstep to ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin Prior to joining the military, I had only flown on an airplane once. It ...
NC legislators should fund early education A crisis is looming in our state by June 30, just days ...
By Gene Lyons As a serious basketball fan, I regret to report that all this Mean Girl stuff ...
By Cal Thomas Once in America — and in some parts of the world — we were gifted ...
By Elisabeth Strillacci What’s the one thing that, no matter our politics or religion, nearly all of us ...
By Clyde “There we sat, night after night longing for the morning, when we could again catch a ...
By John Hood Over the past two years, North Carolina had made critical investments in the future of ...
Today’s MLB schedule has plenty of excitement, including a matchup between the Cleveland Guardians and the Philadelphia Phillies.…
Austin Riley and Jeff McNeil will take the field when the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets meet…
Francisco Lindor and the New York Mets (54-48) will host Marcell Ozuna and the Atlanta Braves (54-47) at…
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-0) and the Carolina Panthers (0-0) — two NFC South foes — square off…
An NFC South clash between the Carolina Panthers (0-0) and New Orleans Saints (0-0) is on the calendar…