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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Letter to the editor — March 10
Improve handicap access My name is Elaine Howle (pronounced “Owl”), and I would like to get some response ...
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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 ...
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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’.” ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Sue McHugh: I am not my label!
By Sue McHugh Dear Neighbor, Have you ever noticed that when we label people by behavior, characteristics or ...
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Letter to the editor — March 7
Candidates violate privacy with texts You will not get my vote. To any candidate that robo texted my ...
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David M. Shribman: A president’s appeal to the congress to heal the nation
By David M. Shribman What if President Joe Biden opened his upcoming State of the Union address this ...
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My turn: Keith Townsend: HIV/AIDS funding in jeopardy
By Keith Townsend HIV/AIDS first appeared in the U.S. in the summer of 1981. The initial cases were ...
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Tom Campbell: Who will win the primaries?
By Tom Campbell My wife and I voted early and were appalled at how few had voted less ...
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Letters to the editor for March 5
An open letter to Congressman Dan Bishop In 2014, Russia invaded Ukraine and was able to capture Crimea ...
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Tom Campbell: Why are we voting on March 5th?
By Tom Campbell Can you remember when elections were contests where candidates expressed their political philosophies, told us ...
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Kenneth L. Hardin: Somehow we must break the cycle
By Kenneth L. Hardin “I never ever ran from the Klu Klux Klan and I shouldn’t have to ...
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Byron York: Democrats voting in GOP primaries support Haley
By Byron York The Michigan Democratic and Republican primaries took place Tuesday. The Democratic contest is interesting not ...
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Elisabeth Strillacci: The Bionic Man
By Elisabeth Strillacci For the Salisbury Post I had to be cautious in my title because I don’t ...