Opinion
MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What dominates, bad or good economic news?
Many experts say humans tend to focus on bad news over good news. The logic is that bad ...
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Family structure shapes economic outcomes
RALEIGH — What’s the matter with kids today? What makes them such noisy, crazy, dirty, lazy loafers? You ...
Opinion
DG MARTIN COLUMN: Women helping turn Rotary green
If you still think Rotary clubs are havens for established white businessmen, meet Liz Henke of the East ...
Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Do you really want a civil war?
This weekend, Oct 14-15, we are witnessing another, new, terrible war in our world, this one between Palestine ...
Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Use what you have already
To all the members of the school board, I just learned of the plans for two new high ...
Sports
DAN KIBLER COLUMN: A hunting we will go
Duck hunters in the eastern part of North Carolina had the opportunity to join deer and dove hunters, ...
Opinion
OPINION: Second Amendment rights deserve protection
By Rep. Wayne Sasser Constitutional rights are not conditional. They are not applied differently to Americans depending on ...
Opinion
DAVID FREEZE COLUMN: Last few counties, and then on to Salisbury
Editor’s note: David Freeze is a runner, running coach and long-distance cyclist from China Grove in Rowan County. ...
Columns
DG MARTIN COLUMN: The Lost Colony and Jamestown — the same effort
How did The Lost Colony fit in the founding of the English colonies in North America? Virginia Dare ...