editorials-opinion

Gov. Roy Cooper has been slow to name his cabinet, partly for good reason. He didn’t even know he was going to be governor for all of November, with the result in doubt and McCrory’s […]

Gov. Roy Cooper has been slow to name his cabinet, partly for good reason. He didn’t even know he was going to be governor for all of November, with the result in doubt and McCrory’s […]

Gastonia native Thomas Sowell must feel like he has achieved the transcendental wish of Garrison Keillor. So many Americans are praising Sowell that radio personality Keillor’s observation seems to have come true: “They say such […]

Happy new year! At least, we hope it will be a happy one. Two thousand seventeen will have one fewer day than its predecessor, so maybe it won’t be able to foul things up quite […]

Happy new year! At least, we hope it will be a happy one. Two thousand seventeen will have one fewer day than its predecessor, so maybe it won’t be able to foul things up quite […]

I grew up in a home with a lot of “old sayin’s.” One that I have relied on most is “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” While there […]

While we sing and pray for peace and prosperity on Earth this Christmas season, the headlines of the past few weeks are ponderous: War, terror, and disaster abroad; political disunity and economic uncertainty at home. […]

While we sing and pray for peace and prosperity on Earth this Christmas season, the headlines of the past few weeks are ponderous: War, terror, and disaster abroad; political disunity and economic uncertainty at home. […]

Congratulations to Roy Cooper, North Carolina’s governor-elect. It was a long race, but Gov. Pat McCrory’s concession on Dec. 5 made the 2016 gubernatorial race slightly shorter than the 2000 presidential election, a contest Albert […]

Congress should refuse to pass a waiver for retired Marine Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis to serve as president-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of defense. Great respect is due to Mattis, one of the Marine Corps’ […]