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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Town should help fix Faith Christian Ministries building
January 11, 2021Faith Christian Ministries of Spring Hope helped me stop an eviction order and catch up on my back r...
Election battle is part of spiritual war
November 18, 2020On Nov. 7, I heard these words in response to my question concerning the election: “What now, Holy Spirit?” Immediately I heard “comfort ye — comfort ye My people, saith the Lord of …
100 years of women’s suffrage
August 18, 2020Aug. 18 marked the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ensuring American women the right to vote, a right known as women’s suffrage. This was a hard-fought battle …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Reopening schools is too risky
July 18, 2020I don’t think children should go back to school during the a time of coronavirus pandemic. You have people who’ve been released from prison early because of this pandemic. The govern...
EDITORIALS
Talk Back: Skateboarders elicit strong reactions
December 21, 2020Enterprise readers shared their views on the newspaper’s editorial, “Skateboarding is not a crime, S...
Our Opinion: Skateboarding is not a crime, commissioners
Psychologist and public intellectual Jordan Peterson’s bestseller “12 Rules for Life” should be requ...
Our Opinion: Free, independent press is a uniquely American concept
Religion, speech, press, assembly, petition. If you can recite that list from memory, you’re ahead of 96% of American adults, according to the Freedom Forum Institute’s 2019 State of the …
Our Opinion: Pandemic makes Pumpkin Festival in 2020 too risky
As Nash UNC Health Care continues to cope with a growing number of seriously ill COVID-19 patients, Nash County — like the rest of North Carolina and the United States — is having to ...
Our Opinion: Southern Nash shows its pride in our students
Southern Nash County had never witnessed a graduation parade before, but the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended the last few months of the school year, creating a “new normal” and a new vo...
COREY FRIEDMAN COLUMNS
Tide turning against bias response teams
Social media can 'defriend' direct sellers
Cuomo salutes Confederate flag censors
Artists seek more control, less fine print
Rewards for masks might be a lifesaver
Prescriptions aren't making patients safer
Parler falls short on lofty free speech promises
Marijuana bans going up in smoke
States can't defend ballot selfie bans
Scary laws won't make Halloween safer
Don't mistake moderators for censors
Will high court allow 'double secret probation' for sexual misconduct?
Trump diagnosis changes pandemic politics
Courts can't censor jury rights flyers
With war chests, candidates can support local news
Regulators' food fight isn't about consumers
Joe Rogan picks Texas over taxes
COLUMNS
Nash County positioned to grow in 2021
Nash County and the world faced an unprecedented year in 2020 due to the challenges created by the c...
Peaceful transition of power
My job requires me to watch and read a lot of news. I easily work through 15-20 media outlets per da...
Get the children back in class
COVID-19 is raging. More and more school districts are making decisions not to return students to in...
Competing schools serve families well
RALEIGH — In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our schools have gone in a variety of directions. So...
Political class at war with each other, us
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible,” President John F. Kennedy said in a 1962 speech, “w...
Mild temps take hold before weekend cold front
A warm-up, however brief, from recent below-average daytime temperatures has finally arrived for the...
What we need is a vaccination
My pastor, LuAnn Charlton, led the drive-in worship in the church parking lot. Her scripture was Psa...
North Carolina: Strong, resilient, ready
Transitions are a time for reflection and a time for looking forward. My first term in this office w...
The 'war on terror' comes home
Last week’s massive social media purges — starting with President Trump’s permanent ban from Twitter...
Google's monopoly isn't a game for newspapers
It is no secret that Google has secured a near monopoly in the search and local advertising world. H...
Trashed Capitol should revolt us all
RALEIGH — It was the summer of 1987 when I first stepped inside the United States Capitol to work in...
Town should help fix Faith Christian Ministries building
January 11, 2021Faith Christian Ministries of Spring Hope helped me stop an eviction order and catch up on my back r...
Oak Dale Cemetery cleanup progresses
Typically, I would send an update on our progress improving the care and maintenance of the Oak Dale...
'Doughnut Dollies' brought home comforts to front lines
I hit a writer’s block this week. My routine is off — my husband took a new job out of town. My New...
Bible calls for justice in wake of Capitol attacks
It was an exciting Sunday at Peachtree Baptist Church. We, the members, began Sunday’s service by pr...
What is the 'more excellent way'?
While I’ve been shut in on Sundays, I’ve taken the opportunity to watch some religious programs on t...
Appeasement led to Capitol riot
The shocking, deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters last week, spurred on by the pres...