Opinion

D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Soong’s daughters — no fairy tale

By D.G. Martin Is it really just a fairy tale? That is what some reviewers of a new ...

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ROGER THOMAS FILM REVIEW: Is latest ‘Star Wars’ another thrill in space or one more film the world did not need?

I have written of my fondness for the “Star Wars” series many times over my years of writing ...

Opinion

CHRIS MILLER FILM REVIEW: A heartbreaking yet hopeful story about divorce

I have luckily never directly experienced divorce. My parents have been together for more than 30 years and ...

Opinion

D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: The thinking man’s Grisham

“For years, I was an excellent lawyer, as honest and effective as you could ever want, and I’m ...

Opinion

B.J. DRYE COLUMN: 2019 was full of the good, bad and ugly; let’s make 2020 great

Many things happen in a year. The newsroom staff and contributing writers for The Stanly News & Press ...

Opinion

ROGER WATSON COLUMN: Wrapping gifts can be a struggle

I’m horrible at wrapping presents. I never get the paper measured right. I can’t do a neat corner. ...

Columns

D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: ‘A Fool for Christmas’ available in print

By D.G. Martin Imagine the Bethlehem Christmas story set in a shopping mall in eastern North Carolina. Think ...

Columns

As a Star Wars fan, the Force is always with me

Entering the theater Friday night to watch “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” the coda to the newest ...

Opinion

ROGER THOMAS FILM REVIEW: Sequels keep coming, but let them be better than ‘Frozen 2’

From the first days I could walk into a theater, I was excited by the unknown. What would ...

Opinion

D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Last minute shoppers, here are books to the rescue

By D.G. Martin Are there new North Carolina books that would be good holiday presents for hard-to-give-to people ...

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