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…
Opinion
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…