Opinion – Stanly News Journal

HARSANYI: Price controls won’t work any better for Republicans than it does Democrats

February 6, 2026

Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley is guided to the podium to speak by President Donald Trump during a 2018 rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Carolyn Kaster / AP Photo) Demonizing greedy bankers and landlords is […]

BARONE: Trump’s outrageous threats get practical results

January 31, 2026

President Donald Trump delivers a speech to the World Economic Forum on Jan. 26 in Davos. (Evan Vucci / AP Photo) Think about it. Heads of government do not normally reveal the texts of private […]

GINGRICH: Argentina’s election and 2026

January 30, 2026

Javier Milei, president of Argentina, listens to speeches after the signing of a Board of Peace charter during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22. (Evan Vucci / […]

MOORE: Stop pretending that colleges are nonprofit institutions

January 23, 2026

A rendering of Northwestern’s planned new football stadium. (Courtesy Northwestern) Here’s a recent story from the Chicago Tribune that jumped off the page when I read it. Northwestern University is finishing up the construction of […]

KNOTT: Reflecting on Year 1 of Trump 2

January 20, 2026

Congressman Brad Knott (R-N.C.), right, and Congressman Tim Moore (R-N.C.), left, join President Donald Trump and deliver remarks at the Rocky Mount Events Center on Dec. 19. (Karl B. DeBlaker / AP Photo) Jan. 20 […]

MOORE: The economists got 2025 all wrong

January 11, 2026

President Donald Trump smiles during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House on Friday. (Evan Vucci / AP Photo) Well, Donald Trump has done it again! He stumped the […]

MATTHEWS: Christmas 2025 came and went so quickly

December 25, 2025

(Alex Brandon/ AP Photo) Around this time of year, I like to write a column wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. But by the time you see this, Christmas will have come and gone, and we’ll […]

MATTHEWS: The other victims and near-victims on Charlotte’s public transit system

December 18, 2025

A train passes a stop where community members gathered Sept. 22 for a vigil honoring the life of Iryna Zarutska, who was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte commuter train in August. (Nell Redmond / AP […]