D.G. Martin

My wife Harriet and I were grateful last month to be invited to the Tar Heel Tribute, an annual in-person event for Carolina veterans and typically includes a complimentary luncheon with a special gift and keynote presentation.

“May you live in interesting times.” Is that a blessing or a curse? Either way we’re in the middle of some strange, interesting, and memorable times.

What will the four national candidates do next — after the election? They will take the offices they won, assuming, of course that there is no coup or some other development that overturns the election results. The losers will follow a different path.

In September 2001, After the attack on the World Trade Center, I wrote the following in this...

The Wall Street Journal editors turned their newspaper’s attention to North Carolina last week. In...

Could we live without pennies? For the most part we are already getting along using credit cards, electronic payments and other non-cash devices to bill and pay. Merchants, even at the farmers’ markets, happily take credit cards even though it costs them a little extra.

Writing in the Sept. 5 Chicago Tribune, columnist Steve Chapman explained how “JD Vance keeps proving he’s a terrible choice for VP.”