WCHL is celebrating D.G. Martin Day on Thursday.
D.G. Martin connects readers, listeners, and viewers to books, politics, food, and the Tar Heel State. He writes columns, hosts Who’s Talking on WCHL, and is the star of North Carolina Bookwatch on UNC-TV.
Ron Stutts shares his thoughts on D.G. Martin:
“Most people don’t know this, but D.G. actually played on the basketball team at Davidson, for the legendary coach Lefty Driesell. Somehow, Lefty’s basketball program managed to survive. After D.G. graduated, he served in the United States Army, completed Airborne School, and was a member of the United States Special Forces. After he finished military duty, D.G. went to law school at Yale University! From there, he came back to North Carolina to practice law in Charlotte. He ran for Congress a couple of times in the 80’s. Later in 1998, D.G. Martin ran for the United States Senate, finishing second in the Democratic Primary to somebody by the name of John Edwards. Looking back on it, D.G. would have been a far superior choice.
I’m not even close to being finished with D.G. He served as both Secretary and Vice President of the University of North Carolina system. He has served in leadership positions at NC Central, UNC-Pembroke, and the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund, and the Trust for Public Land in North Carolina. For many years, D.G. has written a regular newspaper column which has appeared in newspapers all over the state. And he’s even written a handy little book called “Roadside Eateries.” It is a guide to local restaurants near interstates all over the state.
D.G.’s son is carrying on that family tradition of public service. Grier Martin is a popular state legislator. It’s worth noting that D.G. helped him get elected. I should say a special thanks to Harriet, for being such a tolerant woman all the year’s that she’s been married to D.G.
We owe D.G. Martin a tremendous debt of gratitude. He’s been on WCHL and Chapelboro talking about literature, history, politics, sports, and the best place to get a good meal…with a variety of enlightening and entertaining pieces, including 259 segments of A Page from DG’s Notebook, 315 articles on Chapelboro.com, and 865 episodes of Look Who’s Talking!”
Listen to Ron Stutts and D.G. Martin
Let’s take a look at some of the One on One highlights. These are some of the most popular stories from D.G. Martin to ever appear on Chapelboro.com and they show the range of subjects that he covers.
Celebrating George Washington’s failures
George Washington was a failure.
But that is not the reason we do not celebrate his birthday (February 22) anymore, unless you count Monday’s President’s Day. Washington’s failures are not the reason there are no more cherry pies or axes to help us remember the legends of his honesty and character. We just don’t pay that much attention to him anymore in normal times, do we?
Apologize Sincerely, My Mom Told Me
Apologize, my mom told me.
When you hurt somebody’s feelings, she said, apologize, even if they misunderstood or even if you didn’t mean it the way they took it.
Say you’re sorry and move on…
Egypt, Nazi Germany, and North Carolina
Does the following description of a political situation at the beginning of July apply to Egypt or North Carolina?
**Just a year after winning a decisive election victory and taking power from an entrenched regime that had been in charge for many years, the victors alienated a substantial part of their population. Their undemocratic efforts to deny participation by those people and groups who oppose them were patently undemocratic and unfair.**
Remembering the Merritts of Merritt’s Store
If you mention Merritt’s Store anywhere around Chapel Hill, most often you will hear something like, “Oh yes. Best BLTs I’ve ever tasted.”
And it is true. A bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich at Merritt’s Store, together with sweet iced tea flavored with the fresh mint growing in a box beside the store, is one of the great taste treats in my world, right up there with the peach cobbler at Stamey’s Barbecue in Greensboro or a small chopped barbecue plate at Lexington #1…
Hard to Win After Beating the Party Establishment in the Primaries
Is Donald Trump really a unique political candidate? Did North Carolina ever have anybody in politics who compares with him?
Hard to Win After Beating the Party Establishment in the Primaries
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