D.G. Martin, Author at Chapelboro.com

One on One: The Great American Read

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 13, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Could a North Carolina novel be the country’s best-loved? “The Great American Read,” a PBS series,...

Two Hard-Earned Reputations-Unnecessarily at Risk

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 6, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Most of this column is going to be copied from another writer. He knew how to say what I want to tell you much better than I could ever do. While I am at it, let me confess that most of what I write for you each week comes from...

One on One: Dick Spangler, Goodbye and Thank You

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 30, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Dick Spangler, who died last week, changed my life dramatically and forever. That makes it hard to...

One on One: Missing Bert Bennett

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 23, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

In 1965, Terry Sanford left the governor’s office and moved down Fayetteville Street from the...

One on One: What Would be in a Putin-Trump Contract?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 16, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

When Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki this week, it might have been useful if they had had a written contract to reference their previous understandings. No such written contract exists, but if it did, it might...

One on One: Trump’s 2016 Win Good for Democrats This Year?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 9, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

I thought I was so smart back in 2016 when I wrote that Democrats, who were confident they would defeat Donald Trump, should be pulling for him to win. A Trump win, I explained, could be a good thing. Not for the country...

One on One: Let Us Break Bread Together

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 2, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

What is the worst thing that has happened to us in the last few weeks? Our state legislature’s...

One on One: Winston-Salem and Nigeria in the 1950s

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 25, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Was there a connection between the 1950s Nigerian movement for independence and the civil rights...

One on One: Normandy, France and Anthony Bourdain

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 18, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

When I was in France last week, Anthony Bourdain — also in France working on his popular and...

One on One: Carolina Quotes From a Book You Ought to Own

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 11, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Here is a present for you from a column several years ago — a few quotes about North Carolina. From the journal of Frances Anne Kemble, traveling through the state in 1838: “North Carolina is, I believe, the poorest...

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