One on One: Not Too Late
You did not get to a parade or service on Memorial Day. You can’t get to the Normandy beaches this...
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D.G. Martin
One on One: The Payoff of Liberal Arts
Can the experience of world-renowned musician and North Carolina native Joseph Robinson contribute to North Carolina’s on-going dialogue about the purpose and value of higher education? You be the judge. Robinson’s recent...
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One on One: Their Garden Is Still Open
“The Garden is Open” sign is still there. The tulips and azaleas, though well past their height,...
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One on One: Basnight Continues to Serve
Former state senate leader Marc Basnight’s restaurant near Manteo evokes two of my favorite...
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One on One: Who’s Got The Biggest House?
Here is a newspaper headline from last week: “A ‘palace’ in NC: One of the...
Read MoreOne on One: 4 More Important NC Books
Here are four more North Carolina-related books for your spring reading. Many of us remember the court-ordered desegregation of schools back in the early 1970s, but we never really understood what it was like for the children...
Read MoreOne on One: New Novels from NC’s Best Writers
Is the cold weather really over at last? If the warmer season is finally here after all, what are some good books you should consider for your spring reading list? Here are four recent novels from three of North Carolina’s most...
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One on One: SOS – Calling For Erskine Bowles
Where is Erskine Bowles when we most need him? Bowles is best known to North Carolinians as...
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One on One: Justice Ginsburg in Durham
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks,”...
Read MoreOne on One: P.T. Barnum & Approval Ratings
Can a new book about North Carolina’s famous Siamese twins help explain today’s persistent, even growing, support for President Donald Trump? Notwithstanding the disarray in the White House, the wave of publicity about the...
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