D.G. Martin, Author at Chapelboro.com

One on One: Politics and barbecue, together again

Posted by D.G. Martin | Nov 28, 2016 | Columns, D.G. Martin

Did North Carolina barbecue help Donald Trump win the presidency? North Carolina’s barbecue guru, John Shelton Reed, has a theory. More about that in a minute, but first let’s celebrate having two books from Reed about barbecue...

One on One: “Bad Girls at Samarcand”

Posted by D.G. Martin | Nov 21, 2016 | Columns, D.G. Martin

If you asked almost anybody in the world to tell you about Samarcand and you got any answer at all, it would be about an ancient city still existing in modern day Uzbekistan. But if you asked a North Carolinian and got an...

One on One: Trump, Helms, and Democratic unity

Posted by D.G. Martin | Nov 15, 2016 | Columns, D.G. Martin

Are there silver linings for North Carolina Democrats after Donald Trump’s sweep in our state on his road to victory in the presidential election? The apparent victory of Roy Cooper for governor, of course, if it holds, could...

One on One: One Campaign’s Happy Ending

Posted by D.G. Martin | Nov 9, 2016 | Columns

By the time you read this, the election will be over. Some will be licking wounds, others celebrating. While the candidates have been appearing in every corner of our state, I have been traveling, too. I spent October on a...

One on One: Taking a Knee and Remembering Dean Smith and Charlie Scott

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 24, 2016 | D.G. Martin

Do you grit your teeth when an athlete or performer takes a knee during the National Anthem before a game begins? We have mixed feelings, don’t we? Like UNC-Chapel Hill basketball coach Roy Williams, who was angry when he first...

One on One: Stealing our Shadows

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 17, 2016 | D.G. Martin

Has this year’s presidential election stolen our shadows? “What do you mean?” I can hear you asking that question. To understand about such shadows, it helps to read North Carolina beloved former poet laureate...

Why Democrats Could Benefit from a Trump victory

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 10, 2016 | D.G. Martin

Most Democrats are happy that Donald Trump’s campaign is stumbling. But some, looking at the long term, might think that a Trump win next month would be a good thing. Not for the country, they would explain, but for the future...

Eastern North Carolina is my Tuscany, my Szechuan, my Provence

Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 28, 2016 | D.G. Martin

Who is the most famous woman in North Carolina today? Think Eastern North Carolina. Think restaurants. Think public television’s popular program, “A Chef’s Life.” Then, on October 4, think books. On that date, the revolutionary...

The election will be over, not HB2

Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 20, 2016 | D.G. Martin

What do you hate more? The presidential election campaign? Or the furor over HB2? The good news is that one will be over in a few weeks. The bad news is that the other won’t. On November 8 the election campaigning ends. The...

Remembering what we thought 15 years ago

Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 14, 2016 | D.G. Martin

Fifteen years ago, following September 11, 2001, I wrote the following: War. War. War. What is it about this word that excites us, that unifies us, that puts aside at least for a moment our selfish preoccupation with ourselves?...

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