D.G. Martin

 “It is the greatest thing that could happen to the conservative cause in North Carolina.” Back in 1988, former state representative Ivan Mothershead, a Mecklenburg Republican, was commenting on my move from Charlotte to Chapel...

Close friendships and lifelong loyalty: these are good things, aren’t they? Don’t we admire the way some childhood friends look out for each other all their lives? And don’t the close bonds that develop among participants in...

Who was North Carolina’s greatest civil-rights hero? Hundreds, even thousands, of North Carolinians in the 1960’s can claim hero status. But their quest for justice and equality were inspired by men and women who...

I know how Obama feels. Or in the words of the acknowledged champion debater and explainer, Bill Clinton, “I feel his pain.” Why and how can I make such a claim? Because I was a political candidate who had the opportunity to...

What is it about our families that brings love and hate so close together? How can siblings go for years without speaking to each other? You know folks who are estranged tragically from the very people who could and should be...

Is there anything good that has come from the last two years of deadlocked government in Washington? Will our current “My way or no way, no compromise” political culture have any beneficial result? Maybe it is this: the myth...