D.G. Martin

The Claiborne brothers of Charlotte — Jack and Slug When I lived in Charlotte during the final...

Coach Lefty Driesell died on February 17. I wanted to honor him now, but I have written so many columns about him, I thought it might be a better idea to let him speak for himself.

Count on Ron Rash to take his readers on a trip back in time, usually to some place in North Carolina. His latest book, “The Caretaker,” mostly takes place in and around the mountain town of Blowing Rock in 1950.

Jill McCorkle takes ordinary people, puts them in common situations, and makes extraordinary stories. She has done it again in her latest collection of short stories, “Old Crimes and Other Stories.”

What does Old John’s, a diner on the Upper West Side of New York City, have to do with North Carolina? Staying true to a nostalgic ideal.

Is George Washington’s birthday on your February calendar? February 22. Officially the third Monday in February is when we celebrate Presidents Day and honor Washington, Abraham Lincoln, who was born on February 12, and all the other presidents whenever they were born.

Arguably, the Ukrainians have already won their country’s battle with Putin’s Russia — if we don’t make them give up that victory.

Nikki Haley’s stumbling should remind us that, while the existence of slavery and the controversies that arose about it were important factors leading to the Civil War, there is much more to it.

Where does A.I. get the texts and necessary information to assemble and write? Who, if anyone, must it compensate for the use of these materials?