One on One: The Mecklenburg Declaration Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 8, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square Is the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence fact or fiction? “Meck Dec” is a shorthand term... Read More
One on One: Frank Daniels Jr. — Strong to the End Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 25, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square When Frank Daniels Jr. died June 30, people lined up across the state to express admiration and... Read More
One on One: How Slavery Ruined the South’s Environment Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 18, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square We have taken down the Silent Sam Civil War monument on UNC Chapel Hill’s campus and the statues... Read More
One on One: A Salisbury Woman Takes Down the Hog Barons Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 11, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square How did a Salisbury woman beat the powerful forces of Smithfield Foods, Inc. and its hog farming... Read More
One on One: Smithfield’s Turnaround Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 4, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square In a colorful full-page ad in North Carolina newspapers last week, Smithfield Foods touted its... Read More
One on One: Telling an Aging Relative She Can’t Drive Anymore Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 27, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square North Carolina is blessed with more than its share of great writers. And I am looking over some of... Read More
One on One: Losing Our Best Legislator Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 20, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square The North Carolina General Assembly is losing its best member. At least, that is what the member’s... Read More
One on One: College Reunions Take Us Back in Time Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 13, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square Preparing for this month’s 60th reunion of my Davidson College class I thought about a talk I gave... Read More
One on One: Roy Cooper for President? Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 6, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square Some people are asking if North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper might be the Democrats’ best... Read More
One on One: Charles Kuralt’s Lover’s Montana Land Posted by D.G. Martin | May 30, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square Would you be interested in a new privately published memoir by a Bozeman, Montana lawyer, titled... Read More