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One on One: My Favorite Holiday

Posted by D.G. Martin | Nov 14, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. One reason is that it is a time for lots of plentiful food on...

One on One: Natchez’s Preservation Heroes Came From North Carolina

Posted by D.G. Martin | Nov 7, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

If you lived in Natchez, Mississippi, a city that reportedly in 1850 had more millionaires per...

One on One: North Carolina’s Most Interesting Political Figure

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 31, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin

Who is the most interesting political figure in North Carolina today? Hint: he or she is not on...

One on One: Bad News for Tar Heel Basketball?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 24, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

What is the bad news for UNC-Chapel Hill’s basketball team? They are ranked No.1 in the pre-season...

One on One: Not Interested in Character

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 17, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

“We’re Not Really Interested in Character” is the title of a chapter in a 1987 book about the...

One on One: Still Writing Compelling History, on His 100th Birthday

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 10, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

When UNC-Chapel Hill Professor William Leuchtenburg delivered the Law Day address in Mecklenburg County 35 years ago, I could not have dreamed that I would help celebrate his 100th birthday last week. Or that I would remember...

One on One: Hurricane Ian Reminded Us

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 3, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Hurricane Ian hit us here in North Carolina last week hard enough to get our attention with its...

One on One: Agony and Ecstasy in Revising ‘Roadside Eateries’

Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 26, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

There is agony and there is ecstasy in revising my favorite book, “North Carolina Roadside...

One on One: North Carolina’s Queen Elizabeth and King Charles

Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 19, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

We watched the great and solemn events in Britain over the last few days. But we heard not a...

One on One: Alaska and North Carolina

Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 12, 2022 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Does Alaska have a political message for North Carolina? Not a chance, you say. It’s too far away...

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