D.G. Martin Archives - Page 37 of 78

One on One: Raleigh or Ralegh?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 4, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Anna Beer could cost North Carolina taxpayers millions of dollars, but how in the world could this...

One on One: A Once-Beloved Guest Who Overstayed His Welcome

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 27, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

He is like the houseguest who stays too long, and then when he’s finally gone, you miss him a...

One on One: Will the 60th be the Final Reunion?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 20, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

“This may be the last time we get together like this.” We hoped he was wrong. But my classmates and I knew that Charles Holland, the organizer of my North Mecklenburg High School Class of 1958’s 60th reunion, might be right....

One on One: The Great American Read

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 13, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Could a North Carolina novel be the country’s best-loved? “The Great American Read,” a PBS series,...

Two Hard-Earned Reputations-Unnecessarily at Risk

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 6, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Most of this column is going to be copied from another writer. He knew how to say what I want to tell you much better than I could ever do. While I am at it, let me confess that most of what I write for you each week comes from...

One on One: Dick Spangler, Goodbye and Thank You

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 30, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Dick Spangler, who died last week, changed my life dramatically and forever. That makes it hard to...

One on One: Missing Bert Bennett

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 23, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

In 1965, Terry Sanford left the governor’s office and moved down Fayetteville Street from the...

One on One: What Would be in a Putin-Trump Contract?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 16, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

When Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki this week, it might have been useful if they had had a written contract to reference their previous understandings. No such written contract exists, but if it did, it might...

One on One: Trump’s 2016 Win Good for Democrats This Year?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 9, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

I thought I was so smart back in 2016 when I wrote that Democrats, who were confident they would defeat Donald Trump, should be pulling for him to win. A Trump win, I explained, could be a good thing. Not for the country...