D.G. Martin

Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration...

The recent inauguration of Donald Trump brought back memories of the 1965 event and our travel from Fort Bragg (now Liberty), an overnight at Marine Corps Base Quantico about 35 miles south of the Capitol in Washington.

Why am I reading Mark Twain again? It has been more than 70 years Since my class at the Davidson Junior High school produced a play based on Twain’s novel “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.”

President-elect Donald Trump surprised many earlier this month when at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, he declined to assure the public that he would not use military coercion against Panama.

At last Carter Wrenn, the well-known conservative consultant, has written his book about his life...

I know Rudolph’s little brother, and the mostly unknown story of where the Rudolph tale came from and why that story may tug at your heartstrings more than other holiday stories.

What does the Biblical character Samson have to do with Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan on the morning of Dec. 4?

As if losing the presidential and congressional elections last month was not enough to break the...

Bland Simpson is Kenan Distinguished Professor of English and creative writing at UNC-Chapel Hill. His amazing talents have awed fellow North Carolinians for years.