One on One: The Auman Legacy Covers the State Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 25, 2023 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square When Watts Auman, beloved community and political leader in Moore County, died at 84 on September... Read More
One on One: 100 Years of History Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 18, 2023 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square What can we learn from our state’s history? Many of us learned the basics in the eighth grade. But... Read More
One on One: Reading to the End Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 11, 2023 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square You are not going to finish reading this column. And it is not necessarily because the column is... Read More
One on One: Women Helping Turn Rotary Green Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 4, 2023 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square If you still think Rotary clubs are havens for established white businessmen, meet Liz Henke of... Read More
One on One: A Blessing and a Curse Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 28, 2023 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square “The mosaics have been a blessing and a curse.” UNC-Chapel Hill professor Jody Magness was talking... Read More
One on One: MecDec Lives! Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 21, 2023 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square A book about the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence published in April has raised again the... Read More
One on One: North Carolina’s Most Famous Person Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 14, 2023 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square Who is the most famous living North Carolinian? Michael Jordan? Stephen Curry? Zach Galifianakis?... Read More
One on One: Stephen Curry, Underrated No More Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 7, 2023 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square In my hometown of Davidson, almost everyone worships the same god. A basketball playing-god named... Read More
One on One: Slave and Scholar Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 31, 2023 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square I wonder how to teach the story of Omar ibn Said, a scholar of Islam, who was captured and taken from his African home in what is now Senegal. Read More
One on One: How The War Will End Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 24, 2023 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square We don’t know how the war in Ukraine will end, but some day and somehow there will be some kind of... Read More