D.G. Martin

In February, I wrote a column on Rob Christensen’s book about the Raleigh News and Observer, “Southern News, Southern Politics: How a Newspaper Defined a State for a Century.

“The Book of Flaco: The World’s Most Famous Bird” by David Gessner tells the story of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who, after13 years confinement, escaped from Central Park Zoo on February 2, 2023, when his cage was vandalized.

“The Fabulous Ordinary” is the perfect title of Georgann Eubanks’ new book. Its full title is “The...

Jane Borden’s new book “Cults Like Us: Why Cults Are As American As Apple Pie” has us thinking...

“She lived on this island for 77 years and never left, not even for a day,” Alton Ballance told us about a woman who spent her entire life on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina.

Every day, news outlets feature Elon Musk and his activities with DOGE, (the Department of...

Some Democrats argue that what they need for the 2028 presidential election is a southern moderate like Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton who won election– or like Al Gore whose win was taken away by the courts.

When The New York Times or any other national media outlet publishes an article about a North Carolina topic, I jump, knowing that many of my readers share an interest in what other people think about our state and its people.