D.G. Martin Archives - Page 39 of 78

One on One: SOS – Calling For Erskine Bowles

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

Where is Erskine Bowles when we most need him? Bowles is best known to North Carolinians as...

One on One: Justice Ginsburg in Durham

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

“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks,”...

One on One: P.T. Barnum & Approval Ratings

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 2, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Can a new book about North Carolina’s famous Siamese twins help explain today’s persistent, even growing, support for President Donald Trump? Notwithstanding the disarray in the White House, the wave of publicity about the...

One on One: Public Intellectuals & Column Readers

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 26, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Who would be on your list of North Carolina public intellectuals? I asked that question recently in a column about some of our state’s influential people who could take the places of the late UNC president William Friday, Duke...

One on One: Lovely Language

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

Frazier’s lovely language worth the wait. With the publication of “Varina” early next month,...

One on One: Done With One-and-Dones

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 12, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

This week in the middle of all the basketball madness, we put aside the hard fact that we are...

One on One: Today’s Public Intellectuals

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 5, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Billy Graham’s death and memorial service brought back memories of a column I wrote about North Carolina’s public intellectuals 16 years ago. I had noticed a book by Richard A. Posner titled “Public Intellectuals: A Study...

One on One: Billy Graham & BBQ

Posted by D.G. Martin | Feb 26, 2018 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Billy Graham loved Bridges barbecue in Shelby, his family’s friend Sally Pereira told Charlotte Observer reporter Bruce Henderson for an article about Graham’s private life and common touch. Other North Carolinians...