Egypt, Nazi Germany, and North Carolina
“What are the odds that Moral Monday protests or the like will deter North Carolina’s new right-wing politics?” asks Peirce.
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Losing The Best Lobbyist
Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 23, 2013 | D.G. Martin
When Zeb Alley died earlier this month, lots of people in North Carolina thought they had lost one of their best friends.
Read MoreIf Not Moral Mondays, What?
Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 16, 2013 | D.G. Martin
A friend was asking me what he could do to stop what the New York Times called last week a “demolition derby” in the state legislature.
Read MoreNostalgia
Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 12, 2013 | D.G. Martin
I picked up The New York Times the other day and found these words in the first paragraph of a front page story in one of the paper’s sections.
Read MoreCan Tillis Duplicate Holshouser’s Singular Victory?
Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 9, 2013 | D.G. Martin
When former Gov. James Holshouser died last month, many North Carolinians of all political persuasions remembered with gratitude his example of leadership…
Read MoreJuly 4th and the “Revolutionary Summer”
Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 2, 2013 | D.G. Martin
In the early summer of 1776 in Philadelphia, where our founders were waxing eloquently about their newly declared independence from Great Britain, modern day…
Read MoreGettysburg And Other Transformations
Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 25, 2013 | D.G. Martin
Next week Americans will be remembering the 150th anniversary of a defining moment in our country’s history, the Civil War battle at Gettysburg.
Read MoreGermanized English and NC Environment Issues
Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 18, 2013 | D.G. Martin
What does the German language have to do with one of the most contentious environmental issues facing North Carolinians?
Read MoreThe Risk of Doing Nothing
Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 11, 2013 | D.G. Martin
Action and commitment will make the Moral Monday effort harder for the McCrorys and Goolsbys to ignore or deride.
Read MoreA New Book Reminds Us To Say Thank You
Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 4, 2013 | D.G. Martin
According to Rick Atkinson’s new book, “The Guns at Last Light: The War in Europe, 1944-1945,” currently Number One on the New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list.
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