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Remembering Reynolds Price at his 80th Birthday

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 22, 2013 | D.G. Martin

If Reynolds Price has not died two years ago he would have celebrated his 80th birthday last month. Why am I thinking about Price today? I noticed that next Wednesday morning one of UNC-TV’s cable-only channels is re-airing a...

North Carolina Writers Serve Up Spring Reading Options

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 19, 2013 | D.G. Martin

Ready or not, spring is here and it is time for a seasonal update on new books important to North Carolinians. This month’s most important literary news is the release of “Life After Life,” popular author Jill McCorkle’s first...

Lottery and Drones Bring Bipartisan Divisiveness

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 13, 2013 | D.G. Martin

Are you tired of the partisan divisiveness that is poisoning the political environment of our state and nation? Do you wish that the politicians from the two parties would work together more often on issues of common concern? Me...

Good Results From Virtual Education Won't Come Cheap

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 5, 2013 | D.G. Martin

Mention on-line education around some of my friends and you will get an emotional reaction. Some senior university faculty members teach classes filled with several hundred students and they worry that famous on-line lecturers...

The Eerie Quietness Of A Once Thriving Island

Posted by D.G. Martin | Feb 26, 2013 | D.G. Martin

Portsmouth where? Maine? Virginia? Like many North Carolinians, my friend had not heard of Portsmouth, North Carolina. He was resisting my push to visit Portsmouth in connection with a planned trip to Ocracoke Island to...

Is North Carolina Manufacturing Dead?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Feb 19, 2013 | D.G. Martin

“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” So said Mark Twain after hearing that his obituary had been published in the New York Journal. And many of the more than 1,000 people who attended the Emerging Issues Forum last...

Holding Back The Tide

Posted by D.G. Martin | Feb 12, 2013 | D.G. Martin

North Carolina Republicans are trying to do what the Democrats did in our state for 50 years: Hold back the tide! Until about 1960, North Carolina was part of a “Democratic Solid South.” But a Republican “Southern Strategy” and...

Reacting to Governor McCrory's Higher Education Remarks

Posted by D.G. Martin | Feb 5, 2013 | D.G. Martin

It was as if aliens had attacked and taken over the state’s university system. At least that is how upset my university friends and faculty reacted to Governor Pat McCrory’s remarks about higher education. He said, “I...

The Whole Nation Looks at 3 North Carolina Connected Authors

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 30, 2013 | D.G. Martin

Three recent books with North Carolina connections have gained national recognition. You should certainly know about them. Tim Gautreaux is widely admired in our state’s literary community. For instance, popular Hillsborough...

Caught In A Lie, What Do You Do?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 22, 2013 | D.G. Martin

What should a public figure do when caught in a mistake or telling a lie? Any experienced political advisor will urge, “Stop lying, tell the truth, and get the whole story out in one fell swoop.” Further lying or delay in...

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