Archive for D.G. Martin – Page 14

Opinion

DG MARTIN COLUMN: North Carolina Bookwatch’s final season

All good things have to come to an end. And PBS-NC’s “North Carolina Bookwatch” television program has been ... Read more

Columns

DG MARTIN COLUMN: Home from Afghanistan

Our man in Afghanistan is home. But he is still covering Afghanistan for The New York Times. David ... Read more

News

STATE: Farewell season of ‘North Carolina Bookwatch’ to premiere Nov. 7

PBS North Carolina’s beloved original production sunsets after 23 seasons on-air On Wednesday PBS North Carolina announced the ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Joe Biden needed Frank Porter Graham last week

Could the legendary president of the University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham, have helped Joe Biden last ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Following Macbeth’s advice in Afghanistan

Can Shakespeare’s Macbeth help us deal with President Biden’s decision to pull all American troops out of Afghanistan ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Bland Simpson’s North Carolina

The next time somebody asks you to describe North Carolina, pull out and read aloud this quote from ... Read more

Opinion

DG MARTIN COLUMN: Wiley Cash — another big success

When we first read Wiley Cash’s debut novel, “A Land More Kind Than Home,” we knew he had ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: A great teacher teaches on

When Julian Pleasants died Sept. 7 North Carolina lost one of its most important academic and popular historians. ... Read more

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D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: John Rosenthal asks, why?

Why? Why? Why? This question haunts anyone who has lost a family member or friend to suicide. We ... Read more

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Our most popular columnist

Who is North Carolina’s most popular weekly newspaper columnist? Maybe John Hood, Tom Campbell, Gary Pearce or someone ... Read more

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