by D.G. Martin | Oct 26, 2021 | Local, News, Voices of Davidson
Search for: VOICES OF DAVIDSON 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 week get an agreement among the warring factions of the Democratic Party? A...
by D.G. Martin | Oct 18, 2021 | Bottom Right Box, Local, News, One on One, Uncategorized
Search for: NEWS October Hurricane on the Outer Banks It is October on the Outer Banks. A late hurricane is threatening to wash away the beaches and blow down the old wooden houses that have been family treasures for generations. The Boston Red Sox are struggling to...
by D.G. Martin | Oct 11, 2021 | News, One on One, Top Left Box, Voices of Davidson
Search for: NEWS 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 and do it quickly? Too quick, his critics and some others say. Macbeth, agonizing about a...
by D.G. Martin | Oct 4, 2021 | Local, News, One on One
Search for: NEWS Bland Simpson’s North Carolina The next time somebody asks you to describe North Carolina, pull out and read aloud this quote from the beginning pages of Bland Simpson’s new book. “It is a line of sandbars some nearly thirty miles out into the...
by D.G. Martin | Sep 28, 2021 | Local, News, One on One
Search for: NEWS Wiley Cash — Another Big Success When we first read Wiley Cash’s debut novel, “A Land More Kind Than Home,” we knew he had the potential to be an important North Carolina writer. Then “This Dark Road to Mercy” and “The Last Ballad” showed this...
