by D.G. Martin | Jan 22, 2024 | Local, News, Voices of Davidson
Search for: NEWS George Washington’s Failures—Steppingstones to Success Is it on your February calendar? George Washington’s Birthday. February 22. Officially the third Monday in February is when we celebrate Presidents Day and honor Washington, Abraham Lincoln, who...
by D.G. Martin | Jan 14, 2024 | Local, News, One on One, Top Left Box
Search for: NEWS Have the Ukrainians Already Won? Arguably, the Ukrainians have already won their country’s battle with Putin’s Russia—if we don’t make them give up that victory. It is a complicated situation, of course. Russian troops are still holding on to...
by D.G. Martin | Jan 9, 2024 | Local, News, One on One
Search for: NEWS Haley, Christie, and Lincoln on the Causes of the Civil War “What was the cause of the United States Civil War?” Asked this question by an audience member at a presidential candidate town hall in New Hampshire on Wednesday, December 27, Nicki Haley,...
by D.G. Martin | Jan 2, 2024 | Local, News, One on One
Search for: NEWS Economics, Artificial Intelligence, and the Nation’s Wealth The late Davidson economics professor Charles Ratliff was a great teacher who almost led me to a beginning understanding of economics. Although not accomplishing that objective, he left me...
by D.G. Martin | Dec 23, 2023 | Local, News, One on One
Search for: NEWS Books by the Tar Heel of the Year and Others Last week the Raleigh News & Observer named Myrick Howard its 2023 Tar Heel of the Year. Last month this column about Myrick’s book, “Buying Time for Heritage: How to Save an Endangered Historic...