by D.G. Martin | Oct 11, 2022 | Local, News, One on One
Search for: NEWS Still Writing Compelling History—on His 100th Birthday When UNC-Chapel Hill Professor William Leuchtenburg delivered the Law Day address in Mecklenburg County 35 years ago, I could not have dreamed that I would help celebrate his 100th birthday last...
by D.G. Martin | Oct 3, 2022 | Local, News, One on One
Search for: NEWS Hurricane Ian Reminded Us Hurricane Ian hit us here in North Carolina last week hard enough to get our attention with its heavy rains and winds. Still all the news stories about Florida’s damage and struggles got us thinking about the many hurricanes...
by D.G. Martin | Sep 26, 2022 | Local, News, One on One
Search for: NEWS Agony and Ecstasy in Revising “Roadside Eateries” There is agony and there is ecstasy in revising my favorite book, “North Carolina Roadside Eateries.” The book I wrote about local eateries near our state’s interstate highways was published by UNC...
by D.G. Martin | Sep 20, 2022 | Local, News, One on One
Search for: NEWS North Carolina’s Queen Elizabeth and King Charles We watched the great and solemn events in Britain over the last few days. But we heard not a mention of North Carolina’s important connections to the royal family, to Elizabeth and Charles....
by D.G. Martin | Sep 12, 2022 | Local, News, One on One
Search for: NEWS Alaska and North Carolina Does Alaska have a political message for North Carolina? Not a chance, you say. It’s too far away to have any connection to us. But wait a minute. There are some connections. Steve Cowper, who grew up in Kinston and graduated...
by D.G. Martin | Sep 5, 2022 | Local, News, One on One
Search for: NEWS Can’t Stop UNC’s Move to Raleigh Too late. It has already been done. The Spangler building that served as headquarters of the UNC system is dark and empty for the first time since 1971 when UNC president William Friday moved the university president’s...
