By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and I explained in a column many years ago. One reason is that it is one of the very few days we have saved just for families and…
One on One: Thanksgiving to the rescue again
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One On One: Did a North Carolinian cause the Suez Canal back-up?
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Who is responsible for last month’s jam up in the Suez Canal? Could it be a North Carolinian? The damages to the quarter-mile long container ship, Ever Given, which ran aground in the…
One on One: Ignoring my Asian friend’s question—a big mistake
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – A few years ago, I ignored a friend’s question about whether there was a risk of violence to Asians in North Carolina. That was a mistake. My friend, Don Mar, grew up in…
One on One: Big news about the Cherokee
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Cherokee is in the news again this month. All about the name of an automobile, a popular Jeep product. But for North Carolinians, the Cherokee term brings up a whole special set of…
One On One: Lowered life expectancy doesn’t stop this N.C. native
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – “Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020,” according to last week’s news reports. For males the average life expectancy is now 75.1 years…
One on One: Workhorse or show horse
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Do you want your congressional representative to be a “workhorse” or a “show horse?” In the recently released fourth revised edition of his classic “The Congressional Experience: An Institution Transformed,” David Price writes…
One on One: When do we change names and history?
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Last week the Raleigh City Council removed the historic designation of Wakestone, the former home of Josephus Daniels. That action is just one more reminder of North Carolina’s and the nation’s struggle to…
One On One: Greek and Hebrew guides to our political differences
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – How can ancient Greek and Hebrew thinking help us understand why our friends who support other political candidates see things so differently from us? Why are we locked into such different positions? It…
One on One: Waking up as a Republican
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – “Why so glum?” I asked a sullen group of Democrats who were expressing despair as they reviewed the results of the November 3rd elections. They explained their gloominess. Democrats had lost seats in…
One on One: Fighting for America
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – We both love America? We would fight for our country. And we would fight to keep it the way we love it. And we would fight to make it the way we could…