by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Are you tired of hearing about Chapel Hill? Have you heard enough to last a lifetime? Has the multipart ESPN series about Michael Jordan, “The Last Dance,” been the last straw? Even so,…
by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Is the Corona 19 virus the result of a plot by the Chinese to bring down the United States? Or is it a plot by the United States to punish China? Knowing that…
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – “Smart people don’t get bored,” my friend announced when I told her that a lot of people were getting bored from the home-confinement imposed by the ongoing pandemic. “Smart people can find all…
by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Would you like to know why U.S. sanctions against companies owned by Russian billionaire and businessman Oleg Deripaska are being lifted? You are the reason. Me too. And so is everybody else who…
by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – What is a good book I can give a friend? Every year I get this question from folks who know that I try to keep up with NorthCarolina-related books. First of all, I…
by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – With the publication of “Varina” early next month, Charles Frazier’s many fans will celebrate the end of a long wait. Frazier refuses to work fast. Every word of every chapter of every one…
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Billy Graham loved Bridges barbecue in Shelby, his family’s friend Sally Pereira told Charlotte Observer reporter Bruce Henderson for an article about Graham’s private life and common touch. Other North Carolinians sing the…
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Can a former North Carolina governor bridge the gap between science and religion? Jim Martin gives it a try in a new book, “Revelation Through Science: Evolution in the Harmony of Science and…
by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – “I have just spent a couple of hours trying to negotiate the State Health Plan eligibility exercise and am still steaming about the difficulty I had following its directions. Others may have a…
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – What is the biggest challenge that we, as individuals, face in this time of angry, petty, and deceptive politics that has infected our public life and seems to be pulling each of us under,…