I thought I was so smart back in 2016 when I wrote that Democrats, who were confident they would defeat Donald Trump, should be pulling for him to win.
Was Trump’s 2016 win good for Democrats this year?
D.G. Martin
The Great American Read, a PBS series, is in the process of selecting America’s best-loved novel.
“This may be the last time we get together like this.”
He is like the houseguest who stays too long, and then when he’s finally gone, you miss him a little bit.
Anna Beer could cost North Carolina taxpayers millions of dollars.
How did Carrboro writer and teacher Georgann Eubanks become the leader of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association?
Like all North Carolinians I am worrying about the flooding causing heart-rending damage throughout our state following Hurricane Florence.
“You’d better be careful,” my wonderful seventh grade teacher, Miss Winifred Potts, preached to my class more than 65 years ago.
Last month’s flooding from Hurricane Florence brought such bad news to New Bern and its neighboring cities, towns and communities.
I am looking for iconic North Carolina eateries for a new book.
When H. G. Jones died on October 14, our state lost a key connection to its history as well as a prime and positive, but all too rare, example…
Why would I ask you to read from a column I wrote almost 30 years ago?
Can’t you say anything good about President Donald Trump?
Who will succeed Margaret Spellings as president of the UNC System?
“Because he was a traitor and a pirate,” East Carolina University professor and leading North Carolina public historian, Larry Tise, explained…
“There should be an historic plaque in Chapel Hill honoring George Bush.”
What is a good book I can give a friend?
One of my favorite things about the holiday season is the arrival of “The World Almanac and Book of Facts.”
What really happened to Virginia Dare, the first child of English parents born in the New World? The same Virginia Dare whom I suggested recen…
While I have been traveling up and down North Carolina’s roads in search of local eateries, UNC Law School professor Gene Nichol has been trav…
A couple of weeks ago I shared with readers a list of famous North Carolinians published in the 2019 “The World Almanac and Book of Facts.”
There is a secret about North Carolina’s early colonial days, something even more disturbing and horrifying than traditional slavery.
When I was in France last week, Anthony Bourdain, also in France working on his popular and influential food and culture program for CNN, took…
Was there a connection between the 1950s Nigerian movement for independence and the civil rights movement in Winston-Salem?
You did not get to a parade or service on Memorial Day. You can’t get to the Normandy beaches this week for the anniversary of D-Day. You are …
Former state senate leader Marc Basnight’s restaurant near Manteo evokes two of my favorite things: politics and people coming together for go…
Here is a newspaper headline from last week: “A 'palace' in NC: One of the state's largest homes is for sale.”
Is the cold weather really over at last? And if the warmer season is here, what are some good books you should consider for your spring reading list?
Where is Erskine Bowles when we most need him?
With the publication of “Varina” early next month, Charles Frazier’s many fans will celebrate the end of a long wait.
Billy Graham loved Bridges barbecue in Shelby, his family's friend Sally Pereira told Charlotte Observer reporter Bruce Henderson for an artic…
