NC SPIN Posts by D. G. Martin

Raleigh or Ralegh?

Anna Beer could cost North Carolina taxpayers millions of dollars. How in the world could this British author and scholar cost us so money? Based on her comprehensive research, she argues that the...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   September 6, 2018

Missing Bert Bennett

In 1965, Terry Sanford left the governor’s office and moved down Fayetteville Street from the Capitol into law offices in the BB&T Building. Political insiders started referring to that structure as...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   July 26, 2018

Let us break bread together

What is the worst thing that has happened to us in the last few weeks? Our state legislature’s final week of secrecy and surprises? North Korea’s reported resumption of processing of nuclear fuel...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   July 5, 2018

Liberal arts: the payoff

Can the experience of world-renowned musician and North Carolina native Joseph Robinson contribute to North Carolina’s on-going dialogue about the purpose and value of higher education? You be the...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   May 31, 2018

Justice Ginsburg in Durham

I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks,” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told me the other day in Durham. The 85-year-old...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   April 12, 2018

Done with one-and-dones

This week in the middle of all the basketball madness, we put aside the hard fact that we are loving our favorite game to death. And, even when we acknowledge what is happening, we blame the wrong...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   March 16, 2018

Let's have a parade

I love a parade. So maybe I should be supportive of President Trump's suggestion for a big military parade sometime later this year. The president's idea has not gotten universal approval. Some argue...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   February 16, 2018