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D.G. Martin: Replacing elections with lotteries

2012-01-13T10:28:07-05:00

There has to be a better way. Some of us reached that conclusion after discussing the mess our congressional and legislative governing systems have come to.

D.G. Martin: Following Daniel Boone to the west

2012-01-13T10:27:01-05:00

First there was Daniel Boone. Boone’s real exploits on America’s frontier made him a legend in a new country whose people were ever pushing westward, driving the boundaries of their nation to the Pacific and beyond.

D.G. Martin: Who teaches us how to live and die?

2012-01-13T10:23:07-05:00

Alzheimer's. Just the word scares you to death, doesn’t it?

D.G. Martin: Missing someone special at holiday time

2011-12-16T17:16:25-05:00

Harder, isn’t it, when the loss of a best friend or a loved one comes at holiday time?

D.G. Martin: Winter reading suggestions

2011-12-16T17:15:17-05:00

If you are looking for some special holiday gifts for some hard-to-give-to friends, I may have some help for you, thanks to UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch’s programs during the next few weeks.

D.G. Martin: The ACC’s first 20 years

2011-12-16T17:14:25-05:00

Just as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is poised to expand again, North Carolina's basketball victory over South Carolina in Las Vegas last week brought back memories.

D.G. Martin: Prime Minister Bowles?

2011-12-16T17:13:08-05:00

D.G. Martin: Another November 11, 180 years ago

2011-12-16T17:12:23-05:00

Sharon Ewell Foster, author of “The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part One: The Witnesses,” reminds us that this year marks the 180th anniversary of the slave rebellion led by Turner.

D.G. Martin: Still weaving for a living

2011-12-16T17:11:07-05:00

A Russian military-style cargo airplane took off from the Kinston Regional Jetport loaded with a North Carolina woven product worth millions.

D. G. Martin: Top screwups doctors (and politicians) make

2011-12-16T17:09:23-05:00

What are the top screwups that politicians make? Joe and Terry Graedon, radio hosts of “The People’s Pharmacy,” have a new book, “Top Screwups Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them.”