OPINION: Why Did President Obama And The Democrats Win Across America, But...
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Don’t like my election answers? You can get different ones almost everywhere you turn. There are many different answers to the questions we are asking...
View ArticleOPINION: What If Mitt Romney Had Won The Presidential Election?
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Why did Romney win? Well, of course, he didn’t. But it was close. And if he had won, how would the experts be explaining it? Maybe like this: 1. First...
View ArticleOPINION: What Both Democrats And Republicans Can Learn From The 2012 Election
By Dr. Robert Moore, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – We are a divided and fractious electorate, but most of us share a common relief that the 2012 election is over. Nonetheless, the November 6th results...
View ArticleOPINION: Remembering North Carolina Leader Bill Friday
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – All over North Carolina, people are still grieving the loss of UNC President Emeritus William Friday. At the same time they are enjoying sharing memories...
View ArticleOPINION: CEO Jim Rogers to Leave Duke Energy After Merger Fiasco
By Paul Chesser, National Legal and Policy Center, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The long, crony-capitalizing, rent-seeking reign of CEO James Rogers at Duke Energy looks like it will...
View ArticleOPINION: NC Democrats – Following A Lead And Finding A Leader
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – How are the North Carolina Democratic Party and the National Republican Party alike? That is easy. Both lost elections this fall and do not know what to...
View ArticleOPINION: Voter Disenfranchisement In NC, Then And Now
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – They “disfranchised us, and now we intend to disfranchise them.” It sounds like what North Carolina Republicans might have said behind closed doors while...
View ArticleNOTES ON QUOTES: Rubber Ducky Day And Other Creative Holidays In 2013
By Gordon and Marcia Mercer, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – “The more you praise and celebrate….the more there is to celebrate.” — Oprah Winfrey Christmas has come and gone in the Raleigh area. New...
View ArticleOPINION: City Of Raleigh’s Rules On Panhandling Are Too Strict
By Guest Editorial, Special To The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Raleigh Telegram publishes letters to the editor as long as they meet our criteria for publication. The Telegram recently received a...
View ArticleOPINION: My Grandson And The Violin Lesson
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – What was the best Christmas present? For me, it would be something a family member made, like the pictures and the book my granddaughters made and gave to...
View ArticleOPINION: What Should Politicians Do When Caught In A Lie?
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – What should a public figure do when caught in a mistake or telling a lie? Any experienced political advisor will urge, “Stop lying, tell the truth, and...
View ArticleNOTES ON QUOTES: Western Films And Cowboy Ethics
By Gordon And Marcia Mercer, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – “If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.” Will Rogers, Cherokee, Cowboy and American Humorist, 1879-1935. The...
View ArticleOPINION: Is Manufacturing Dead In North Carolina?
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” So said Mark Twain after hearing that his obituary had been published in the New York Journal. And many...
View ArticleNOTES ON QUOTES: Do We Really Need Daylight Savings Time?
By Gordon Mercer and Marcia Gaines Mercer, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Daylight Saving Time: “It impacts diverse and unexpected areas, including agricultural practices, street crime, the reporting...
View ArticleOPINION: NC Lottery And Rand Paul’s Drone Speech
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Are you tired of the partisan divisiveness that is poisoning the political environment of our state and nation? Do you wish that the politicians from the...
View ArticleNOTES ON QUOTES: What Will The Future Bring To Our Society?
By Gordon Mercer and Marcia Gaines Mercer, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – “Change is not merely necessary to life-it is life.” Alvin Toffler, Futurist As humans we are naturally curious. People who...
View ArticleLETTER: Bloomberg Wants Your Guns, Your DNA, And Spy Drones
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – A Raleigh Telegram reader sent in a letter expressing their opinion on New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s recent efforts at running television commercials in North...
View ArticleNOTES ON QUOTES: Almost Losing Our Bill Of Rights
By Gordon Mercer and Marcia Gaines Mercer, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – “A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or...
View ArticleNOTES ON QUOTES: Margaret Thatcher’s Transformational Leadership
By Gordon Mercer and Marcia Gaines Mercer, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – “Few Prime Ministers have been called upon to change so much. Few have been loathed as much for trying. Few have shown such...
View ArticleOPINION: North Carolina’s Own “Iron Lady”
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – What about North Carolina’s “iron lady”? The recent death of Margaret Thatcher, the steely, hard-working, and effective British prime minister, led to...
View ArticleOPINION: Passing NC Voter ID Law Makes Sense
GUEST EDITORIAL By Senator Thom Goolsby, Special To The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – As the debate rages over photo voter ID, it is fascinating to listen to the arguments against the proposed law. The...
View ArticleLETTER: Efforts To Dismantle Renewable Energy In NC Will Hurt Economy
Special To The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – In this letter to the editor, a reader says that keeping the renewable energy requirements in North Carolina will not only benefit the economy but will help...
View ArticleOPINION: Some Books You Won’t See On NC Bookwatch
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Here are some important new books you will not learn about on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch. Before I explain, let me tell you a little bit about the...
View ArticleOPINION: Is Moral Monday At The NC Legislature Helping Or Hurting?
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – “We will not be Intimidated or Coerced by Certain Alphabetical Organizations or Committees under the Disguise of ‘Betterment of Certain Groups or Races’.”...
View ArticleOPINION: The Charlotte Hornets And An Enemy General Still Remembered
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – What enemy general who fought in North Carolina is most memorialized here? Here is a hint. The Charlotte pro basketball team is taking back the Hornets...
View ArticleOPINION: Are There Any Good Options For The U.S. In Syria?
By Dr. Robert Moore, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – In the summer of 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, CIA Chief David Petraeus and other officials urged President Obama to arm members of a...
View ArticleNOTES ON QUOTES: The Amazing Health Benefits Of Just Walking
By Gordon Mercer and Marcia Gaines Mercer, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – “We must not underestimate how important physical activity is for health—even modest amounts can add years to our life. “ I-Min...
View ArticleLETTER TO EDITOR: NC Has A Bright Future With Solar Power
By A Reader, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Raleigh Telegram recently received a letter from a reader regarding our article on the use of passive solar power at the new Oriental, NC...
View ArticleOPINION: The Battle At Gettysburg, 1963, The New South, And Airborne Training
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Next week Americans will be remembering the 150th anniversary of a defining moment in our country’s history, the Civil War battle at Gettysburg. The...
View ArticleOPINION: George Washington’s First July 4th In The Revolutionary Summer Of 1776
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH - In the early summer of 1776 in Philadelphia, where our founders were waxing eloquently about their newly declared independence from Great Britain, modern...
View ArticleMIKE WALDEN’S YOU DECIDE: What Ails NC’s Economy?
By Dr. Mike Walden, Special To The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – North Carolina’s economy was slammed by the Great Recession, with statewide unemployment passing 11 percent and more than 300,000 jobs...
View ArticleOPINION: Can NC Speaker Tillis Duplicate Holshouser’s Singular Victory?
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – When former Governor James Holshouser died last month, many North Carolinians of all political persuasions remembered with gratitude his example of...
View ArticleOPINION: If Not Moral Mondays, Then What To Do?
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH - “I want to do something, something besides Moral Mondays.” A friend was asking me what he could do to stop what the New York Times called last week a...
View ArticleOPINION: Losing The Best Lobbyist In North Carolina
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH - When Zeb Alley died earlier this month, lots of people in North Carolina thought they had lost one of their best friends. Those of us who worked the...
View ArticleOPINION: A “Good Night” Book From A North Carolina Author
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Think for a minute about books by North Carolina’s best writers. Then tell me the one word that goes with the following words in the three recent book...
View ArticleOPINION: A Better Way In Germany In Terms Of Politics?
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Should we look to Germany for a better way to organize our government? Our parents and grandparents from the “Greatest Generation” would be shocked at the...
View ArticleOPINION: Celebrating North Carolina’s Nelson Mandela’s
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Nelson Mandela’s death last week at the age of 95 prompted a worldwide celebration of his life. The attention to him these past few days is testimony to...
View ArticleOPINION: The Regional Nature Of American Speech
By Dr. Robert Moore, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Contrary to the common notion that mass media has produced the homogenization of American speech, regional words and phrases are alive and thriving....
View ArticleDG MARTIN: Be Proud Of The Way You Talk
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH - You sure do talk funny. Has anybody ever told you that? If you grew up in North Carolina and moved somewhere else for a while, you surely got that kind of...
View ArticleDG MARTIN: North Carolina Is Variety Literatureland
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – “Variety Vacationland.” Do you remember that slogan from our state’s past? I suggest a new one: “Variety Literatureland.” In the next few weeks I plan to...
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