Philip Martin

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

POP NOTES

By: Philip Martin

Cotton Plant’s claim on Sister Rosetta Tharpe is not provincial homerism. She did not help invent this music despite coming from Cotton Plant. In an important sense, she helped invent it because she came from Cotton Plant.

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Wendell Berry and Dolly Parton taught America two ways to love a place

By: Philip Martin

Dolly Parton died on Aug. 25. Six days later, Wendell Berry died.

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

ONBOOKS

By: Philip Martin

After a lifetime spent arguing about movies, David Thomson wonders whether they deserved all that attention.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

McKinley’s assassination and the growing distance between politicians and the public

By: Philip Martin

At 4 p.m. on the afternoon of Sept. 6, 1901, the doors of the Temple of Music in Buffalo, N.Y., swung open and the public began filing past the president of the United States. An organist played Bach. William McKinley stood beneath a blue-and-gold dome, smiling and extending his hand to anyone who wished to take it.

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

McKinley's assassination and the growing distance between politicians and the public

By: Philip Martin

At 4 p.m. on the afternoon of Sept. 6, 1901, the doors of the Temple of Music in Buffalo, N.Y., swung open and the public began filing past the president of the United States.

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

How a convincing phishing email almost fooled a tech-savvy reporter

By: Philip Martin

I'm glad my 89-year-old mother doesn't have email.

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

POPNOTES

By: Philip Martin

I dismissed the cheerful coach after 10 minutes. Nearly two seasons later, I understand that his kindness is not innocence but something fashioned from grief.

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25 years after 9/11, remembering the bus ride home

By: Philip Martin

It was 25 years ago today that Karen and I escaped from Canada.

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What does ‘amateur' mean in the age of NIL and college sports revenue sharing?

By: Philip Martin

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. There was a time when we thought we knew what an amateur is.

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

What does ‘amateur’ mean in the age of NIL and college sports revenue sharing?

By: Philip Martin

There was a time when we thought we knew what an amateur is.