Mary Geiger Lewis: Is She Qualified?

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By A. Citizen || While feted by the liberal reporting corps at The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper, U.S. President Barack Obama's recent appointment of Columbia, S.C. trial lawyer Mary Geiger-Lewis to the federal bench has left many South Carolinians scratching their heads. Other than being married

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To Legalize (Or Not)?

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To legalize or not to legalize? That is the question being debated by several states as it pertains to the use and possession of marijuana. California is just one of fourteen states that have legalized some form of marijuana possession even though the drug remains banned by the federal government.

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A. Citizen: SCGOP Should Boot Knotts

By A. Citizen || This political season is full of golden opportunities.   The administration of Barack Obama - which was sold as a vehicle for "hope and change" - has been an abject failure.  From ObamaCare being rammed down the throats of a disgusted electorate to a nose-diving economy that Obama

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A. Citizen: When “Cost-Cutting” Goes Wrong

By A. Citizen || If you rely on one of the Southeast's most worthless newspapers to keep up with the times, you wouldn't know that our dear friends in the S.C. House of Representatives just approved three weeks of furlough time for themselves as a "cost-cutting measure." Of course, if you live in

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A. Citizen: South Carolina’s KGB

By A. Citizen A chill wind blew through the S.C. State House last week, but amid all the noise over the "stimulus" fight, no one seemed to notice. Our State Senate, already part of the most unchecked legislative body in the nation, decided it should have even more power. Now, lawmakers want their

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A. Citizen: Floyd’s “Giuliametry”

When GOP-bashing FITS News editor and former gubernatorial spokesman Will Folks ran an article a few days ago regarding former Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, we noticed that at least one commenter latched on to the word “toxic” to describe any association between Giuliani and Karen

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A. Citizen: Replace Leatherman, Cooper

The silence is deafening. S.C. House Ways and Means Chairman Dan Cooper and Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman - the men who fancy themselves as the most powerful leaders in state government - are absolutely silent on their masterful management of our state’s finances. But while this stands

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A. Citizen: The Scam Chamber

PART I of III By A. Citizen In politics, business, relationships and life, there is one commodity you can never have enough of ... credibility. Credibility goes beyond respect and trust for an individual; it implies a level of confidence in someone’s abilities.  Maybe that ability is building

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A. Citizen: A GOP Inventory

By A. Citizen "Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction." -Ronald Reagan A New Year The New Year and a new Presidential Administration provides us of the Republican perspective a much needed chance to reevaluate our current predicament, and to

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A. Citizen: Self-Serving S.C. Lawmakers

By A. Citizen Last Sunday's edition of The State newspaper offered a mild rebuke of Gov. Mark Sanford for alluding to conflicts of interest in Columbia, but not naming names. Since he decided not to, I've got a short list that might raise some eyebrows: - Senator John Land is involved in the

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