For those of you unfamiliar with Carter Strange, he's a 19-year-old white kid who was nearly beaten to death last spring in downtown Columbia, S.C. by a mob of black teenagers (led by 19-year-old Thyeem Henrey). Strange barely survived this attempted lynching - and has had to undergo multiple surgeries
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S.C. Sen. Greg Ryberg has been a vocal (and occasionally effective) critic of South Carolina's underperforming state pension fund. Just last September, in fact, he published a piece that ran in numerous papers decrying the fund's soaring liabilities. "The retirement system, nearly solvent and fully
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Like everything else the federal government touches, America's education system has turned into an unmitigated (and increasingly costly) disaster for students, parents and taxpayers alike in recent decades. America is falling further behind the rest of the world in other countries, while the taxpayer
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Auditioning again to be the conservative Republican alternative to Mitt Romney, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum swept a trio of non-binding GOP primaries earlier this week. And while Santorum's victories in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri won't boost his delegate count, they did provide yet another
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South Carolina's eighty-five public school districts held onto a record $900 million in reserve funds in 2011 - an increase of $150 million from the previous year. This growing pile of unspent, un-obligated reserve money comes as lawmakers must decide - once again - whether to continue pouring record
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Dear Editor, Here are a pair of insightful glimpses into the ground conditions in Afghanistan. For those of you who have been there, you will no doubt recognize that each contains at least some truth. Many members of the public at large, however, will not. The first is the companion piece to
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley "eats, breathes and sleeps" jobs ... (well, government-funded ones at least) except of course when she's taking time out of her busy day to tweet nonsense in an effort to make herself seem "hip." Um, "Dancing With Myself" isn't "by The Donnas," governor. It was written and recorded
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S.C. Treasurer Curtis Loftis apparently wasn't the only one trying to get to the bottom of the mess over at the S.C. Retirement System Investment Commission (SCRSIC) - the government bureaucracy responsible for (mis)managing the Palmetto State's underperforming pension fund. Mallory Factor - the Charleston,
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Catherine Templeton - who was recently tapped by S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's administration to serve as the next commissioner of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) - will not answer questions about the governor's "Savannah River Sellout" at her confirmation hearing this week. "We've
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TOP SOUTH CAROLINA REFORMER SHOWS SOME MISPLACED LOVE S.C. Senator Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) is easily the Palmetto State's most fiscally conservative state lawmaker - as well as its most aggressive advocate for meaningful reform. That's why this website has consistently served as his most vocal cheerleader. Of
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GOVERNOR REALLY, REALLY, REALLY DOESN'T WANT THIS CASE HEARD Having been rebuked by the S.C. Supreme Court, attorneys for Nikki Haley are now attempting to have a circuit court judge dismiss a potentially explosive lawsuit filed against the first-term Republican governor. Last week, the S.C. Supreme
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Former University of South Carolina tight end Weslye Saunders will miss the first four games of the 2012 National Football League season after violating the league's ban against performance-enhancing drugs. The 6-foot-5, 270-pound tight end - who caught four passes for 29 yards and a touchdown during
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