Thomas Ravenel Announces U.S. Senate Bid
Businessman, reality television star and former South Carolina State Treasurer Thomas Ravenel will run as an independent for the United States Senate seat currently held...
2014
This Fourth: Ideas For America
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A “SUGGESTION BOX” FOR OUR DECLINING DEMOCRACY … The United States of America turns 238 years young this July Fourth – a veritable spring chicken...
North Carolina Survives Earliest Ever Hurricane Hit
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TAR HEEL STATE DODGES TROPICAL BULLET … Hurricane Arthur – a category two storm packing maximum sustained winds of more than 100 miles per hour...
Jonathan Pinson: Guilty
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WHO’S NEXT? Former S.C. State board of trustees chairman Jonathan Pinson was found guilty on twenty-nine of forty-five charges filed against him by federal prosecutors....
“Lexington Ring” Hits The Big Time …
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SOUTH CAROLINA SCANDAL MAKES NATIONAL NEWS … A few months ago, the saga of the “Lexington Ring” appeared destined for the crowded dustbin of Palmetto...
US Warns Of Terrorist Threat
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NEW MEASURES PUT IN PLACE TO GUARD AGAINST AL-QAEDA ATTACK The federal government is ramping up its already elevated security procedures in response to credible...
No One Wants To Read Political Books
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HILLARY, REPUBLICANS CAN’T FIND AN AUDIENCE FOR THEIR TOMES … The subject of political books is a sore one for our founding editor Will Folks....
Jobs Surge … Or Do They?
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MIXED SIGNALS AMID “EUPHORIA” ON EMPLOYMENT … The American economy added 288,000 jobs in June – sending the nation’s employment rate to a six-year low...
Steve Benjamin No Longer With Parker Poe Law Firm
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“MAYORHOOD” SCRUBBED FROM FIRM’S WEBSITE Columbia, S.C. mayor Steve Benjamin is no longer employed by Parker Poe, a North Carolina-based business law firm with offices...
Party ID: Independents Rule
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GOP, DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT IS SLIPPING … Nearly half of Americans – 46 percent – described themselves as political independents last month, according to partisan identification...