Education Lawsuit Looms Large In SC Supreme Court Race
LAWMAKERS LEERY OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM … As we recently noted, there are three candidates seeking a spot on the S.C. Supreme Court this year. And because these...
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The Iceberg Theory Of The “Republican” Party
DON’T LOOK NOW BUT THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM IS IN MELTDOWN MODE Earlier today we ran an item entitled “First In The South Polling: Looking Beyond...
Good News From The IRS
NO … REALLY It’s rare we have a positive update from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) – an agency which has been mired in scandal...
“Dem Tiggers Be Headin’ Ta Th’Air Port”
“BEAT DAT CREMMSATIDE!” For those of you unhip to the local parlance, the above headline and kicker (a.k.a. “subheadline”) make reference to the fact that...
December Jobs Report: Up, Down And All Around
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS … The U.S. economy gained 292,000 jobs in December, according to data (.pdf here) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...
About That “Sex Lobbying” Law
SHOULD LAWMAKERS HAVE TO DISCLOSE WHEN THEY HAVE SEX WITH LOBBYISTS? There are three types of lobbyists: Those who get ahead on the strength of...
“First In The South” Polling: Looking Beyond Donald Trump’s Big Lead
HOW THE DISENFRANCHISED CONSERVATIVE ELECTORATE IS SHAPING UP IN EARLY-VOTING SOUTH CAROLINA There’s a huge buzz in political circles regarding “microtargeting,” or the use of data to identify, persuade and...
Clemson Is Classing Up The Championship Game
YOU BETTER REDNECK-OGNIZE! We’ve already brought our readers the story of the tiger paw on the lawn of the federal court house, but Clemson University...
Tiger Paw At SC Federal Court House
HOLD THAT TIGER! So there’s a big tiger paw on the lawn of the Matthew J. Perry federal court house in downtown Columbia, S.C. No...
China’s Devaluation Will Hurt South Carolina
PALMETTO STATE PARTICULARLY PRONE TO LATEST CURRENCY MANIPULATION We’ve written previously regarding the delicate interconnectivity between South Carolina’s economy and that of China … and even...