INDEPENDENCE FROM WHOM? We wrote a Fourth of July column yesterday waxing optimistic about the future of America. Today? It’s back to hard realities …...
WAXING OPTIMISTIC … In previous years this website has chosen to mark the occasion of America’s independence with a measure of mourning – the rhetorical equivalent...
ALASKA IN RANGE … The missile program of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK – a.k.a. “North Korea”) took another quantum leap forward this...
FISCAL IMPACTS UNCLEAR … Government-run school district leaders in Laurens County, S.C. want to raise property taxes on residents by as much as 17.5 percent to...
EX-GAMECOCK ALL-STAR Former University of South Carolina baseball star Justin Smoak has been chosen as the American League (AL)’s starting first baseman in this month’s...
CREDITS AVAILABLE … We wrote back in May reminding South Carolinians to “save their gas and vehicle maintenance receipts beginning on July 1 and store those receipts...
WHERE WILL WALTER WHETSELL GO? One of the most well-placed rumors in South Carolina politics these days is that veteran “Republican” political consultant Walter Whetsell has...
SOLID APRIL DATA … South Carolina’s tourism industry grew by double digits during the month of April – according to the government agency that serves as...
