Letter: SC Government Schools “Bullying” Disabled Children
Parents of disabled children in South Carolina could face charges of educational neglect and abuse for simply taking their children to certified health care providers...
Holiday Wrap: Shopping Up 2.7 Percent
by FITSNews
National retail sales during the 2013 holiday shopping season grew by 2.7 percent, according to data released this week by ShopperTrak – which bills itself...
How The Free Market Works
by Will Folks
Like my recent piece on Detroit, this closer-to-home entry is another item that’s been on my list of stuff to write about … Over the...
SCDP: Nikki Haley Throws “Hail Mary” On Education
It took three years (and a tough reelection campaign) for Nikki Haley to finally come up with a proposal on education. Unfortunately for South Carolinians,...
ADP: Economy Adds 238K Jobs
by FITSNews
The American economy had another solid month on the employment front in December, private payroll processor ADP reported this week. “The U.S. private sector added...
A Billion Smokers
by FITSNews
Nearly a billion people on the planet earth smoked cigarettes on a daily basis in 2012, a new report reveals. That’s a big increase from...
2013: Year Of The Gun
by FITSNews
Twenty-one million applications for firearm purchases were run through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in 2013 – a 7.7 percent increase from...
Website To Tackle Government School Failures
by FITSNews
South Carolina’s worst government-run school district has landed on the pages of a new website devoted to exposing the chronic failure of government-run education in...
US Senate Extends Unemployment Benefits
by FITSNews
The U.S. Senate approved a three month extension of expired “extended” unemployment benefits – a move which will cost taxpayers $6.4 billion in the event...
Lindsey Vonn Out Of 2014 Olympics
by FITSNews
Superstar American skier Lindsey Vonn – a four-time world champion and the first American to win gold in the women’s downhill event – will not...