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The challenge Charleston faces as it weighs whether to protect the peninsula’s perimeter is as simple as this: The city doesn’t want a basic concrete wall, but it’s going to have to invest a not-insignificant amount of time and money before learning whether that protection can be something b…
It wasn’t technically my first COVID-era social gathering with people outside my social pod: There had been a couple of outdoor weddings, where I was able to remain largely on the fringes. But our parish decided this month to experiment with a return to fellowship, so this would be my first …
Recent news reports confirm stolen artifacts — many of them in the “priceless” category — are finally being returned home by the countries that took them as the spoils of war or bought them on the “gray” market. This actually makes me giddy. Yes, I’m filled with hope that if this can happen …
Young children everywhere need the same things: safe housing, nutritious food, high-quality medical care, learning opportunities and strong social and emotional support. Climate change threatens the ability of families and communities to provide these foundations.
It ought to be possible to operate a retail store in one of America’s largest and most iconic cities, but this most basic commercial proposition is in doubt in San Francisco.
It’s been a little more than three years since South Carolina journalists Mike McCormick and Aaron Smeltzer were killed while covering a tropical storm.
In a national poll, I suspect every holiday we observe would be called someone’s favorite, but my bet is on Thanksgiving being named most frequently.
When Park Circle residents hear the echoes of “More Than a Feeling,” some of them aren’t really feeling it.
A holiday question persists year after year, probably stretching all the way back to the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621. “What are we going to do with all the uneaten turkey?”
Like many South Carolinians, I was horrified at the official data on crime by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division that showed an alarming increase in criminal activity, one that the Palmetto State hasn’t seen in a generation.
Free trade among nations is not much different than specialization across our continental economy — California in high tech and New York in finance.
How is inflation like critical race theory?
It can be really bothersome to hear politicians lying. But sometimes it’s more alarming to realize they may be telling the truth.
It’s like something out of middle school.
You have to wonder if the folks at South Carolina Republican Party headquarters even remember Ronald Reagan.
One challenge facing Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg as he and City Council members work to balance their 2022 budget is that they gave city taxpayers a tax cut last year — a modest and rather unintentional one. The mayor says he personally paid $58 less in city taxes on his West Ashley home.
Like many popular destinations in South Carolina, the population on the Waccamaw Neck in Georgetown County is growing and traffic is increasing. It’s no wonder. This area boasts beautiful coastal scenery, boundless outdoor recreational opportunities and a quality of life that pulls people in.
It’s clear the overwhelming majority of Americans are in favor of cannabis reform in some way, shape or form. Forty-seven states, including South Carolina, have taken steps to reform or legalize cannabis, while the federal government continues to lag behind.
Like most people born in the 1950s or earlier, I had almost every highly contagious pediatric infectious disease: measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, diarrhea and vomiting, many strep throats and who knows what else.
Regardless of political affiliation or whether we lean left or right, we have an obligation as parents and taxpayers to support public education. We all want to make sure our children, as students, gain enough knowledge and perspective — especially in the critical high school years — to enab…
ROME — Two thousand years ago on a bend in the River Tiber, a Roman poet first described this place as “The Eternal City,” and indeed it has been around for what seems like forever. But during the last weekend in October, it was the “Infernal City.”
South Carolina Republicans are scared to run in competitive districts, and if you don’t believe me, just look at the redistricting map drawn by the Republican state Senate staff.
After two excruciating weeks, the international climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, ended last weekend. Was it a success?
It’s a good thing Pat Conroy books don’t include illustrations, otherwise somebody might try to ban him.
Vic Mills’ recent commentary about his proposed project at 295 Calhoun St. includes several statements we disagree with.
Nelson Mandela said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
You’re flipping through the channels, and the temptation of “free” causes you to stop surfing and see what the offer is all about. The commercial narrator enthusiastically says that you can get the latest car or gadget today without paying one red cent. But if you stay tuned until the end wh…
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this month in a new case on the Second Amendment, and the stakes are high. New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Corlett marks the first time since 2008 that the court has agreed to rule on it. I would like to offer some clarity about the …
The experience of the last Democratic president who presided over a significant bout of inflation wasn’t a happy one, and if the Biden White House isn’t haunted by that precedent, it isn’t paying attention.
Charleston got two very loud wake-up calls last week, and this is no time to hit the snooze button.
It was just after supper when my mom said it was time to go.
Republicans are in a triumphalist mood. The Nov. 2 election’s red wave has many in the GOP counting on a crimson tsunami come next year’s midterms and fueled even more confidence that Joe Biden will be a one-term president. Some skepticism is in order, though a little triumphalism is warrant…
This year’s S.C. legislative session isn’t over yet — there are signs that lawmakers might still try to do their job before they adjourn for the year — but already the influence industry is gearing up for the 2022 session.
We come before you today as community members and as clergy whose congregations are members of the Charleston Area Justice Ministry. The Justice Ministry brings diverse people of faith together to seek equity and fairness in our community and to see that every citizen of our community has eq…
Just like nearly every other state in the nation, South Carolina is facing a major infrastructure crisis.
I’m lucky to have lived in some beautiful places.
Today is Veterans Day, which honors all veterans of the U.S. armed forces. It’s also the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the solemn landmark at Arlington National Cemetery honoring military personnel killed in action who have never been identified. Sin…
Recent articles in military-oriented magazines and daily newspapers attempt to assure war veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan that they should not feel that the hasty, disorganized and unilateral withdrawal from Afghanistan in some way discredited their honorable service in these wars.
Congresswoman Nancy Mace is in for a very long year. Already, several Republicans have announced they will run against her in the June GOP primary, and twice as many more could sign up before the spring deadline … including some well-known former candidates, maybe even one with the backing o…
I’m going to sit down and send a week’s pay to the folks at Snopes so they can continue the Lord’s work of using research and facts the rest of us are too lazy to mess with to combat the spread of misinformation on the internet.
President Joe Biden wants to bring the same discerning, common-sensical governing style to American child care that has his job approval rating in the low 40s.
It’s wishful thinking, I fear, but wouldn’t it be great if today’s technology weren’t at quite such high levels? If managing various matters could regain some bygone simplicity? If only we could replace a bit of all this new high-tech stuff with a little good old low tech?
Nov. 2 was a boffo night for the Republican Party, and not such a great night for Donald Trump.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel accomplished much but leaves Germany’s toughest challenges for her likely successor, Socialist Democrat Olaf Scholz.
Carbon-free electricity isn’t a final destination — it is merely a stop along the road to a time when electricity becomes the clean fuel of choice and reduces pollution in buildings, cement and steel production, transportation and other places and industries.
When his plane from Washington touched down in South Carolina that night, state Sen. Gerald Malloy’s phone delivered the devastating message.
As work winds down to shore up two sizable smokestacks on the East Side, the city, the State Ports Authority and Charleston’s preservation community should turn their attention to our far more unique and historical industrial landmark.
Never waste a crisis. We don’t have an MIT or a Stanford, both innovation factories, but in the contest to attract high technology, Charleston does have a competitive edge that increasingly matters: It’s one incredibly livable city.
It was just before Election Day six years ago when I got an email from the mayor of Arcadia Lakes, a tiny little anti-city surrounded by Columbia and Forest Acres, letting me know that his town had decided to hold an election that year. That wouldn’t have been noteworthy but for this inconve…
It was awfully considerate of the Greenville County Republican Party to address the elephant in the room.
