Associated Press
The odds against meaningful ethics reform in our state, like the odds against the Gamecocks winning a Southeastern Conference football championship, have long been daunting.
WASHINGTON — The main purpose of the modern political convention is to produce four days of televised propaganda. The subsidiary function, now that nominees are invariably chosen in advance, is structural: Unify the party before the final battle.
The failure of last Friday’s attempt to overthrow the increasingly autocratic government of Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan is more to be regretted than celebrated.
Our American family is experiencing turmoil we have not seen in a generation. Two weeks ago, a tragedy in Dallas, where five police officers were killed and seven more wounded, closed a disturbing week that began with the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philandro Castille.
The odds against meaningful ethics reform in our state, like the odds against the Gamecocks winning a Southeastern Conference football championship, have long been daunting.
More progress has been made on the new Highway 41 bridge in five months than on the Cosgrove Avenue Bridge in five years.
A number of years ago I read a book by present U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, titled "The myth of free trade." He showed that so-called free trade was nothing more than the exploitation of foreign manufacturing workers in order to benefit a small segment of the higher ups in society: manufacturing owners and executives, shippers,...
This is my truth. I was born and raised in the South. My roots in North Carolina and South Carolina run deep. So does my faith in a God who made all men and women in His likeness and as equals. I believe this with all my heart.
I am a 71-year-old veteran in good health. I’ve never been in an emergency room. However, I became ill while working under my RV in the hot sun a few weeks ago. I was told to go to the ER at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Hospital.
There will be a proposal on the November ballot to raise the sales tax by a half cent. That in itself seems like a small amount; however, when added to our present 8.5 percent tax we reach a relatively high 9 percent.
Brian Hicks is right to decry the heartlessness so evident after Orlando. A Georgia congressman opened a meeting by saying that homosexuals are worthy of death. Pastors openly rejoiced over the Orlando slaughter. A corrupt and contemptible Congress refused to do anything to stop the epidemic of gun violence. And Rich Lowry smugly dismissed any...
We are seeing growing evidence of tribalism and conflict among various segments of our population. In my view, the only way this problem can be addressed in a meaningful way is to encourage more people-to-people contact so that all of us can better understand cultures that may be different from our own. Apart from the issue of guns, there may be a...
The Sergeant Jasper redevelopment saga revealed an alarming chink in the armor protecting Charleston’s historic districts. For the first time in its more than 80-year existence, the BAR’s very survival was considered in jeopardy.
Everyone says it: One year for a dog equals seven years for a human. But like a lot of things everyone says, it’s wrong.
On "Ballers," an East Coast version of "Entourage" on HBO, the misbehaving man-babies are National Football League players instead of Hollywood actors, but the profane banter and cocaine-fueled yacht parties remain much the same.
NEW YORK — Debi Mazar and her brood spend at least a month in Tuscany each year, but if the "Younger" actress had her way, the region would be a far more permanent fixture in her life.
NEW YORK — "Ghostbusters" star Leslie Jones publicly abandoned Twitter, one of several celebrities to do so after becoming the target of sexist and racist abuse on the service.
SAN DIEGO — The world premiere of "Star Trek Beyond" blasted off at Comic-Con with an orchestra, fireworks, lasers and tributes to the series’ late stars.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Alex Palma blasted a three-run home run in the fifth inning and the Charleston bullpen took the reins from there as the RiverDogs snapped out of a four-game skid to take a 5-4 victory over West Virginia...
CARTER, David Richard, of Charleston died Tuesday. Arrangements by Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation and Burial Services of North Charleston.
