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Column: www.k-through-12.com
If the website address above scares you a bit, don't worry; I made it up. However, there really is a website at www.K12.com and it might be scary.
Column: Having enough
When I was a child growing up, we always had enough. If you asked Daddy, I am sure he would have said that we had an abundance.
Column: Dinner on the church grounds
My back road travels take me by many a rural church. And what do I see? A fellowship hall. Often its architecture is out of step with the church itself but it's not out of step with the times. To have a fellowship or social hall is a trendy thing. Well, it wasn't always this way.
Column: Advise and dissent
WASHINGTON -- If you missed Day One of Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court hearing, just try to imagine a mud-wrestling contest attended by banshees howling at the referee.
Column: Different times, different measures
I hate to admit to spending time on the internet, but what can I say -- I surf, happily and mindlessly, just like everyone else.
Column: An afternoon for redfish
Many years it's been since I fished, 40 at least. The drought ended August 22. Out onto Port Royal I went with Beaufort fishing guide, Capt. Tuck Scott, and Tony Royal of Baystreet Outfitters. Out we went in Scott's Hells Bay Stealth, a shallow water skiff. We sought redfish, which go by various names … spot tail, red drum, channel bass, and "red."
Column: House of horrors
The first thing that happened when I moved into my present house is the pipe to the washing machine burst and water flooded one of the downstairs rooms where my office is located.
Column: A house for more than court
During the 1930s, I remember hearing my father, who was born in 1892, sometimes say he was going to Chesterfield courthouse. Being about 10 years old at the time, I just assumed he had gone to the courthouse in the town for some business. I was to learn, many years later, he meant something entirely different. He was going to the town that had been named Chesterfield C.H., S.C., in the past.
Column: Honorable, but complicated
Last week, I made the suggestion that moderate Republicans might want to think about forming a new party since, in my opinion, President Donald Trump and his followers have hijacked the GOP. I suggested that some big names might be among that crowd.
Column: Daddy’s rules
There were violations of certain rules that were guaranteed to aggravate Ralph Satterfield. Ralph was my daddy and I aggravated more him than a few times.
Column: Trying new delicacies not easy
One of the hardest things about traveling in a foreign country, besides not being able to understand the graffiti on the restroom walls, is learning to eat certain native foods.
Column: A hero’s farewell
WASHINGTON -- The world seems already a lesser place with the passing of Sen. John McCain.
Column: No time for a spending spree
First, the good news: South Carolina closed out the 2018 fiscal year, which ended June 30, with a $177 million revenue surplus.
Column: B.B. King
You probably know that the crying songs of the blues rose up from the flat, silvery cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta.
Column: Beautiful, but deadly
I was driving back from a speaking event in Lake City, the town that reinvented itself thanks to art and the vision and financial support of Darla Moore. Lake City was a tobacco town once, but we all know why tobacco fell out of grace. Well, don't worry about Lake City. What a vibrant town, and when you drive around town you see all these warehouses. Those warehouses make for some fine art galleries now when ArtFields comes to Lake City each spring.
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Column: Florence in the age of ‘fake news’
When I think about Hurricane Florence, two images come to mind.
Column: Campbell Street Corridor to be showcased
The African American Cultural Center of Camden opened its doors to the public on Feb 24. Located at 517 York St., the center is an ...
Column: Change is good; you go first
As I craft my first article as the new Superintendent of the Kershaw County School District (KCSD), replacing someone who dedicated 11 years to our ...
Column: Is there a Kavanaugh doppelganger?
WASHINGTON -- In one of Brett Kavanaugh's responses to allegations that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl when he was in high school, a charge ...
Column: Reflections before the storm
OK, first I should apologize for last week.
Column: The rest of the story
Now that I think back on it, I see how I was prepared and schooled at every turn to be a storyteller. Stories fascinated me ...
Column: Of Serena Williams and pay gaps
Earlier this week, I had some interesting "conversations" on Facebook after I commented on two posts by Vox. One story focused on an Australia newspaper ...
Column: Southern women love high heels
Recently, a friend was telling me that her mother, a most charming Southern woman, had to give up her high heels. She is 76 and ...
Column: Things left behind
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. -- Tuesday morning, I did what millions of people have done in hundreds of places for centuries. I picked the few favorite ...
Column: FireFest coming soon
Each fall, our Camden Fire Department (CFD) organizes a terrific, family-friendly event that is free and open to the community. If you have yet to ...
Column: Sometimes, I wonder...
Seventeen years ago, I strolled into the offices of the Beaufort Gazette around mid-morning. I had been up late covering some government meeting or another ...
Column: No, I’m Spartacus!
WASHINGTON -- It was Day Three of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings when Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J,, launched his 2020 presidential bid as a Thracian gladiator.
Column: ‘Going Bill’
I lost a very good friend three weeks ago. His name "is" Bill, not "was" as I find it too hard and too soon to ...
Column: Social media could destroy us
I am convinced that in less than 100 years, historians will conclude that the widespread adoption of social media was the catalyst that ended the ...
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