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FOIA report could have been better
One of the agenda items during this week's Kershaw County Board of School Trustees meeting was a report from Trustee Shirley Halley on topics covered during an Aug. 19 S.C. School Board Association School Law Conference.
Storytelling songs
When I was almost 17 and started my career in media by hosting a weekend radio show on a country music station, I was no stranger to country music and the great stories told in its songs.
The real America
I believe it to be a reasonable assumption that lately in our country there has been a state of division, if you will. What we have seen many would describe as not a minor division, but rather a gross separation of our citizens. It would be nearly impossible to walk by a working television or computer screen without seeing groups from the left and the right fighting in the streets and flashing signs promoting hate and violence. If we only follow the sensationalism on social media or in the news, we will begin to buy into the concept America is ...
The new downtown
There's a revolution brewing and it's not what you think.
Radio Days
When I was 10 months into my 16th year, I encountered the most fortuitous opportunity. Back then, I always exclaimed of my extraordinary luck, but as I have grown older and more knowledgeable of such things, I now realize it was an enormous blessing.
My Brain on NASCAR - Sept. 5, 2017
I'm not even going to pretend to be unbiased on the subject of Darlington Raceway. "The Lady in Black" is simultaneously NASCAR's greatest and most flawed structural achievement, a lop-sided Southern belle with a mean streak 1.366 miles long.
Revisiting Andrew Jackson in Camden
Recently, an undated and unsigned 47 page manuscript speech concerning Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) turned up at the South Caroliniana Library. I became intrigued with the possibility this manuscript might contain previously unknown information about Andrew Jackson in Camden. I immediately secured a copy for study.
What’s in a name?
Martin -- From the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god Mars. Saint Martin of Tours was a 4th century bishop who is the patron saint of France. An influential bearer of the name was Martin Luther (1483-1546), the theologian who began the Protestant Reformation. The name was also borne by five popes (two of them more commonly knonwn as Marinus). Other more recent bearers include ... the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King...
To brother Cromartie, with love
WASHINGTON -- There is something eternally bonding about a shared near-death experience, which is how I first met Michael Cromartie.
Moment of Nature - Sept. 1, 2017
As a municipality, we are fortunate to have a very green community. There are 20 parks and green-spaces totaling approximately 115 acres to manage and maintain. Therefore, the Parks and Trees Commission members visit our city parks every other year to check the condition of and make suggestions for improvements. City staff makes notes and incorporates many of the suggestions into budget requests for the upcoming year.
S.C.’s nuclear scandal and politicians
For a columnist like me, the state's nuclear scandal is the gift that keeps on giving. It is no exaggeration to say that there could be a column every week (or several times a week) on the growing scandal -- and it's likely to be so for months and even years to come.
Communication breakdown
I got a pretty interesting phone call the other day.
Robert Lee, no ‘E’
WASHINGTON -- You know we've reached a point of -- something -- when a sports announcer named Robert Lee is reassigned from calling a University of Virginia college football game because of his contemporaneously unfortunate name.
My Brain on NASCAR - Aug. 29, 2017
2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick, nicknamed "Happy," didn't sound the least bit jolly when recently addressing the subject of NASCAR's deteriorating popularity, not to mention its dwindling fan base.
Articles by Section - Columns
The scary part of Trump’s speech
I wrote today's column twice. I originally wrote a fairly straight-forward, "safe" examination of President Donald Trump's speech to the United Nation's ...
The yankee and his music
Tink returned from a trip to Los Angeles and was recounting a conversation between himself and a friend during lunch. (Many in Southern California continue ...
Main Street program showcases downtown Camden
Our hottest months are behind us as we begin to enjoy many upcoming events and activities. Our hours of day and night are roughly equal ...
More on the nuclear scandal
With each new revelation, our state's ongoing scandal of SCANA, Santee Cooper and their political dealing is providing new insights into how thoroughly corrupt ...
Lessons from the critters
A pretty funny thing happened just the other day. I won't say where, because that doesn't really matter, but the upshot of it ...
How Democrats won the presidency
WASHINGTON -- Rarely, if ever, have so many presidential winners and losers been so incessantly chatty.
My Brain on NASCAR - Sept. 15, 2017
Dear Danica Patrick,
School construction projects update
Last November, voters in Kershaw County approved a two-question $129 million referendum to move forward with a number of critical school construction projects. These projects ...
Who’s an ‘illegal immigrant’?
On Tuesday's front page, we published a story I wrote about 42-year-old Gheorge Iordache, who pleaded guilty in late August to 60 of 97 ...
Shouting for joy
On occasion when I was child, we traveled up into the mountains to visit what Mama called her "home church," meaning it was the church ...
McRae’s Superfine Flour
Camden has long been known for its wheat flour production during the pre-Revolutionary period and for several decades after the war. "Fine Carolina flour" was ...
Disasters and such
As Irma bore down on the U.S. mainland, the hysteria got more and more pronounced. It's only Friday as I write this -- she ...
The worst is yet to come
WASHINGTON -- It has become axiomatic that when Donald Trump says or does something over the top or below the belt, beware the unseen.
My Brain on NASCAR - Sept. 12, 2017
Labor Day weekend 2017 at Darlington Raceway was the best of times … and then it got better or, depending on where your personal driver allegiances ...
Scandal, corruption, accountability
The current scandal of SCANA's (S.C. Electric and Gas parent company) and Santee Cooper's nuclear debacle is arguably the biggest scandal in ...
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