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Noble: S.C. education -- buckets, fires and computers
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire," said the Irish poet William Butler Yeats.
Tatum: Governing the passions...
The next time I am within earshot of an individual who uses the phrase "I have a passion for…" to describe anything other than the first moment he or she met their significant other, I'm very likely to passionately beat them senseless with a five pound bag of oranges.
Rich: When a man finds his destiny
Sometimes a man, despite his best efforts, doesn't find his destiny. Try as he might, down through the earnest years of his life, he chases it and can even believe he has it, only to awaken one morning and discover he doesn't. That what he has is an illusion, a mirage he tried to turn into reality.
Morgan: A year of great accomplishments
It's hard to believe that the 2014-15 school year is over. The longer I work in this profession, the faster the school years seem to go. June is a month that I try to both reflect on the past year and set my sights on everything that needs to be done during the coming school year. In looking back at the past school year, I can say without any hesitation whatsoever that 2014-15 has been a year of great accomplishments. Here are some of our highlights:
Cahn: More to fix when it comes to agendas
A week ago, this newspaper applauded both the S.C. House and Senate for unanimously passing a bill requiring governing bodies to publish agendas and to require a two-thirds majority vote before amending those agendas during and up to 24 hours before such meetings.
Parker: Pool party mayhem
WASHINGTON -- Video imagery doesn't get much worse than a white police officer throwing an African-American girl in a bikini to the ground, kneeling on her back as she cries, and drawing his gun on other teens.
Phillips: What now?
Every year around this same time, early June, a certain thought occurs to me. The timing is simply because this is graduation time at high schools, colleges and universities all through our area and the entire United States.
Parker: Caitlyn Jenner’s politics
WASHINGTON -- Barring a terror strike or an Ebola outbreak to distract us, the 2016 presidential election seems headed for a gender identity showdown.
Noble: Andy Griffith is stopping progress in South Carolina
OK, the headline got your attention, so now hopefully you will read the whole column -- and no, it's not technically true. Andy Griffith died in 2012 and he was from North Carolina, not South Carolina.
Elliott: Red, white and true blue
There are times when folks ask me questions about NASCAR and I find myself at a loss for words -- which is the rarest of occurrences, believe me -- and then there are other times when folks ask me questions about NASCAR, and I can't say enough.
Tatum: A cunning plan
Whoever said "money can't buy happiness" either never had it or just took it way too seriously. With enough money, you can, in fact, buy a lot of happiness, or rather, peace of mind, which is a very clearly marked and well-paved route to happiness.
Rich: How fast rumors go
Carrie called the other day and I grabbed the phone just as I was coming in from the garage. I dropped my purse at the foot of the stairs and sat down on a step to talk. No conversation with Carrie is ever short. Even her voicemails run three to four minutes.
Gunn: Journey to nursing excellence
Healthcare is undergoing a fundamental transformation, and nurses are in the midst of many of the changes taking place. Recognizing it is critical to engage nurses throughout the process, KershawHealth has developed our Journey to Nursing Excellence initiative, a three-pronged approach encompassing shared governance, workforce development and staff recognition.
Cahn: A reintroduction of sorts
One of my "rules" about journalism is to always write a story with the assumption there is at least one person who has never read about the subject before. If you're writing about an ongoing debate over, say, school taxes, assume there's someone who has no idea what you're talking about.
Parker: Jenner’s coming-out party
WASHINGTON -- It wasn't quite "Call me Ishmael," but "Call me Caitlyn" made a whale of a splash.
Articles by Section - Columns
Column: My old friends Chuck and Will
This has been one of the weirder transitions from winter into spring. No doubt, that meme that's been making the rounds on social media ...
Column: Being corrected by others
It has been well over 10 years since I started a weekly newsletter for my readers which is free and primarily tells the stories behind ...
Column: What CMA is and is not
Having lived in the area most of my life, I am continually amazed at how very little people know about Camden Military Academy (CMA). However ...
Column: Drainage pipe puppies
Have you ever been driving down the road and seen a litter of puppies popping their heads up out of a drainage ditch or seen ...
Column: Legislature needs to obey own law
On today's front page, I have an article looking back at the Kershaw County school board's April 10 meeting and a presentation on ...
Column: Mark my words
The new book I've written about Mama is a compilation of past columns about her as well as new stories that give an insight ...
Column: Put out the word
An elected official in Camden never wants to hear: "How come there's no place for kids to hang out?" One answer that doesn't ...
Column: The history of Monument Square
Monument Square developed as a part of the 1798 "extended plan" of the town of Camden which is credited to Col. Joseph Kershaw. It was ...
Column: The dogs of war are howling
WASHINGTON -- As sabers rattle ever louder across fields, plains, oceans and deserts, President Trump's words from earlier this year haunt the stable mind:
Column: Mark my words
From time to time, as my writing career grew, Mama would say, "I built you, little girl. Don't ever forget that."
Column: Foreign chit-chat
The "last chance" dance was when the Australian gentleman spied the cute blonde lass and took a chance and asked her to dance and soon ...
Column: School safety always a priority
The recent school shooting tragedy in Florida has obviously brought school safety to the forefront. From the day this tragedy occurred, I have very clearly ...
Column: DSS claims it’s ‘making progress’
When we published my two-part "Orphaned and homeless" in-depth look at a teenager named "J.M." and how a jury found the S.C. Department ...
Column: My Atlanta angel
Writing amounts to solitary confinement. The hours alone reward you though when a book comes out: meeting folks who love books. When book events conclude ...
Column: Pride in city based on many aspects of life
The pride we feel for our city is based on many aspects of life. Chief among them -- loving people, generous businesses, dedicated community service organizations ...
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