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WASHINGTON -- The new tell-all, "The Residence," featuring intimate anecdotes collected from past and current White House staff members, is absolutely delicious -- and utterly lacking in nutritious content.
April 10, 2015
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By Kathleen Parker
Washington Post Writer's Group
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Columns
Those of you who are regular readers of my weekly offering here know I am a big fan of older TV shows. To me, the phrase "they just don't make 'em like that anymore" truly applies in so many cases.
April 10, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Columns
I had the pleasure of attending the United Way's volunteer recognition dinner this week.
April 10, 2015
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By Paula Joseph
C-I contributing columnist
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Columns
WASHINGTON -- For a variety of reasons, I gave up alcohol Jan. 4.
April 08, 2015
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By Kathleen Parker
Washington Post Writer's Group
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Columns
But if the government keeps trying to protect me, I might consider it.
April 08, 2015
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Jim
Tatum
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Columns
This week the S.C. legislature reached the mid-point of the 2015 session, so they celebrated by closing up shop and going home for a week or so. Given their lack of substantive achievement so far, I'm not sure anyone will really realize they are gone.
April 08, 2015
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By Phil Noble
C-I contributing columnist
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Columns
I don't know if other 50-year-olds are like this, but when it comes to major birthday gifts on my wish list, I tend not to bother others about trying to get them for me.
April 06, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Columns
50 years.
April 06, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Columns
Before Thanksgiving, as I "juned" around the kitchen -- a mountain word Mama used to mean "fast moving" -- preparing for company, it occurred to me that I should invite Jerry.
April 06, 2015
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By Ronda Rich
www.rondarich.com
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Columns
Below are excerpts from essays written by eighth graders from a school district in the midlands on the topic of "What Freedom Means to Me." As you read these excerpts, check to see how these students feel about their country. Also check to see if parents and teachers have taught them many concepts on citizenship, civics and American democracy.
April 06, 2015
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By Harvey S. Teal
Provided by the Kershaw County Historical Society
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Columns
By Barton Swaim
April 06, 2015
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By Barton Swaim, Director
S.C. Policy Council
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Columns
"Hey," said the guy next to me at the blackjack table, "you know what they call people who hang around casinos?"
March 27, 2015
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Glenn
Tucker
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Columns
WASHINGTON -- President Obama got it two-thirds right when he said the delayed confirmation of his attorney general nominee, Loretta Lynch, is owing to Senate dysfunction and Republican stubbornness.
March 27, 2015
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By Kathleen Parker
Washington Post Writer's Group
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Columns
Here in the Chronicle-Independent newsroom, we're kind of shaking our collective head about the news which broke Tuesday about the early-morning heist of a complete automatic teller machine (ATM) from Mid Carolina Credit Union in Lugoff. The thief or thieves apparently used a large, stolen piece of equipment to rip the ATM from its concrete base and load it into or onto some sort of vehicle, almost surely a truck, given an ATM's size and weight.
March 27, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Columns
Spring is here in the City and the Bradford pears look so pretty.
March 27, 2015
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Liz Gilland, Camden Urban Forester
C-I contributing columnist
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Columns