Use American firepower to save lives and win wars 5/6/2007 7:12:21 AM
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., during an April 19 news conference: "This war is lost."
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on the Sena.. FULL STORY »
Save the children's 'ogre-sized' M&M's 4/29/2007 6:51:31 AM
Our children are our future. Their education is our duty.
Delaware Sen. Joe Biden played a variation on those familiar, related platitudes .. FULL STORY »
Stop the fight: Furl that banner 4/22/2007 6:42:06 AM
Old times here are not forgotten.
We South Carolinians just can't agree on what we aren't forgetting about old times - and their symbols. FULL STORY »
'Imus' mess revives a prior victim's pain 4/15/2007 7:27:22 AM
How did it feel to be slurred on "Imus in the Morning"?
Ask the Rutgers women's basketball team.
Ask me.
It felt bad.
Ultrasound bill an image of impractical intrusion 3/27/2007 10:52:11 AM
Limit government, expand freedom. Expand government, limit freedom.
Sure, we need some government.
But we shouldn't have more governmen.. FULL STORY »
Save our wondrous, timeless wilderness 3/11/2007 8:07:30 AM
Walking through the woods can be scary.
Critters hold the home-field advantage.
Stop stepping. Listen.
Something's still mo.. FULL STORY »
Warfare, welfare aren't cheap 3/4/2007 7:33:15 AM
Count the absurdities in this Wednesday dispatch from The Associated Press:
"While Democrats try to restrict how President Bush can spend t.. FULL STORY »
Inglis calls Iraq mess like he sees it 2/25/2007 7:11:48 AM
Nancy Pelosi ... John Murtha ... Charles Rangel ... Bob Inglis ...
Bob Inglis?
How did the Republican congressman from South Caroli.. FULL STORY »
Poor logic maximizes poverty perpetuation 2/18/2007 8:42:18 AM
Some folks are poor due to their poor choices.
Some folks are poor due to poor circumstances beyond their control.
A few letters on.. FULL STORY »
Warning: 'Protections'can endanger children 2/11/2007 7:18:26 AM
Mother and son were distraught as she told him: "I'm sorry, Sport, but I can't stop the rain."
The pouting 5-year-old could have - should h.. FULL STORY »
Too bad '08 choicesremain too limited 2/4/2007 7:28:45 AM
Too old. That's an obvious rap against the presidential bid of John McCain, who will turn 72 three days before the 2008 Republican convention begin.. FULL STORY »
Iraq mess not our onlyterrorizing challenge 1/28/2007 7:19:31 AM
You can run, but you can't hide, from Islamic terrorism - regardless of what happens in Iraq.
You can't hide from the crisis in Iraq, eithe.. FULL STORY »
Warm up to reality: Gore's 'Truth' hurts 1/23/2007 10:57:34 AM
Al Gore is a sanctimonious know-it-all and a sore loser.
But that doesn't make him wrong about global warming.
And Gore's grating p.. FULL STORY »
First-in-South primary divisions already beginning to form 1/14/2007 7:10:39 AM
Presidential wannabes - few are official "candidates" yet - proliferate in our midst.
Sure, it's more than a year until the Jan. 29, 2008, .. FULL STORY »
Big Brother wants your DNA; soon he'll want your cheese 1/9/2007 1:59:54 PM
The government already has your (Social Security) number.
Why not give the government your DNA, too?
Proposed legislation would all.. FULL STORY »
An enlightening gift that keeps on giving 12/24/2006 7:17:25 AM
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock ... That grimly rhythmic sound you hear is the clock erasing the dwindling seconds of this Christmas shopping seaso.. FULL STORY »
Stay safe - and dryby fleeing far inland 12/10/2006 6:56:33 AM
The sea is rising. Do you dare doubt that warning?
Then take in the glorious panorama at Breach Inlet this morning and see the sea rise for.. FULL STORY »
Splitting the differences can compromise logic 11/19/2006 7:07:00 AM
Compromise ... compromise ... compromise ...
That's the mantra many Americans echo, ad nauseam, as a simplistic formula to cure all that ai.. FULL STORY »
Rush to shift the blame a divisive, losing game 11/12/2006 6:48:50 AM
Politics, like football, is a team game. And the blame game - "It's not my fault we lost, it's yours" - can destroy team unity.
Football fa.. FULL STORY »
Voter ignorance spawns campaign cons 11/5/2006 7:25:58 AM
An old reliable campaign ad asks radio listeners: "How much do we really know about John Q. Candidate?"
Scared into a "not enough" answer y.. FULL STORY »
In football or politics, archrival's loss isn't always your gain 10/1/2006 8:10:29 AM
Tiger fans were relieved - finally - by the outcome of Thursday night's thriller in Columbia.
That includes lots of Tiger fans whose Tigers.. FULL STORY »
Human breed should remember who our best friends are 9/24/2006 6:44:34 AM
"Dogs don't make mistakes."
- Sherlock Holmes,
"The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
People do .. FULL STORY »
Rigged games stickBush in checkmate 9/23/2006 9:07:02 AM
Chafee wins, Bush loses ... Chafee loses, Bush loses ... heads, Bush loses ... tails, Bush loses.
A bit monotonous, isn't it?
The f.. FULL STORY »
Who's afraid ofthe big, bad storm? 9/3/2006 6:56:43 AM
Lots of local folks get fired up for football games.
But far too many get far too wrought up over hurricane threats.
So if you're s.. FULL STORY »
Save the local port: We're mammals, too 8/27/2006 6:41:11 AM
If whales are so smart, why do they keep getting hit by huge container ships with top speeds of roughly 25 knots?
OK, so that's a blatant s.. FULL STORY »
United we once stood, divided we ride for a fall 8/20/2006 7:17:15 AM
A major U.S. newspaper with well-known disdain for the president exposes a national-intelligence secret.
The commander in chief voices outr.. FULL STORY »
Trace schools' limits back to family basics 8/13/2006 11:35:35 AM
Back to school doesn't just mean back to the stores for classroom supplies.
It means back to the debate over what to do about failing publi.. FULL STORY »
USC grad shows that Old West not so far away after all 8/6/2006 7:19:04 AM
As a kid in Timmonsville, Johnny D. Boggs longed to live in another time and place - the Old West.
As an adult, the University of South Car.. FULL STORY »
Pick a number: Which 'World War' is this one? 7/23/2006 10:57:17 AM
Newt Gingrich and Mojtaba Bigdeli call it World War III.
Pat Buchanan and James Woolsey call it World War IV.
Gee, we've lost count.. FULL STORY »
?Beautiful Game' plays its cards right 7/16/2006 7:19:52 AM
Soccer's too boring. At least that's the standard American (U.S. of American, not Latin American) rap against this planet's most popular sport.
Sign of times shows big self-worth flaw 7/5/2006 1:57:00 PM
Location, location, location?
Or validation, validation, validation?
The former repetitive refrain has long been the win, place and.. FULL STORY »
Save maximum wrath for our true enemies 6/25/2006 7:27:45 AM
U.S. presidents don't just get big-time accommodations, transportation, food and weaponry.
They get big-time credit when things go right&nb.. FULL STORY »
Join an exclusive club: Stop whining and vote 6/18/2006 7:18:02 AM
Looking for a getaway that's nearby, yet far from the madding crowd?
Vote.
You have a good chance of having the polling place almos.. FULL STORY »
Going soft on guilty is hard on innocent 6/11/2006 7:29:44 AM
On Feb. 15, 1933, Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was shot in Miami by a man trying to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt.
On Mar.. FULL STORY »
Hurricane season blocks the TV view 6/5/2006 4:32:45 PM
Four down, 149 to go.
Days of the 2006 hurricane season, that is.
We're off to a winning start. Our state's early-season record is .. FULL STORY »
Ranks of U.S. obese include lots of fat cats 5/30/2006 4:07:45 PM
Being poor and being skinny used to go together - and still do in most of the world.
Yet according to experts, America's poor suffer a.. FULL STORY »
Count on it: Ominous figures still have our numbers 5/24/2006 4:21:22 PM
Sports scoreboards clearly reveal outcomes.
Non-sports scoreboards aren't always as easily interpreted.
But non-sports numbers ofte.. FULL STORY »
'Needs' of welfare state feed costly dependency 5/24/2006 4:14:11 PM
Dr. Howard Dean on the new Medicare prescription-drug benefit: "My mother needs that program."
Ponder the implications of that "need":
Controversy over foreign flags - and our 'Banner' 5/24/2006 4:25:32 PM
Americans want to be nice. But when forced to choose between a) meekly submitting to an insult grievous enough to threaten our national honor, or b.. FULL STORY »
Draw a line in the sand to defend our S.C. coast 4/30/2006 7:17:15 AM
Come and listen to my story 'bout a man named Frank,
A poor newspaper guy, couldn't afford to fill his tank,
And then one day he wa.. FULL STORY »
'Rummy' not alone in missing exit cue 4/23/2006 7:32:00 AM
The first rule of show biz: "The show must go on."
The second rule of show biz: "Always leave the audience wanting more."
The Mel B.. FULL STORY »
Stunning studies reveal conclusion-jumping risks 4/2/2006 6:42:54 AM
"You talk about people that you don't know,
You talk about people wherever you go"
? Joe Jones and Reginald H.. FULL STORY »
Cheaters don't prosper:Keep a fair-market tax 3/26/2006 7:25:39 AM
One week ago today, a golfer searched in vain alongside a water-filled ditch roughly 50 yards from the green. The other two guys in his threesome, .. FULL STORY »
All American ages need more, not less, of recess 3/19/2006 7:16:38 AM
If our nation that has more than doubled inflation-adjusted education spending since 1960 in the name of "the children" is really on the kids' side.. FULL STORY »
Map out the global villains ? and they aren't us 3/12/2006 7:07:02 AM
Forty-one months ago in this space, many readers long on opinions about whether to invade Iraq came up short when asked to find it on the adjoining.. FULL STORY »
Choose your words, and sides, with care 2/19/2006 7:00:11 AM
Less than two months after 9/11, President Bush told world leaders: "You're either with us or against us in the fight against terror."
More.. FULL STORY »
Myrtle Beach snow plow just tip of 'waste' iceberg 2/12/2006 6:53:08 AM
It can get cold in Myrtle Beach.
Sort of. But not often.
And not cold enough for long enough to justify sticking federal taxpayers .. FULL STORY »
XXX Super Sundays later, adventure ? and injustice ? endure 2/5/2006 6:53:38 AM
On Thanksgiving, we should reflect on our blessings. On New Year's Day, we should reflect on our resolutions.
On Super Sunday, we should re.. FULL STORY »
The power of the people: Stop whining and vote 1/29/2006 6:54:40 AM
Feeling powerless?
Jumpy over alarms that soon-to-be-confirmed Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will help accelerate an ongoing executive.. FULL STORY »
Capital move could be an added perk 1/22/2006 6:49:53 AM
Public service requires personal sacrifice.
And that selfless submission to the common good often requires living somewhere other than your.. FULL STORY »
'Cold Turkey' missing from menuOverly served can't just say no to eating 1/8/2006 7:23:42 AM
Want to stop smoking? Never smoke again.
Want to stop drinking? Never drink again.
Want to stop eating too much?
Never eat .. FULL STORY »
No free lunches, movies, cruise missiles ? or gas 12/11/2005 7:08:06 AM
A Big Movie needs a Big Villain.
Enter Big Oil, the dark force fueling "Syriana," a new big-budget film starring George Clooney.
Fr.. FULL STORY »
Going soft deadly in hard, cruel world 12/4/2005 7:42:12 AM
Lots of people say they're against any and all violence, including wars that lots of other people say are necessary for national defense.
B.. FULL STORY »
Fuel local architectural diversity: Let Clemson be Clemson 11/27/2005 6:28:32 AM
'Where the Blue Ridge yawns its greatness,
Where the Tigers play,
Here the sons of dear old Clemson,
Education order suffers failure to communicate 11/6/2005 6:59:55 AM
"Any man loses his spoon spends a night in the box."
Should any kid whose disruptive conduct causes any teacher to .. FULL STORY »
No holds barred: Modern life imitates art form of rasslin' 10/31/2005 3:46:22 PM
"All the world?s a stage." And increasingly, all the world?s a rasslin? squared circle.
The first observation comes from worldly wise philo.. FULL STORY »
Refined sense of energy urgency spills toward S.C. coast 10/24/2005 6:05:53 AM
Painful frustration: Gas-pump sticker shock persists. Overdue realization: Nearly 30 years have passed since a new oil refinery was built in the Un.. FULL STORY »
That's what friends are for 10/9/2005 7:14:13 AM Did you get your job because of what you know or whom you know? Should Harriet Miers, if confirmed to the Supreme Court, be the only person asked that.. FULL STORY »
Then-now sticker shock transcends tax as 'rent' 10/6/2005 7:25:54 AM "Dear landlord,
Please don't dismiss my case,
I'm not about to argue,
I'm not about to move to no other place"
-- B.. FULL STORY »
No fiscal-reality pain, no deficit gain 10/6/2005 7:26:34 AM
Times change: President Ronald Reagan, while cutting taxes, "starved the beast." President George W. Bush, while cutting taxes, feeds it.
Yet .. FULL STORY »
If you had IMS, you would be cranky, too 9/4/2005 7:58:02 AM Genuine victims abound. So do phony victims. The first group includes those now suffering from natural-disaster devastation and government incompetenc.. FULL STORY »
Practical self-defense: Execute craven killers 8/28/2005 7:11:43 AM Eric Rudolph said he's sorry for killing one person and injuring more than 100 others with a pipe bomb at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
That won't b.. FULL STORY »
Naturally selected solution: Science supports evolution 8/7/2005 7:38:59 AM
Familiar taunt: "Who's your daddy?" Evolved taunt: "Who's your great-great-(keep going to a billion or so "greats")-granddaddy?"
The first taun.. FULL STORY »
A historical reminder: Total 'safety' an illusion 7/31/2005 9:37:28 AM Want to feel "safe" from terrorism? Too bad. Too late. This month's wake-up calls from London should have delivered that chilling, overdue message eve.. FULL STORY »
Climbing to a long view of old 'new' bridge caper 7/10/2005 7:59:09 AM A long way back and a long way up, the view from the top of the then "new" Cooper River Bridge was spectacular.
Sure, the new "new" bridge that op.. FULL STORY »
School-funding debaters can learn from teachers 6/12/2005 6:41:07 AM When will "enough" school funding ever really be enough? That's what lots of local homeowners want to know.
And lots more who haven't been paying .. FULL STORY »
Savannah Hwy revisited: 'Magnolia' wasn't always 'Gardens' 5/29/2005 7:31:57 AM You've seen one West Ashley highway lose its quaint ambiance, you've seen 'em all.
And the rising furor over a new menace (Watson Hill developers).. FULL STORY »
Foolproof plan guarantees a 100 percent college-graduation rate 5/22/2005 8:18:54 AM South Carolina needs more college graduates to compete in the high-tech, 21st century, global marketplace.
So give more South Carolinians college.. FULL STORY »
Loaded poll questions fire propaganda ammunition 5/15/2005 7:05:47 AM Want the right answers? Ask the right questions, confirming your assumptions in the reassuring process.
Less reassuring are the conflicting poll r.. FULL STORY »
Steep climb in property values imposes high local price 5/9/2005 8:44:22 AM Welcome to the high-rent district -- even if you haven't moved.
After all, many who've owned the same home in the Charleston area for more (or les.. FULL STORY »
'Everybody Did Something'then; who's doing what now? 5/1/2005 7:55:13 AM
Sixty years and two days ago, a South Carolinian far from home wrote in his journal:
"APR. 29th, SUNDAY--'Thank God, from whom all blessings fl.. FULL STORY »
Bolton's ordeal confirms low appeal of high office 4/24/2005 6:44:36 AM WANTED: U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Bullies need not apply.
OK, so that stipulation isn't in the job description -- yet.
But it sho.. FULL STORY »
Selective outrage abounds in fights over 'states' rights' 3/27/2005 7:37:13 AM Terribly wrong causes have been defended in the name of "states' rights." That's why few of the few politicians who still support states' ri.. FULL STORY »
Hard time could lower costs of too-easy credit 3/20/2005 7:58:47 AM Buy now, pay later. How much later? How about never? Want to finally hold no-accounts to full account for knowingly incurred debts?
You don'.. FULL STORY »
Grown-up do-gooders won't let kids be kids 3/13/2005 7:09:48 AM The problem of chronically failing schools has no uniform solution. Or does it?
Rep. Ted Pitts, R-Lexington, recently introduced a bill that.. FULL STORY »
Sanford's lofty reputation triggers lofty speculation 3/6/2005 7:53:46 AM Mark Sanford for president? Some South Carolinians answer: "Why?" This one asks: "Why not?"
And if not, when's our turn?.. FULL STORY »
Consider the ill-informed sources who decreed 'greatest president' 2/27/2005 6:51:04 AM Test time, books closed: Starting with the current U.S. president, list all of our commanders in chief in reverse order.
Once stumped on tha.. FULL STORY »
Water, sand, lack of skill not only hazards at 'Muni' 2/13/2005 8:23:19 AM
Knees flexed ... butt out ... head down ... shoulders turned ... back-swing slow to make the ball go.
Golfers strive to clear the.. FULL STORY »
Ultimate solution to urban sprawl: Ruin the village in order to save it 2/6/2005 7:24:27 AM Many who grew up around here consider the rampant residential development of the Charleston area a revolting development.
Summerville Town C.. FULL STORY »
Heard the one about the doctor and lawyer? 1/23/2005 7:57:30 AM A doctor gave a patient six months to live. The patient couldn't pay the bill, so the doctor gave him another six months.
So that gag's stal.. FULL STORY »
