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Boeing lifts the LowcountryBoeing's decision to buy out a supplier's manufacturing plant in North Charleston offers the tantalizing prospect of a major new industrial operation with hundreds of new jobs. The Seattle-based company is considering sites for a second assembly line to speed up production of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Ayatollah vs. ayatollahIn Iran it is now ayatollah against ayatollah. The ones with the guns are likely to win, but their moral authority has been severely damaged. There is an ongoing revolution within the Islamic revolution, with no certain outcome. Hatch wanders out of boundsEarly this year, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, told colleagues, "Our liberty depends on limited government." Lately, he's applied that worthy concept to timely alarms about a virtual federal takeover of health care. Robert Strange McNamaraHis name will be associated always with the Vietnam War, a war that was America's longest and most controversial, a war that took the lives of 58,000 U.S. servicemen. Recruited when president of the Ford Motor Co. by President John F. Kennedy, this former Harvard professor served as secretary of defense from 1961-68. He resigned from that post to become president of the World Bank, which he headed for 13 years. There's no freedom to litterWho could blame Folly Beach if it outlaws drinking alcohol on the beach? It is intolerable for the city and residents to have to spend money and time picking up mounds of empty beer containers left by inconsiderate slobs. Rail plan for Noisette, Clemson site won't workNow that recent legislative skirmishes over port rail lines have ended, it's time to take a hard look at the idea of building intermodal rail facilities and rail lines on the Noisette and Clemson properties at the northern end of the old Navy Base. This idea is simply unworkable because of numerous legal impediments. Scouting has the power to help boys become solid citizensWe have little time to get it right, making boys into good men and thereby good fathers and citizens. The interlude between Fathers Day and Independence Day is a worthy time to pause and reflect upon how we make "keystone" citizens in America — ones able to hold up the arch of democracy. S.C. needs undistracted governorThe question for South Carolina citizens to ask is not "Should Mark Sanford resign as governor?" The real question is "Why shouldn't he resign?" Don't hound Sanford into quitting his job'Will you resign the governorship?" The question hung in the air last week as South Carolina's Mark Sanford departed his press conference last week. It was the only inquiry left unanswered in the 18-minute televised confessional. Jenny Sanford shines with strength, dignityIt's a covenant of the human spirit: anger and disappointment bring compassion and forgiveness. And so it is that eventually we South Carolinians will forgive Mark Sanford. To his credit, our governor's "man up" Wednesday seemed sincere. His contrition was apparent. |
Letters to the EditorCounty researching viable solutions for waste disposalI appreciate the comments of a recent letter writer concerned about how closing the incinerator would increase air pollution from garbage trucks near her home. Letters to the EditorHospitals for Berkeley CountyAs mayor of Goose Creek, I strongly support the construction of a new 50-bed hospital by Roper St. Francis Healthcare at Carnes Crossroads. I also support Trident Health System's proposed construction of a new 50-bed hospital in Moncks Corner. These two proposed projects are a golden opportunity for all the citizens of Berkeley County. Letters to the Editor
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