I’ve been reading Dear Abby since childhood. Ann Landers too, may she RIP. Advice columnists are the best free entertainment out there. In fact, I used to fantasize about being one…
Tree huggers, are you contemplating a Zoom meeting with Mr. Elm instead?
As parents of three teenage daughters, my wife and I expend a lot of our leisure time managing other people's laundry. Because our children are at an age when I can no longer differentiate the…
Just when you think life is slowly creeping back to normal, along comes the news.
Where did you learn about personal finance? Did a patient parent explain the difference between spending for what you need versus what you want? Or perhaps a dedicated teacher helped you under…
Those are the questions I found myself asking after I spoke to a panel of gun violence reduction activists this week. It was two nights after the murders in Boulder, a week after the rampage i…
It all started with a movie.
When I grew up in the 1970s, my father taught my sisters and me to "always save for a rainy day."
Last night I got off my sofa and walked two steps to Widdle on his sofa. (If you’re married you get it.) He pushed aside pillows, old mail and a few paper plates to make room. I snuggled up be…
Holidays are a big deal at my house.
Six years ago, Mayor Bill Collins spent almost a year behind closed doors with Town Council Members to work with a developer to plan a boutique hotel, convention center, condos and a roof top …
Once upon a time, in a dystopia far far away, Trump decreed that Obamacare shall die. In his memorable words, “What we want to do is terminate it.”
You’ve heard me say this before; it’s a classic line in the news biz: “You can’t make this stuff up.”
I decided to give up complaining for Lent, but it’s way harder than I thought. Apparently “gripe” is my default setting.
When government fails, it’s the rare public official who says, “Oops. My fault.”
Among President Biden’s first day executive actions is one that promised to tackle climate change, a primary concern of Congress. Included as part of the Biden administration’s climate change …
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We know — or think we know — why so many home-grown goons stormed the U.S. Capitol. Most notably, a defeated cult leader pumped his Kool-Aid down their throats.
Widdle has gone on a five-day fishing trip to Florida, and I feel like Mel Gibson in Braveheart.
Polar vortex hype
The proposed extension of the Berlin G. Meyers Parkway is an all too-typical storyline in an all-too typical Southern town.
As I read the local news regarding transportation issues within the Greater Charleston area, I've noticed similarities in the controversies surrounding Phase 3 of the Berlin G. Myers Parkway (…
Getting a Ring doorbell is like eating a 50-pound Reese’s Cup — it seems great when you start. And it IS great, until you realize you’ll be eating this giant candy bar for years, and why? WHY???
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By now, my attitude about housework is well known: I hate it. Life is too darn short to clean baseboards.
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Members of Pineville, St. Stephen and other area communities began lining up 1:30 p.m., Feb. 13, at the St. Stephen I.G.A. Center, to join a long line of vehicles, traveling to celebrate the 9…
There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who use Gorilla Glue as a hair product, and those who don’t.
Last week, the Senate unanimously agreed to a budget amendment co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to prevent an artificial minimum wage hike to $15 during the pandemic, which woul…
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Readers: Breaking news being what it is, this may be moot by now. One can only hope.
With his pen, President Biden eliminated 11,000 or so jobs on the petroleum pipe line.
In 2015, I became pregnant with my twins after undergoing in vitro fertilization. During the process, I was amazed at how quickly my babies developed.
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The South Carolina House of Representatives has passed House Bill 3194, re-establishing a process for a potential sale of Santee Cooper while also outlining significant reforms to the state-ow…
It was a Republican President who; denied the virus for too long; lied about false alternative cures; and when two vaccines were approved, failed to do the simple math of a 300 million population times two and order 600 million doses immediately.
If the Covid situation is so dire, desperate, drastic, extreme, and critical, and we have two effective vaccines, then why isn't every pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in this country turning out that vaccine?
Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) on Wednesday issued the following statement regarding the inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States:
I’ve been hungry since 1975. That’s how long I’ve been dieting.
This piece originally ran in The Greenville News. You can see the original post here.
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For the last few days I have been treading lightly. I have a feeling of dread, and shy away from speaking with some of my friends. I was even called a racist by a stranger sitting next to me a…
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When you live in the South, winter is confusing.
I mean, Southerners realize that winter follows fall and is succeeded by spring, but the actual weather confounds us.
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