And now, a soon-to-be canceled lamentation of cancel culture and that cat in the hat ...

Towner Magill raises a valid question: How is it that there’s not a single Mount Pleasant resident in the South Carolina state Senate?

When the new Charleston County Council was seated in January, its first vote fell strictly along party lines.

Poor Kevin Marsh.

Charleston County Public Library's new branch to replace the old Cooper River Memorial Library is on track to be bigger than promised.

Charleston County Council did talk about that $216,000 contract for former attorney Joe Dawson … just not in an open meeting.

There are dueling protests at The Battery every Sunday — Confederate flag guys on one side of the street, Black Lives Matter and antifa on the other.

The guy says he accidentally dropped his mask in a puddle a couple of blocks back.

A hat tip to local companies and institutions that have responded admirably to the pandemic.

Has the time come to expand nonpartisan elections? Maybe, but don't hold your breath.

If you want to see just how badly South Carolina is mismanaging this pandemic, take a look at the lawsuit filed against Patriots Point.

Indiana Jones wouldn’t have done it this way.

In his inaugural address, President Joe Biden noted “There’s no accounting for what fate will deal you.”

The logistical complexities of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout are exacerbated by a lack of doses.

Like many people these days, David Savage is worried about the future of his country … and his political party.

The call from dispatch pretty much told the story: Possible domestic violence-related homicide at the Motel 6 on Savannah Highway. One dead.

If not for our ongoing pandemic, Mount Pleasant would probably throw a parade for Sen. Larry Grooms.

Nancy Mace has apparently upset some of the lunatics in the social media asylum.

It took just 2 minutes and 2 seconds for Charleston County Council to elect new officers Tuesday, the votes for chair and vice chair both splitting 5-4.

People hate the proposed new design for the state flag, mostly, because the palmetto tree looks like a crew of Dominion Energy “arborists” got ahold of it.

The county park staff that saved Christmas.

Congresswoman-elect Nancy Mace has earned bipartisan props for the most astute political statement of the week — and giving voice to a lot of angry people.

Are we madder at Charleston City Councilman Harry Griffin — the one with the potty mouth and questionable judgment — or Councilmen Robert Mitchell, Keith Waring and William Dudley Gregorie?

Ben Navarro’s Meeting Street Schools prepare thousands of Charleston County kids for college — and now he’s going to help pay their tuition.

Charleston County has had a busy month.

When someone claims that extending 526 to Johns Island would save drivers only 42 seconds, they’re obviously measuring in 2020 time.

The Beaufort Republican is absolutely right. His arguments are strong … but that doesn’t mean he'll get the chance to make them, or that his fellow lawmakers will listen.

June Murray Wells told me the most hilarious and perfectly old Charleston story I have ever heard.

So, City Councilman Harry Griffin is threatening to leave Charleston … and take part of West Ashley with him.

Anthony Crawford once told his children the day a white man hit him would be the day that he died.

When historians chronicle the 2020 War on Thanksgiving, they will note the conflict was started — appropriately enough — by a bunch of turkeys.

As the Democratic presidential primary cranked up last year, the national political reporters often called the Rev. Joseph Darby for his take on South Carolina.

Reports of the Charleston County Republican Party’s demise have been, as it turns out, greatly exaggerated.

On Monday, King Street businesses were boarding up their windows because they feared riots would follow the election … no matter who won.

If there’s one thing — and it may be the only thing — everyone can agree on, it’s that we’re all sick of this coronavirus.