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BRACK: Yes, senator, the ox is in the ditch still

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | “The ox is in the ditch.”

That’s an adage frequently offered by Fritz Hollings, South Carolina’s larger-than-life former governor and United States senator who passed away April 6 at age 97.But what did it mean?

Meet the Press host Tim Russert once asked Hollings with a twinkle in his eye.Hollings, who often used colloquial sayings to make a point, explained that when an ox hauling a wagon went into a ditch in the olden days, it took more than the ox to pull the wagon out of the ditch. It took several people working as a team to make things right.

So when Hollings, who retired in 2005 after a 38-year Senate career, talked about oxen and ditches and national budgetary, trade or jobs problems, he was saying the country needed to pull together and work as a team to get us out of a particular ditch.

by Andy Brack · 04/15/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

4/15, full issue: Ox is still in the ditch; Home warranties; More

IN THIS ISSUE

COMMENTARY, Brack: Yes, senator, the ox is in the ditch stil
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
REAL ESTATE: Should you buy a home warranty?
GOOD NEWS: New book highlights how S.C. can do better
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: What is this photo all about?
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Battle of Cowpens was turning point in Revolutionary War
CALENDAR: Lots to do locally in weeks ahead

by Charleston Currents · 04/15/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

BRACK: Thank you, Fritz Hollings

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | No one in modern time has given as much to South Carolina as Fritz Hollings. In seven decades of public service – starting as a young officer in World War II to becoming governor to being elected seven times to the United States Senate, Hollings has given back in big ways.

Most recently, he made news [in 2015] after he asked for his name to be taken off of a federal judicial annex in Charleston and for it to be named to honor the late U.S. District Judge Waties Waring, the courageous civil rights jurist from Charleston who paved the way for landmark school integration in the United States.

Through the years, Hollings has left a huge mark that is still paying dividends today. He’s the guy who pushed through stable funding for schools in the early 1950s and later started the technical college system, which attracts companies like BMW and Boeing. …

by Andy Brack · 04/08/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

4/8: “The Public” opens; Remembering Fritz Hollings; Magnolia’s women

IN THIS ISSUE:

FOCUS: Film about libraries, homeless to have Charleston premiere Friday
COMMENTARY, Brack: Thank you, Fritz Hollings
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston International Airport
GOOD NEWS: Walters inaugurated; Port volume up
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: This one may be too tough
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ernest F. Hollings
CALENDAR: Lots going on in the area

by Charleston Currents · 04/08/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

9/4, full issue: Local service; Lighten up; Palmetto Poems; Black Ink

IN THIS ISSUE of Charleston Currents #10.43

FOCUS, White: A local example of excellence and exceeding expectations
COMMENTARY, Brack: Democrats should lighten up, but GOP shouldn’t be tone-deaf
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
PALMETTO POEM: Two poems by Libby Bernardin
GOOD NEWS: Local governments have two groundbreakings
FEEDBACK: Former state senator gives two shout-outs on voting
MYSTERY PHOTO: Wild blue yonder
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mark Steadman
CALENDAR: Don’t miss Black Ink on Saturday!

by Charleston Currents · 09/03/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

BRACK: New statue of Hollings captures his spirit, leadership, energy

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Sculptor Rick Weaver captured the body language of Fritz Hollings just right in a new statue unveiled Monday as former colleagues heaped praises on the retired senator, now 95.

Three things stand out in the bronze figure – the warm, but determined, look on Hollings’ face; how his left hand is grasping a rolled-up document; and, most notably, an outstretched right hand, a familiar gesture to many of the senator’s former staffers and friends.

“I asked him what he felt was the quality he possessed that allowed him to succeed in his work,” Charlottesville, Va., sculptor Weaver said in the ceremony program. “He said very quickly, ‘My ability to make friends.’ So in subtle ways, I tried to show that – his hand gesture, him turning to face someone. I wanted to convey how actively engaged he was all his life.”

by Andy Brack · 04/18/2017 · 4 comments · Andy Brack, Views

PHOTO: Honoring a South Carolina statesman

After all of the pomp and circumstance of a Monday dedication of a statue of retired U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, the sculptor and his parents grabbed a quick snapshot for the photo album. Pictured from left are Charlottesville, Va., sculptor Rick Weaver with his mother Deme and father Dick, who live in Florida. You can see more photos by Andy Brack in his commentary about the sculpture and ceremony.

by Andy Brack · 04/18/2017 · 1 comment · Photos

GOOD NEWS: New book out on S.C.’s Hollings

Staff reports | The University of South Carolina Press has published a new scholarly work about the early career of Isle of Palms resident Fritz Hollings, a former governor (1959-63) and longtime U.S. senator (1966-2005).

The book, “New Politics in the Old South: Ernest F. Hollings in the Civil Rights Era,” focuses on Hollings’ early life and his public service from his return from World War II as an infantry officer to serving in the Senate during the Watergate era in 1974.

by Charleston Currents · 02/06/2017 · 1 comment · Good news, News briefs

Then Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster during a nomination speech of President-elect Donald Trump at the 2016 GOP convention.

BRACK: McMaster can learn lessons from past governors

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | South Carolina’s new governor, Henry McMaster, has boatloads of political and governmental experience. But that doesn’t mean he can’t learn a little, especially from people who have occupied the same seat that he took over this week.

by Andy Brack · 01/30/2017 · 1 comment · Andy Brack, Views

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, at podium, discusses formation of the Senate Opportunity Caucus at a Capitol Hill press conference in September.

BRACK: It’s just common sense for Scott to stay in Senate

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Perhaps the best job in the world for anyone passionate about policy and politics is to be a United States senator.

It pays well. You get to travel. You become part of an exclusive club where you can actually do big, meaningful things. You learn about a lot of different topics. And it can be a special kind of wonky fun, despite long hours, politicking, fund-raising and endless meetings.

by Andy Brack · 12/05/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Uncategorized