Charleston Currents – 2015

LETTERS: On Horne, mayor’s race

Hurrah for [state Rep.] Jenny Horne! She expressed the frustration what many of us white South Carolinians descended from slave owners felt about the flag flying on the Statehouse grounds.

by Charleston Currents · 07/20/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Feedback

REVIEW: It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War

In It’s What I Do, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario takes readers on assignment to refugee camps in Darfur, to the rugged hills of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, and through her terrifying kidnapping in Libya.

by Charleston Currents · 07/20/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Features, Reviews

HISTORY: Marshall Tucker Band

S.C. Encyclopedia | Formed in 1971, the Marshall Tucker Band (MTB) laced its rock and roll with doses of country, blues, and jazz, selling millions of albums in the 1970s and 1980s and influencing acts such as Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Jr., Charlie Daniels, and Kid Rock.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 07/20/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia

FOCUS: Thoughtful, considerate action should bring sustainable unity

By Maurice Washington, candidate for mayor | The tragedies of last month will forever be in our memories. Our hearts are with the families of the nine worshippers whose lives were taken in a premeditated rage. In spite of this horrific crime of hate, love has overcome these horrible moments, and, once again, the Charleston community has shown the world how a God-loving community can and should act under the most awful circumstances.

The families of the victims, choosing to forgive rather than condemn, demonstrated the very essence of Christianity. …

by Special to Charleston Currents · 07/20/2015 · Comments are Disabled · 2015 Mayor, Focus, Good news

BRACK: Some news not fit to print

By Andy Brack | So now come some members of the generally milquetoast South Carolina media who are pawing and whining about a state trial judge. They complain he’s keeping them from hearing 911 phone calls or seeing graphic photos of the Emanuel AME Church shooting that left nine dead.

by Andy Brack · 07/20/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

MYSTERY: Pink flowers may stump you

This shouldn’t be too hard for native Southerners, but who knows? What’s this pink flower? Please send your guess to editor@CharlestonCurrents.com and be sure to include your mailing address and contact information. Fourth correct guess wins tickets to a RiverDogs game or Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.

by Charleston Currents · 07/20/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

GOOD NEWS: Community raises concerns about carriage horses

Thousands now say horses should not be used in Charleston to pull wagons, according to a News2 poll started Friday. As of 7 a.m. today, more than three in four votes said carriage horses shouldn’t be used, compared to 1,394 (21.4 percent) that approved of the practice.

by Charleston Currents · 07/20/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

July 20, full issue: Action for unity; News not fit to print

In the July 20, 2015, issue, mayoral candidate Maurice Washington discusses how thoughtful, considerate action can lead to more community unity. Editor Andy Brack outlines how some news is not fit to print. In Good News, community activists are saying more needs to be done to protect carriage horses in heat. There are two letters, a review and info about South Carolina’s Marshall Tucker Band.

by Charleston Currents · 07/20/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

CALENDAR, July 13+: Minds, butterflies, fish, books

July 13: Mastermind Exchange, Butterflies are free, library book sale, fishing

by Charleston Currents · 07/13/2015 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

REVIEW: Wolf in White Van

Wolf in White Van, by John Darnielle: Sean Phillips is reclusive due, in large part, to a severe injury he sustained as a teenager. His main contact with the world around him is through Trace Italian, the mail-order role-playing game he created and runs. Troubles arise for Sean when two players, Carrie and Lance, switch their playing from the game world to the real world. As Sean’s story, along with the story of Carrie and Lance, unfolds, the reader is taken on a riveting journey backward through Sean’s life.

by Charleston Currents · 07/13/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Features, Reviews