Staff reports | Two local organizations that support libraries have arranged for the Charleston premiere on Friday of a new movie that explores homelessness and public space. A panel discussion with area librarians about the issues in the film will follow.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Word came early Wednesday that was expected but not welcome: A good friend, Carroll LeTellier, passed away peacefully that morning. We were an unlikely pair — a 57-year-old liberal writer and a 90-year-old retired Army general who was a child of The Citadel and who didn’t hang out much with my kind.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | It took New Zealand less than a week to ban assault-style rifles following a deadly slaughter at two mosques. As a comparison, South Carolina and Congress have been doing nothing but dilly-dallying for almost four years since Charleston’s own horrific massacre.It’s downright embarrassing that we are so hogtied with inaction.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | The silly season is here already in Charleston city politics.
In the last week, two city council members, 45-year-old Gary White and 23-year-old Harry Griffin, huffed and puffed that they are running for mayor against first-term incumbent John Tecklenburg.
Their reasons for running appear to be that they don’t much like Tecklenburg, who has been thwarted by the likes of White and Griffin and other council members who don’t seem to want to move quickly on curbing rampant development that’s destroying the character of the city or dealing proactively with flooding.
By Jerry Adams, contributing editor, March 14, 2019 | Taking an unexpected day off, wary of the weather and listening to my body and giving it a day rest.
This isn’t playing out the way it did eight years ago, but, then, I am not the same man who did this incredible journey eight years ago. Not even close. My sensei might have phrased it thus: “You must empty the cup, grasshopper. You must empty the cup.” Translation – you must give up a lot of what you think you know so that you have room to learn more.
Staff reports | People across Charleston are wishing longtime news anchor Debi Chard a happy retirement following her last broadcast on WCSC Live 5 News on March 15. Chard, who retired after 43 years with the local television station.
Staff reports | America’s Navy sets sail for Charleston starting today Saturday with a bevy of Navy Week activities through Saturday.
As part of Charleston Navy Week are two free performances by the U.S. Fleet Forces Band at the College of Charleston…
Navy Week is an opportunity for Charleston to embrace the rich naval heritage of the Lowcountry, which has long had a significant Navy presence, particularly prior to the closure of the Charleston Naval Base and Charleston Naval Shipyard in the mid-1990s. One of the local hosts for Navy Week is Navy Rear Adm. Daniel Fillion, who earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1984 at the College of Charleston.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | With two months left, the General Assembly still has a lot of work to do if it really wants to accomplish anything this year.
Despite headlines of progress, lawmakers of both chambers have passed five pretty minor bills, four of which became law. Gov. Henry McMaster vetoed a measure on the election of water and sewer district commissioners for Bath, Langley and Clearwater (wherever they are).
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Sandwiched between the Southern stains of slavery and oppressive Jim Crow laws were a few years of mostly forgotten history, the Reconstruction era.
In the months ahead, the Beaufort area is poised to become the nation’s hub for rediscovering and understanding the promise of Reconstruction to newly-freed slaves as they started to engage in America by voting, buying land and living in freedom.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Here’s a way that by being last, South Carolina lawmakers could do something really good: Pass the Equal Rights Amendment. Only one more state legislature has to approve it for it to become part of our nation’s basic protections.
You might have forgotten about the amendment, first approved by Congress in 1972, following the rise of the women’s movement in the 1960s. After approval, the amendment went to the states for ratification. Thirty-eight states are needed for ratification.
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