Charleston Currents

State Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Berkeley, discussed the future of Santee Cooper last week in the state Senate.

BRACK: State Senate has changed a lot over two decades

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Anyone who doesn’t believe government doesn’t change needs to look to the South Carolina Senate. Compared to what it was 20 years ago, it’s almost a hot mess today.

Two of the differences are easy to see. First, some once familiar names that dominated headlines – Drummond, Fair, Courson, Ford, McConnell, Hayes, Leventis, Martin, McGill, Ravenel, Washington, Wilson, Thomas – are no longer there. Of the states 46 senators, only 11 serving today were in the chamber 20 years ago.

by Andy Brack · 05/06/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

FOCUS: Learn how to avoid enemies of change to realize success

By Anton Gunn, republished with permission | Recently, I have been focused on success. Particularly, I am focused on the changes you need to make to achieve success in your life.

Change is the operative word today. Change is a constant in our lives. Nothing in our lives stays the same. Everything changes. Some changes happen on their own. Other changes happen when we decide to make them happen.

I want you to be aware of the enemies of change. Yes, that’s right. I want you to be aware of the nemeses of the improvements you want to make in your life.

You must avoid them at all cost because they can stifle your success. You must learn how to defend and defeat them.

Here they are.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 04/29/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

4/29, full issue: On change, wishes, hopes, more

IN THIS EDITION:

FOCUS, Gunn: Learn how to avoid enemies of change to realize success
COMMENTARY, Brack: While I breathe, I hope and I wish
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SCIWAY
PHOTO ESSAY: Nesting birds at Magnolia Plantation
GOOD NEWS: CofC offers new digital writing program
FEEDBACK: Guests and new permanent residents
MYSTERY PHOTO: Green art
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Fort Prince George
CALENDAR: From shows to tea rooms … and more

by Andy Brack · 04/29/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

COMMENTARY, Brack: My, how things have changed over 100 years

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | One hundred years ago yesterday, my great-grandfather, weakened by the flu, died of what’s believed to have been a ruptured appendix. He was 38 years old. The season’s cash crop, cotton, was about ready to pop in the fields.

Charles Columbus Brack left a 31-year-old widow and six children, aged 1 to 10. They lived in rural middle Georgia in an unpainted house five miles from the nearest town. It was only a mile from their Baptist church where a family reunion of sorts occurred yesterday.

Tables in the church hall showcased just about every sort of Southern food – from fried chicken and roast beef to at least four kinds of beans, macaroni and cheese, potato salad, rice salad, and plain salad salad. The dessert table was almost as long with the 16-layer chocolate cake being the talk of the room.

by Andy Brack · 09/18/2017 · 2 comments · Andy Brack, Views