Charleston Currents – Chip Felkel

BRACK: Culture wars are exasperating but may energize America

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | America’s culture wars are wearing us out. There’s too much distrust, frustration and pent-up anger. Some want to make America great again, but that sends red flags to others who see the sentiment as dog whistles for a more divided society. Others wonder when America wasn’t great.

Perhaps we can all agree on one thing: America is more polarized and divided than ever in recent memory. And maybe. Just maybe, we can use that which divides to unite us.

by Andy Brack · 07/27/2020 · 1 comment · Andy Brack, Views

3/30: On printing masks; issuing the order; small business and the economy

IN THIS EDITION:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Start printing masks now
COMMENTARY, Brack: Issue stay-at-home order now, governor
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston International Airport
MY TURN, Knapp: State’s economy will survive if small businesses survive
NEWS BRIEFS: City has weathered past scourges
FEEDBACK: Send us a letter
MYSTERY PHOTO: View from above
CALENDAR: Lots to do at home online

by Charleston Currents · 03/30/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

MY TURN, Felkel: Bush had a life well-lived

By Chip Felkel, special to Charleston Currents | One of my heroes is gone and hopefully not the ambition, desire and commitment to see our country through this lens.

A text early last Saturday from an old friend (a loyal Democrat who understands it’s not about partisanship, it is about people) informed me that President George H.W. Bush had died. It was no real shock or surprise. He was, after all, 94, and just like my own parents who shared a long loving marriage, he was likely to soon follow his beloved Barb.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 12/10/2018 · Comments are Disabled · My Turn, Views

12/10: Bus rapid transit; Tax reform: Remembering #41

IN THIS ISSUE | Dec. 10, 2018

FOCUS, Morris: Lowcountry Rapid Transit project makes whole lot of sense
COMMENTARY, Brack: No halfway needed on tax reform
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston Gaillard Center
MY TURN, Felkel: Bush had a life well-lived
GOOD NEWS: Rotary holiday party raises thousands for charity
FEEDBACK: Do you have any opinions? Send them to us
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues in photo might give away where it is
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Blacksmith Philip Simmons
CALENDAR: From a book launch to more holiday events

by Charleston Currents · 12/10/2018 · 1 comment · Full issue

BRACK: “Conservative” doesn’t mean much anymore

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | You don’t see political yard signs in South Carolina that say, “Vote John Smith, liberal.” All over the state, however, it is common for candidates to tout they are “conservative.”

In today’s media-saturated world of buzzwords, does the word “conservative” actually mean anything? Hasn’t the word lost its meaning, just like the words “liberal” or “progressive” are relatively simplistic frames of reference that do little to outline a candidate’s full perspective?

by Andy Brack · 05/30/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

BRACK: Dump Trump — Americans deserve better than bombast

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | If you don’t want Hillary Clinton to be the next president, you better get off the escalating Trump bandwagon pretty darned quickly.

by Andy Brack · 07/27/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views