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BRACK: What happened to courage and pride in South Carolina?

BRACK: What happened to courage and pride in South Carolina?

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  More than 10,000 South Carolinians have died in the last year and a half from COVID-19.  With the availability of incredibly effective vaccines and the common-sense step of wearing masks in crowded places, we have the tools to win the COVID War. 

by · 08/16/2021 · 1 comment · Andy Brack, Views
NEW for 8/16: Shelter crisis; Courage and pride?

NEW for 8/16: Shelter crisis; Courage and pride?

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: State animal shelters declare state of emergency
COMMENTARY, Brack: What happened to courage and pride in South Carolina?
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SCIWAY
NEWS BRIEFS: On Medicaid, federal funds and port traffic
FEEDBACK:  It’s time to protect the children of South Carolina 
MYSTERY PHOTO:  Where’s this streetscape?
CALENDAR:   Grape-stomping festival set for Aug. 28

by · 08/16/2021 · 1 comment · Full issue
BRACK:  S.C. needs more environmental courage, not cowardice

BRACK:  S.C. needs more environmental courage, not cowardice

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  With so much that could be done to protect the South Carolina’s special places and put the state on a stronger, more renewable energy footing, you may sometimes wonder whether we just have too many environmental cowards.

Maybe that’s a bit harsh.  But look at some recent stories that show that technology exists to transform how we power our economy from the traditional dirty oil and coal to a blend of renewables plus nuclear power with natural gas as a backup for peak usage.

by · 06/12/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views
BRACK: City must find courage to stem growth of hotels

BRACK: City must find courage to stem growth of hotels

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | It’s pretty sad – and kind of amazing – that a 10-year-old can reach a common-sense conclusion that seems to elude a majority of Einstein members of Charleston City Council and its planning commission.

“Daddy, we don’t need any more hotels,” my daughter said while looking recently at the skyline pollution of crane after crane.

No, honey, we don’t. What we need are city leaders who will start listening and thinking about the continuing glut of hotels and what greed to build more will cause down the line.

by · 04/10/2017 · 1 comment · Andy Brack, Views
Hollings speaks to media in this 2008 photo.

BRACK: In renaming courthouse, Hollings still teaching us

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | At age 93, Fritz Hollings is still teaching us.

On Friday as a weekend deluge of rain started, dignitaries from all over gathered at St. Michael’s Church at the Four Corners of Law to rename the federal courthouse annex across the street that was named in 1988 for Hollings.

The senator, who got money put in the federal budget to construct the judicial center, never really wanted it named for him. U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, who had all sorts of things named for him by that time, apparently thought Hollings needed something named for him too.

by · 10/05/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views