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Alabama Gov. George Wallace and President Richard Nixon, February 1974. Credit: Wikipedia, via National Archives.

BRACK: Take the high road and reject hate, fury

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | One of the best things about vacationing in Quebec for the last week has been that we haven’t had to listen to people talk about Donald J. Trump.

Most of the newspapers and television stations are in French, as is much of the conversation overheard while visiting interesting places in Montreal and in villages just north of the border with America.

by Andy Brack · 08/05/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

8/5: New important book; Reject hate; Montreal’s murals

IN THIS EDITION

FOCUS, Campbell: Book on Emanuel shootings is important to read
COMMENTARY, Brack: Take the high road and reject hate, fury
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Titan Termite & Pest Control
PHOTO ESSAY: The murals of Montreal
GOOD NEWS: Big season ahead for Charleston Symphony Orchestra
FEEDBACK: Send us your letters
MYSTERY PHOTO: Rusty gate
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Santee National Wildlife Refuge
CALENDAR: From baseball to movies to jazz

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BRACK: S.C. has fewer hate groups, but maybe hate simmers more

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Ten years ago, South Carolina was littered with real-life hate groups – 43, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center in Alabama. These days, the number is down to a dozen.

At one point, South Carolina had the highest per capita number of hate groups in the United States, according to Heidi Beirich, intelligence policy director at the Center.