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 Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Whenever there’s a letter or card in the mail from Mississippi, it’s bound to be inspirational. And it’s bound to be from a guy you might not have heard of but should know more about.
Meet former Mississippi Gov. William F. Winter, a public sector healer whose decency, goodness and vision for a better South gently motivates people to be kinder and more accepting of each other.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Blustery Donald Trump is scared he’ll lose the November presidential election. He’s mortified of being called the worst thing in the book: The biggest loser.
On Thursday as three presidents and the nation remembered the consequential life of U.S. Rep. John Lewis at an Atlanta funeral, the current president of the United States schemed to get into headlines by actually suggesting something expected in banana republics — not our democracy. He had the gall to float the idea that the November election should be postponed.
By Elliott Brack, republished with permission | It’s fun to read books by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Here’s why: the author writes intelligently, figuring that the readers know basic facts about the overall book subject. So, she cuts to the quick, giving you new insights and facts about the stories you already know. You don’t waste time hearing her version of what you already knew.
IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: Book outlines how 4 presidents tackled difficult situations
COMMENTARY, Brack: Three months before national election, Trump is scared
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
NEWS BRIEFS: Tropical storm may turn into hurricane later today
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Did it move?
CALENDAR: Redux to show Williams’s art Aug. 10-28
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lords Proprietors of Carolina
By Laura Cantral | Trash. Trash has always been a problem, and now that problem is getting even bigger all over the world. Global and local circumstances now mandate that we get creative on how we reckon with waste, including in our own backyard.
The New York Times recently reported that recycling efforts across the country are collapsing. For cities and towns, costs to run their recycling programs have skyrocketed after a crash in the global market. Communities used to make money selling cardboard, bottles, and glass, but now they get little or nothing for the material. At times, they even have to pay processors to take it away.
Small towns in Florida have canceled entire curbside pick-up programs. Philadelphia now burns about half of its recyclables, while city residents grow more concerned about air quality. Every plastic bottle dropped in a blue bin at the Memphis airport is thrown away. And in Charleston County, a month of recycling now sits under a tarp at the Bees Ferry Landfill.
IN THIS EDITION, March 25, 2019
FOCUS, Cantral: S.C., Charleston County need environmental leadership
COMMENTARY, Brack: Lack of gun reform in U.S. is downright embarrassing
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston Gaillard Center
PHOTO ESSAY: Spring in the mountains
GOOD NEWS: Interstate 526 extension up for debate this week
FEEDBACK: On a lesson from Coach Swinney, Nerf candidates
MYSTERY PHOTO: Not for climbing purposes
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mepkin Abbey
CALENDAR: DigSouth to attract 2,000+ to area in April
Commentary by Andy Brack, editor and publisher | With statewide elections a month away, let’s think seriously about leadership.
What kind of leaders do we want in the Palmetto State? Do we want leaders who will continue to do what they’ve been doing for years? If so, how’s that working out? South Carolina continues to be at the wrong end of too many lists.
FOCUS: Two harvest festivals set for coming weeks COMMENTARY, Brack: Doing the right thing for South Carolina IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Titan Termite & Pest Control MY TURN, Saul: Reject president’s course of not loving thy neighbor GOOD NEWS: College of Charleston to host discussion on political civility FEEDBACK: Send us your comments … share your thoughts MYSTERY PHOTO: Big, scary […]
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Good old-fashioned decency in political discourse is a rarity in these times of electronic and highly-partisan discontent.
But good old-fashioned decency was on full display Aug. 6 in Columbia as the University of South Carolina commemorated the life and work of former Gov. and U.S. Secretary of Education Dick Riley during the official opening of his political collection. Part of it is now on public exhibition in the Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library and includes thousands of photographs, speeches, notes and more that give insights into Riley, a quiet lion of a leader.
We Can Do Better, South Carolina! (2019) by editor and publisher Andy Brack offers incisive commentaries on the American South, politics, the common good and interesting South Carolina leaders. Available exclusively for Kindle for $7.99. A paperback version will be ready soon. Learn more.
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