Charleston Currents

BRACK: Lessons from 17 years of offering S.C. commentaries

Commentary by Andy Brack, editor and publisher | After more than 850 weekly columns totaling more than 600,000 words over 17 years, I’m like the Farmers Insurance guy – I’ve seen a thing or two.

And I’ve learned a thing or two about how politics, policy and governance works – and doesn’t – in the Palmetto State. Now with elections around the corner, maybe it’s time to share some of the bigger lessons.

by Andy Brack · 10/01/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo via Flickr.

10/1, full issue: On Crab Bank; Lessons learned; New Palmetto Poem

IN THIS ISSUE of Charleston Currents #10.47

FOCUS: Paddlers surround Crab Bank sanctuary
COMMENTARY, Brack: Lessons from 17 years of offering S.C. commentaries
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston Gaillard Center
PALMETTO POEM, Rutledge: On the Fourth Day
FEEDBACK: Send us your comments … share your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Might be easy, but might not
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Santee National Wildlife Refuge
CALENDAR: Sign up to host a Lowcountry On the Table gathering

by Charleston Currents · 10/01/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

FANNING: How I learned the power of delegation from making coffee

By Ben Fanning, contributing editor | I’d just turned 16 years old, and I took on the big responsibility of making coffee for my church.

I woke up at 5:30 a.m. every Sunday to head into church to make five massive pots of coffee so that when churchgoers rolled in, they had the required caffeine fix. My responsibility also involved unlocking 14 doors, turning on 37 lights and turning the air conditioner to 67 degrees because all those bodies in one space generated a lot of heat.