By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | For the presidential candidates, staffers, reporters and hangers-on starting to descend like locusts into South Carolina for its national debate and the Feb. 29 presidential primary, remember what native son James L. Pettigru wrote just after the state seceded in December 1860:
“South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum.”
In a lot of ways, that one sentence still rings true.
IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: Tubman book featured in Magnolia’s Children Garden
COMMENTARY, Brack: Welcome to South Carolina
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SCIWAY
NEWS BRIEFS: State to have largest surplus in history
PALMETTO POEM, Platt: Dresden’s Frauenkirche weeps for Notre-Dame de Paris
FEEDBACK: Teachers need more
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tranquil setting
CALENDAR: Knotts, Ragusa to talk Feb. 23 about Democratic primary
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | An Australian journalist phoned the other day wanting a South Carolina take on the two recent Democratic presidential debates.
“Didn’t watch the debates,” I said. “It’s all a little bit too early. There are eight months before the primary on Feb. 29, 2020. There’s more than enough time to make an informed choice.”
IN THIS EDITION OF CHARLESTON CURRENTS
FOCUS, Palm: Much more work needed on flood-prone areas
COMMENTARY, Brack: February primary is still a long way away
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
PALMETTO POEM: Lady in White, by John L. Byrne
GOOD NEWS: 500 years of Chicora Cherokee history in 50 feet
FEEDBACK: Send us your letters
MYSTERY PHOTO: Big old pot
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mexican War and South Carolina
CALENDAR: Podcasters to offer live show at Gaillard Center
There’s a big difference in pictures taken at two precincts on Saturday during the Democratic presidential primary compared to two taken a week earlier during the GOP primary: There wasn’t much of a line Saturday at a James Island precinct compared to a week earlier. At left, a voter signs in at Sanders Clyde Elementary School in downtown Charleston, a […]
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | South Carolina will play the role of political legitimizer in its presidential primaries later this month. It may not anoint the next president, but it certainly will declutter the field.
Why? Because South Carolina looks like more of the rest of America, compared to contests in Iowa and New Hampshire where nine in 10 people are white. In South Carolina, just like the rest of the country, six in 10 people are white. Bottom line: Because South Carolina’s culture isn’t so homogeneous, there’s a greater diversity of views and values. And that may lead to more traditional politics.
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.
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