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BRACK: S.C. friendship touted in new book isn’t all that unlikely

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | In 1975, the rock group War released a popular song titled “Why can’t we be friends.” It wasn’t complicated. The title was repeated a lot between various couplets, including this one: “The color of your skin don’t matter to me; As long as we can live in harmony.”

Forty-three years later, two South Carolina Republican members of Congress released a book on friendship that for all intents and purposes reiterates a similar theme.

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An aerial view of Pacific Mills and Olympia Mill village in Columbia. Copyrighted image courtesy the Richland Library.

4/9, full issue: On I-526; Likely friendship; Not wasting time

IN THIS ISSUE

MYSTERY PHOTO: Gold top
FOCUS: Interstate 526 completion isn’t actionable plan, but smoky scheme
COMMENTARY, Brack: S.C. friendship touted in new book isn’t all that unlikely
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
CAREERS, Fanning: Video on how to stop wasting time
GOOD NEWS: New education report seeks to provoke education change
FEEDBACK: Send us a letter
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mill villages in South Carolina
CALENDAR, April 9+: Beers with dogs and books, more

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BRACK: Is Washington reaching a tipping point with Trump?

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Are congressional Republicans in Washington reaching a tipping point over the continuing political theater and water-tortured presidency of Donald Trump?

If recent public comments by prominent South Carolina Republicans are any indication of the diminishing stature and respect in which Trump is held in Washington, then the president should be worried. Despite his party’s control of Congress, the hyper-sensitive, Twitter-impaired Trump can’t seem to climb out of a Washington swamp of his own making to be a player in promoting his agenda. For the first time in my lifetime, the president seems like a B-team sideline player watching a game being played on a muddy field in the rain. None of it is pretty.