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NEW for 8/3: On leadership; Trump’s fear; Tropical storm coming

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 Charleston Currents · 08/03/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

BRACK: Politicians need to stop doubletalk, listen to scientists

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | The right mouth of government obviously has no idea what the left mouth is saying. And because government can’t get its message straight, we’re all confused.

On one hand, Gov. Henry McMaster says some businesses can now open in South Carolina, although it’s no clearer why a craft shop or a florist is “essential” in the curious way a gun shop has been for the last few weeks. Grocery stores we understand. But gun shops?

by Andy Brack · 04/27/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

Public domain caricature via Flickr, Creative Commons 2.0 (CC BY 2.0)

BRACK: Graham to get mute button for 6 months

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Now is the perfect time to go on a media diet of one of our U.S. senators, Lindsey Graham.

Graham’s sycophantic bad karma isn’t needed these days. For the next six months, I’m taking a vacation from Graham and his increasingly irrelevant rhetoric.

by Andy Brack · 02/23/2020 · 2 comments · Andy Brack, Views

BRACK: Impeachment having impact in S.C. politics

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | The harsh crescendo of Washington bullheadedness seems to be trickling down into politics across South Carolina.

The impeachment of President Donald Trump may be exacerbating divides in the electorate while also motivating partisans to do more in new ways. Others say the whole thing is a nothingburger.

by Andy Brack · 12/23/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

12/23: Plastics ban; Impeachment; Some good news

IN THIS ISSUE:

TODAY’S FOCUS, Plastic straws, bags, clamshells, more to go away in Charleston
COMMENTARY, Brack: Impeachment having impact in S.C. politics
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
GOOD NEWS: Port grows, Green’s mural, holiday safety, more
FEEDBACK: Think of the good
MYSTERY PHOTO: Different perspective
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Furman University, founded 169 years ago
CALENDAR: Free parking available in downtown Charleston garages

by Charleston Currents · 12/23/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

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

by Charleston Currents · 08/05/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

BRACK: Dems might screw up chance to beat tower of jelly

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Democrats better watch it or they will screw up a huge opportunity to retake the White House in 2020.

With all of the toils and troubles of incumbent President Donald Triump — the lies, the mobster culture, the scandals, the Mueller investigation, the misogyny, the drama, the incessant twittering, the blatant corruption, the continuing attacks on the foundation of our democracy — one might think he would be easy political pickings. But with a solid electoral base of about 40 percent, all that Trump has to do to win in 2020 is prey on fear to pick up 10 percent and fuel dissent about Democrats. Scary.

by Andy Brack · 04/25/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

BRACK: Some tonics to soothe an unhappy America

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | The big takeaway from a month-long trip to 13 states during the midterm elections might sound simplistic, but it has a deeper meaning: the United States of America is an unhappy country.

Unhappy because of the widening division between Republican and Democratic leaders, who often don’t seem like they can stand being in the same room. …

by Andy Brack · 11/19/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

"A New Description of Carolina", engraved by Francis Lamb (London, Tho. Basset and Richard Chiswell, 1676); via Wikipedia.

11/19: Early Thanksgiving here; Tonics for an unhappy America; More

IN THIS ISSUE of Charleston Currents #11.03 | Nov. 19, 2018

FOCUS: Looking back at Thanksgiving in early Charleston
COMMENTARY, Brack: Some tonics to soothe an unhappy America
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
GOOD NEWS: Homegrown Holiday Bazaar set for Dec. 1 on Johns Island
FEEDBACK: Great photo essay
MYSTERY PHOTO: Who is this guy?
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Carolina, the 1663 ship
CALENDAR: ARC’s Blood Battle is on