Amtrak Disaster Averted (Except Not Really)
An Amtrak train carrying 207 passengers and 11 crew members derailed in rural South Carolina early Monday, but no cars overturned and no one was...
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It’s A Great Day To Be A Bureaucrat
If you’re a government official in Richland County, S.C., you get to do pretty much whatever you want … Like park in (or in this...
Iranian Diplomatic “Win?” Not Really
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is praising a nuclear deal reached between Iran and a coalition of six major powers – including the United...
NBA Superstar Out For Season (Again)
I don’t watch the NBA. In fact the last time I watched an NBA game for more than five minutes it was 2006 – and...
Jackie Hayes’ Saga: Still Going
We often refer to South Carolina’s eighty-plus school districts as “fiefdoms,” and in Dillon County, S.C. the term applies quite literally. Dillon – as this...
Benko: GOP Death Wish
Amidst the Democratic Party meltdown might elite Republican Party operatives snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? Don’t rule it out. Many elite Republicans lust...
Housing Market Slumps
For the fifth consecutive month pending home sales declined in America – with this month’s drop representing the largest year-to-year decrease since April 2011. Awesome,...
True Cost Of The IRS
We don’t support the “Fair Tax” (which would basically swap the national income tax for a national sales tax) Or the “Flat Tax” (which would...
Big Game: South Carolina By 5.5?
The University of South Carolina football team has been installed as an early 5.5-point favorite over its arch-rival Clemson – a point spread that has...
SC School: No “Joy” This Christmas
York Preparatory Academy in Rock Hill, S.C. sounds like a private school – but it isn’t. It’s a public charter school. One trying to sound exclusive....