May 7, 2014
Welcome to May, friends, where the hint of summer is juxtaposed with the last grasp of winter. As pollen clogs the drains and coats the cars, I awoke recently to my heat kicking on late at night; it was set on 66. I digress…the days of spring are aggressively making...
May 7, 2014
For the state of South Carolina’s first 119 years — from 1776 to 1895 — leaders wrote or rewrote the state constitution six times, or about once every 20 years. Since then? Nothing. No full rewrites, just amendments. This is relevant in light of a new book by...
May 7, 2014
Folks, it’s time for another of my rambling columns. This is where I put in my two cents worth (as if I even get paid that much) on a variety of mostly non-related topics. Sit back, fasten your seat belts, and enjoy the ride. The Sacred Cow I was in the grocery store...
May 2, 2014
Mary Runyon is not the retiring type. Far from it. So when she told her staff at West Ashley High School recently that she was stepping down, many expected the tiny dynamo with a shock of white hair was leaving for good. She is. Leaving. For good. The greater good....
May 2, 2014
Two years can be a long time to wait for a senior citizen, and not every one of them can wait until 2016 for the West Ashley Senior Center to be built. And some are moving ahead with plans of their own. Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., has shoehorned several million dollars...
