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Editor’s Note: Sunshine Week is set for March 10-16, 2024. Sunshine Week is a nonpartisan collaboration among groups in the journalism, civic, education, government and private sectors that shines a light on the importance of public records and open government.

Among the most absurd election pitches ever is the Democrats’ bleak warning — pushed ceaselessly by President Joe Biden himself — that Trump and his “MAGA Republicans” pose an existential threat to American democracy.

The earworm “1-8-7-7 Kars 4 Kids” always struck me as a stellar example of how insufferable advertising can be when its creators really put their minds to it. The organization behind the long-running ad boasts that the jingle “has quickly become one of the most memorable and catchy radio ads…

South Carolina is a top destination for those moving from other states. The state's business and taxpayer-friendly policies make the Palmetto State a great place to live and do business. As a result, our economy is thriving, and state services must increase to match growth.

Here’s an idea. Instead of hanging on every word from young whippersnapper political pundits about whether or not Joe Biden’s age-related deterioration is a disqualifier for another presidential term, why not ask some real octogenarians — folks who have actually been there?

My guess is that right now whoever came up with the idea of sending 30 armed FBI agents to conduct an unannounced raid on a former president’s home would probably welcome a do-over.

There's a special class of political opportunists who believe they can sell people any sort of nonsense just by adorning a "conservative" label or invoking the name of the defeated former president, and the other day they put on an exhibition leading up to a House subcommittee meeting. 

Washington D.C.’s conventional wisdom holdsInfluential Democrats and deep-pocketed party supporters could lean hard on Biden to withdraw gracefully with their promise that on his way out, they would hail him as a modern-day FDR. If Biden resists, Democrats could play hardball, a technique th…

Unity is in our blood. We are the United States of America. Our traditional motto is e pluribus unum, Latin for “out of many, one.” Our pledge of allegiance declares us to be “one nation, indivisible.”

My report on state legislative news begins with Texas and South Carolina's response to the tug-of-war between the Lone Star State and Washington over the massive invasion of our southern border.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley lost the New Hampshire primary to Donald Trump by double digits Tuesday. It's hard to foresee Haley competing more aggressively, or with better results, in any state in the near future. She hasn't yet quit the field, but it appears to have quit her.

This week, we celebrated Martin Luther King’s legacy. For me, that brings back a flood of memories. As a teenager, I lived in Birmingham, Alabama, a city that later became an epicenter in the battle for racial equality. I will never forget one Sunday afternoon in 1961; I was attending a scho…

Before I read the newspaper each morning, I read daily meditations from a couple of spiritual booklets, plus the comics section of the paper to sort of prepare myself for the news, which seems to go from bad to worse. I am also trying not to watch the news on television. It is mostly negativ…

Around financial markets, the conventional wisdom is to “let the trend be your friend.” What happens in the market on one day will also likely occur on the following. Investors, the theory goes, should ride the “trend” until it “bends,” then bail out.

If Sen. Tom Davis is right, then I will turn out to have been wrong; terribly wrong. And I will look forward to apologizing to our legislators for so grossly underestimating their willingness to ignore the special interests, challenge the status quo and improve the way South Carolina’s gover…

Nikki Haley, former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, represents the Republican Party’s best hope to vanquish Donald Trump. While many foes and pundits have piled on Haley for her recent Civil War-slavery “gaffe,” the reality is in the Republican primary, voters are unli…

The endless college football bowl season is upon us. Beginning last weekend with the Mrytle Beach Bowl, and mercifully ending on January 8 with the College Football Playoff National Championship game, 43 games will be played.

'Tis the season of joy, and I hope your heart is filled with the holiday spirit today and through the new year. To those having difficulties, I pray that the spirit of this Christmas season provides you with the strength never to give up. With faith and courage, dreams are achievable. May Go…

It’s Christmas season, the time for carols, family get-togethers, exchanging gifts, warm memories of childhood. Here in this great country, we have always been able to do so in peace, the priceless benefit that we so easily take for granted.

With all the (bad) news that's fit to print, it's hard to write a column that's hopeful and positive during this holiday season, “the most wonderful time of the year.” Most of us do not need to be reminded of all the horrible things that are happening around the world, and here in America. T…

On Dec. 2, the community, alumni which included my family, elected officials, and citizens, unveiled the historical marker of A.L. Corbett School, a predominantly African American school that opened in 1954 in Wagener during the era of racial segregation.

S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson’s announcement Monday that he was taking over two public corruption investigations in the Lowcountry raised eyebrows across the state: Why such an escalation? Is there a problem with the local prosecutor? Are these cases more significant than they seem?

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