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Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
When summer comes to Charleston and the temperatures climb, residents and tourists alike are rightfully concerned about Charleston's carriage animals. A recent article in The Post and Courier raised concerns about the temperature in which the animals work.
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
Now that Gov. Mark Sanford isn't even a long shot for John McCain's running mate, what's next for the maverick politician who has demonstrated a far better rapport with the voters than the Legislature?
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Friday, Aug. 22, 2008
For the first time in years, I miss no longer reporting from the Democratic and Republican national conventions. The Charleston papers sent me to eight of these quadrennial gatherings of political bigwigs in the 1976-88 period. Being younger and less cynical then, I found them to be both entertaining and sobering. (No, perhaps "sobering" is not the right word.)
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Monday, Aug. 18, 2008
With the Internet's powerful circulation and some eager conservative radio programs, Jim Edwards' message is being heard all over the country and all over Capitol Hill. Dr. Edwards' commentary seemed to put the energy crisis in precisely the correct context, a cautionary message every working American and members of Congress must understand: energy can no longer be a political game; energy is a bread-and-butter public policy issue that challenges every American family.
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Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
In a May 7 letter to the editor Tracey Phillips described herself as distraught. Who wouldn't be? During a brief beach trip to Sullivan's Island, she'd lost three years of dissertation preparation and coursework on a tiny flash drive attached to her key ring.
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Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008
The goal of any good government should be to foster the trust of the public in the work it's doing. As simple as this concept seems, its implementation has been made harder by the cloak of secrecy that seems to cover even the most basic legislative transactions government undertakes.
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Friday, Aug. 15, 2008
Sen. Lindsay Graham and his "Gang of 10's" recent proposal for solving America's energy crisis falls woefully short of substantive reform. In what is becoming an unsettling trend from the media and the public, a free pass is being given on the hard questions that should be answered before moving ahead with a proposal of this magnitude.
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Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
The General Assembly wants to play an active role in the South Carolina economy — that much is clear. The state has recently allocated millions of dollars to special projects, proposed targeted tax incentives and even sponsored local festivals and parades, all in the name of economic development.
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Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008
These are the dog days of August when there is nothing to look forward to but September, when the mid to high 90s of today, if we are lucky, give way to the mid to high 80s of tomorrow.
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Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008
Read the paper and listen to television news and you get the impression that just about every problem we have is being blamed on George Bush and the Republicans in the Congress, especially the cost of gasoline, Well, let's talk about exactly who is to blame for our energy crisis. As Ronald Reagan's former secretary of energy, I have a good perspective.
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Friday, Aug. 1, 2008
Today is my first day as president of the University of South Carolina, and I am honored to have been given this opportunity to lead one of the nation's most comprehensive public research universities, with its proud tradition of educating the sons and daughters of this state.
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Recently there have been a number of news articles, some letters to the editor and an editorial about the City of Charleston's open container law, which prohibits open containers of alcoholic beverages in public areas, streets, sidewalks, parks, etc. I will seek to explain the law, the reasons fo...
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Saturday, July 26, 2008
The "Great Train Debate," recently published in The Post and Courier, was just the wake-up call we need to rethink the way we have approached transportation issues in this region for the past five decades. Now, all we need is a leader.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
All of us are impacted by weak-kneed regionalism in Greater Charleston, especially the absence of formal regional planning to guide the continuing growth and development of our community. The question is whether we are ready to do something about it. We now have a bell-ringing opportunity. A formal regional planning project is under way, a two-year $1.5 million exercise directed by the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments.
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