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Higher ed may be key to SC’s prosperity

By ⋅ December 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

DEC. 24, 2009 — For South Carolina to get out of the cellar on several generational problems – low education levels, poverty, high unemployment and more – its leaders need to make a sustained commitment to improving higher education dramatically, two state higher education leaders say. “You’re really rolling the ball uphill if you have [...]

44 percent

By ⋅ December 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

44 PERCENT.  Guess it’s not hard to believe — almost half of folks who say they’re going to vote in the Democratic gubernatorial primary next year say they don’t yet know who they’re going to vote for.  What does that say about the candidates?  More in the InsiderAdvantage/Statehouse Report poll.

39 Percent

By ⋅ December 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

39 PERCENT: More people think the state his headed in the wrong direction (39 percent) than right direction (32 percent).  But as Erskine College Prof. Ashley Woodiwiss says, what really is disturbing is that 60 percent of people DON’T think the state is moving in the wrong direction, which is particularly interesting with our 12 [...]

Taking good photos is more than point and shoot

By ⋅ December 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

DEC. 23, 2009 — Watching a photographer like Jorg Meyer do his job is an odd kind of pleasure. On one hand, you think, “I can do that. All he’s doing is talking to those kids and snapping some shots.” But when you see the results of what he’s done, you know he’s doing something [...]

51 percent

By ⋅ December 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

51 PERCENT:  Guess no one should be surprised but people are tired of the woes of Mark Sanford, as shown by the Dec. 15 InsiderAdvantage/Statehouse Report poll here.

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