How 2 words caused real problems

APRIL 30, 2010 – This is the story about how just two words can have a big impact on courtroom workers. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. …

Time has come on cigarette tax

Dear Governor Sanford …. About the only thing we’ve agreed on in the political arena is that you shouldn’t have to resign because of a marital infidelity. We both agreed that it was a personal mistake that essentially didn’t impact on the job of being governor. We both caught a lot of flak for that position. But you’re still governor. I still write.

So while we look at the world differently, please bear with me as I make a case for why you should sign a bill to raise the cigarette tax by a half dollar per pack.

Weekend provided “Great Time for Fun!”

APRIL 19, 2010 – It was a Dr. Seuss weekend – a pair of pleasant, temperate days in which one gazed amazed at a dozen things to do. Instead “Great Day for Up!” by Seuss, we marveled as the weekend kept outdoing itself as a “Great Time for Fun!

Keep guns from under the seats

APRIL 16, 2010 – State Rep. Bakari Sellers, D-Denmark, wants to allow “responsible” gun owners to be able to stow guns under the seat of their car or truck.

This has got to be one of the dumbest proposals offered in a long time.

Let’s learn from the Civil War to move forward

APRIL 9, 2010 — One hundred and forty nine years ago on Monday, Confederate troops bombarded Fort Sumter to open a national gash that oozed for more than a century. By the time the bloodiest of American wars ended in 1865, more than 662,000 Americans lay dead. While the total number of Union troops killed was greater (364,511), the South’s wound cut deeper because the estimated 258,000 Confederate dead came from a smaller regional population. One in four white Southern males between the age of 15 and 40 died in “The Lost Cause.”