New children’s book has deep SC connection

SEPT. 3, 2010 – This is the story of a guy who made pots in South Carolina. Throughout his lifetime, he made about 10,000 durable stoneware pots, large and small, for storing food and just about anything else you needed on a plantation.

Yes, plantation.

You see, the potter was named Dave. He was a slave in Edgefield County.

Get facts before getting angry

Anger seems to be America’s newest and largest domestic product. If all of the energy from mad Americans could be bottled, it would be a better and more renewable energy source than wind or solar.

Americans are angry at everything these days – other drivers, Muslims who want to build a mosque in New York, Republicans, Democrats, and, if you listen any to Fox News, the government.

All about free antibiotics and that cherry juice

Call me slow to get hip to the news that Publix’s pharmacies offer free generic oral antibiotics.

A couple of weeks back when a child developed an earache, Dr. Malcolm Rhodes at Parkwood Pediatrics prescribed the pink stuff – amoxicillin. In passing, he mentioned that Publix would provide the medicine for free.

Sheheen answers 10 questions

Questions, I’ve learned in more than 20 years of writing, never hurt anyone. It’s the pesky answers that cause problems for politicians.

Last week, we asked 10 questions of GOP gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley, whose campaign did not answer. This week, we asked 10 questions of her Democratic challenger, Sen. Vincent Sheheen. His campaign responded within 24 hours. You be the judge whether he answered questions fully.

Ten questions for Nikki Haley

AUG. 6, 2010 — When a fish sees a shiny metal thing, it gets distracted to the exclusion of anything else.

So it is for the mainstream media covering South Carolina politics this year. The shiny metal thing – unknown Democratic senatorial candidate Alvin Greene – apparently is so distracting that the media can’t get their fill, even though a 5-year-old can predict with confidence he will lose in November.