Tea party zealots are ruining the American dream

AUG. 12, 2011 — The vitriol being spewed by the underinformed acolytes of the tea party is troubling for America’s free future.

You see, these folks are mad (in more ways than one). And they’ll tell anybody they know that they’re mad. At what? It doesn’t really seem to matter. They’re just enraged.

By channeling the tea parties of the Revolution, they shroud their rage and equate it with what was happening in our united states back in the 1770s. The problem is that the two times – then and now – are far from the same.

Making you believe what’s not important is

APRIL 15, 2011 – Gov. Nikki Haley is already shucking and jiving, grinning and spinning about what a great job she is doing for the state of South Carolina. But is she really?

On the eve of her 100th day as governor, Haley’s actual accomplishments are far fewer than what she would have you believe. If you put stock in the spin machine, you would think that signing a bill to require recorded budget votes was as important as firing the shots on Fort Sumter.

Ad in poor taste but highlights our challenges

MARCH 25, 2011 – A 36-second ad by a North Carolina advocacy group should make you steaming mad about what it says about South Carolina. And then you might get embarrassed about its implications.

Together NC, a coalition of organizations seeking a balanced approach to budgeting in the fiscally-troubled Tar Heel state, started running a Web-based cartoon ad in January that thumbed its nose at South Carolina.

Economists say SC is recovering slowly

JAN. 7, 2011 – Analysts say South Carolina’s economy is slowly waking from the snooze of the Great Recession. But like a child who doesn’t want to wake up to go to school, it’s going to take the state awhile to get out of bed.Nationally-known Charlotte economist Mark Vitner opened a talk this week to Charleston [...]

Be careful what you ask for

South Carolinians are about to get the state government they asked for. Faced with a billion dollar shortfall due to the end of federal stimulus money, a recalcitrant economy and rising health care costs, the ruling Republican elite are expected to use only one major tool in their toolbelt to deal with the budget: cuts.