Enough with the parting gifts
According to a contract obtained by the Post and Courier, the former head of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Catherine Templeton, accepted a contract with the agency just one day after she left her position in January of 2015
The Good Ole Summertime
The good ole summertime is upon us and I’d give a gold nickel (if l had one) just to be a boy again.
Is the American Dream alive or dead in South Carolina?
If you stop and really think about it, this is the most fundamental question one could ask about our state and nation.
Bad news on sales tax
If you shop locally and wonder where the money goes, the Tax Foundation has an explanation.
Backyard Stargazer for August 2017
By Francis Parnell It’s August, and millions of people are excited about the 21st! Me too!! On the evening of the 2nd, spot yellow Saturn about 4-degres lower left of the waxing gibbous Moon. The gibbous Moon is above the spout in the Teapot of Sagittarius on the 3rd. That’s about where the Sun is at the December Solstice. One hour before sunrise on the 16th, look for “ALDEBARAN”, the eye of Taurus, about...
What’s Going On?
By Bill Shepard What’s going on at the site where the old mill stood? The old mill, known as The Darlington Manufacturing Company has been demolished and hauled away for several years. The old giant pumped life’s blood into the town of Darlington for nigh three quarters of a century. Now there is new activity going on at the site where the old giant once stood. A number of people have written or called me about the...