The Column

He's ba-a-a-ack! The man widely considered to be the spoiler in the 2000 election is making another third-party run for President. Ralph...

Sign outside a sea food store on Rivers Avenue: "We have no crab". Apparently, it's getting awfully hard to find in the Lowcou...

Maybe it was the wide-open field, and maybe the revamped primary schedule. But, in mid-February voters still feel they have some say in who ...

The Column, Reloaded will start running short pieces, random observations and a bit of "spot" news to go with the longer articles....

Now I think I have definitely seen it all. A few minutes in a thrift store North Charleston, I ran across a Mexican woman sitting on a bench...

"You can't judge a book by its cover, we agree; How can you judge a man by looking at his pee?" -- David Owens, Delapo'lux...

Who’d have thunk it? A part of the old Charleston Navy Base is getting notice for “green” development. Natural Home Magazine picked a 340-ac...

They're as much a part of the Charleston scene as shrimp and grits. Spanish moss. Antebellum mansions. The smell of pluff mud and that o...

Anyone who doubts that we are in the Information need only count the number of email messages, phone messages, and text missives he has in q...

The Internet is just full of advice these days and sometimes you’ll even find some that is useful. I’ve covered some pretty bad advice in so...

Parts of this are still being roughed out, but it looks like I’ll need my new national identity card in my wallet within the next 10 years. ...

In case you haven't figured it out, sending text messages while driving is dangerous. It's highly inadvisable, though it's still...

What with our never-ending quest for energy, it seems coal is making a huge comeback. Yeah, coal. You know, that black stuff that was once k...

Charleston is a place like no other. It’s a beautiful city, the folks are as polite as the media says, and the town is romantic enough to ma...

Disclaimer: Yes, I do have a real problem with taking a noun such as “Google” and making a verb out of it. It’s a practice that is indicativ...

So you think it’s only the border areas that have to worry about illegal aliens, right? Guess again. While places like California, Texas, an...

I just can't win. If smoking doesn't kill me, then my occasional forays into fast food will. Or my coffee consumption. Or fumes from...

It doesn't take much to crank up a person's anxieties these days. Just read the newspaper, talk to people, or go on the Internet, an...

"Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made." - Otto von Bismarck

even if you're armed with Rand McNally's latest, both hands, and a flashlight, you'll never find such a place as "away....