The Column

According to legend, St. Patrick chased the snakes out of Ireland. Neat trick? You bet. But here's a better trick that I'd especiall...

It's all just a part of living in this thing we call a civilized society. Growth happens, and then trash happens. In Charleston County, ...

I'm ready for spring, and it looks like it may have already started in Charleston. Never mind what the calendar says. It's spring wh...

Fisher-Price's announcement that the company will no longer produce scenic View-Master wheels fills me with a pang of nostalgia. As a ba...

I can't remember the first time I heard him on the air. I know it was a long time ago. He'd been a radio presence since I was soilin...

You'd think employees would really step lively in such an uncertain time, with mass layoffs everywhere and unemployment approaching doub...

(Photographer unknown. anyone claim this?) I guess you already heard about that big conference on global warming? You didn't? I don'...

President Barack Obama said Monday that he plans to cut his inherited budget deficit in half by the end of his first term. H'mmm ... and...

Ever since President Barack Obama signed that massive $787 billion stimulus package into effect, a number of states and municipalities have ...

I have a theory that the human brain is like a hard drive. OK, a floppy drive. Anyway, the theory holds that there is a finite amount of roo...

Has anyone noticed we will have Friday the 13th for two consecutive months? That's right. You thought you made it through the one this m...

(Graphics from smashingmagazine.com) OK. You've been staring at it for more than three weeks now, and you might have caught on to a rela...

In a companion posting I wrote about how the newspaper industry is going through massive changes, making the argument that your small local ...

I'm hearing scuttlebutt that the print journalism industry is on its last legs, that the newspaper will soon become obsolete. Some blame...

I'm still trying to figure something out. The big news out of Washington is this so-called stimulus package, which is billed as a far-re...

About the only good news happening is that gas prices are lower. Not that it does much good; few people have the right kind of disposable in...

If nothing else, FDR looked and sounded confident. (Photo from picturehistory.com ) The pageantry is over, and it's time for Barack Obam...

Possible answers: a) A lot, b) Just a tad more than a rural two-lane bridge can hold, or c) I don't know? Thanks, Rick, for sending thi...

Recently, about 60 percent of respondents to a poll by conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly said they were rooting for new President B...

The Bush Era officially ends at noon Tuesday, an event for which many have been counting the days as if it was a wedding or prison release. ...