Misplaced Priorities This month’s mass shooting in Florida was shocking in several respects, not only because of its brutality, but because of the rate at which school shootings have escalated in recent years. The Parkland, Florida shooting, in which 17…
U.S. News and World Report magazine does a yearly ranking of all 50 states and compares them to one another based on various factors such as health care, infrastructure, economy, government, and education. In its most recent ranking, South Carolina was…
The monument erected in Marion Square in downtown Charleston to honor South Carolina statesman and former United States Vice President John C. Calhoun is getting a new plaque. Intended to put the career of Calhoun into proper perspective, a recently…