For the past eight years, I have served as program director of Septima P. Clark Academy, the Charleston County School District’s alternative program for students who are overage and at risk of dropping out of high school. Although not designed specifically for students with disciplinary issues, many students at Clark exhibit a range of...
How did Santee Cooper, a state-owned utility serving 700,000 customers, amass a $7.1 billion bond debt? According to this paper, that is $2.2 billion above their $4.9 billion share of the new nuclear plants. There should be an immediate moratorium on the issuance of new debt, as well as a thorough audit of where the $7.1 billion has gone,...
The Honorable Sol Blatt Jr. was the state’s longest serving U.S. District judge. He was appointed to the bench in 1971. I had the privilege of meeting him in 1972 when he swore me in as U.S. deputy marshall. We developed a close working friendship. At that time I met his secretary, Janice Pearce, who has been with the judge for 44 years.
The rise of anti-establishment populism this election cycle has many roots. Our economy remains surprisingly sluggish while competition is ebbing. One factor is that our U.S. economy is rigged against new entry innovators and entrepreneurs. Free enterprise is eroding, large corporations are getting richer and more entrenched. A jaundiced...
When the Internet billionaires Yuri Milner and Mark Zuckerberg proposed sending a mission to another solar system, it was hard to separate vision from bluster. Was the idea a plausible next step in mankind’s exploration of space? Or an ego-driven challenge to other space-oriented billionaires — especially Elon Musk and his...
The encouraging news from Latin America is that the leftist populists who for 15 years undermined the region’s democratic institutions and wrecked its economies are being pushed out — not by coups and juntas, but by democratic and constitutional means. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina is already gone,...
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign let hundreds of staffers go last week, all but conceding the Democratic primary race to Hillary Clinton — and raising the question of whether she will change her electoral strategy now that she is effectively running unopposed.
LOS ANGELES — Boomer-chella is on.
"Hamilton," the groundbreaking hip-hop-flavored biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary and the nation’s founders, has been nominated for 16 Tony Awards, the most in Broadway history.
LOS ANGELES — David Attenborough, who turns 90 on Sunday, isn’t resting on his laurels or any other element of the natural world he’s explored so fully.
Take a look at the recipe below for No-Commitment Strawberry Jam and see that when America’s Test Kitchen publishes a cookbook, they cover every eventuality. I don’t know anyone better to school you in the art and science of preserving. Chapters, loaded with color illustrations, include: sweet jams and jellies, savory jams and...
It took an act of Congress to get fast-food chains to post calorie counts on their menu boards. Nobody had to tell the folks at Clean Eatz to do the same.
Harry Gilmore lives in Mount Pleasant.
Q: Do you know of any place around here that serves a full-blown, Edwardian, table-smashing, gut-busting, English breakfast? You know: Eggs, rashers of bacon, sausage, potatoes, baked beans, grilled tomato, blood pudding, scones ... and I left out half the stuff.
John Whisenant of The Islander typically works with fresh Fresno peppers, but the chef occasionally comes into a supply of Carolina Reapers, which he’ll transform into a sauce for his iron-tongued customers. "I like to get those and make something really intense," he says.
John Pitner owns The Coastal Cupboard, which sells everything from vegetable peelers to tablecloths. But at this time of year, it’s the store’s status as a Big Green Egg dealer that counts. As a professional grill salesman, Pitner has amassed a few secrets about backyard cooking.
It took another 80 years for Charleston’s newspaper to cluster recipe reminiscences under the heading "Save the Receipt," but The News and Courier in 1936 shared a food preservation technique that had already faded into the past.
BROWN, Rosalie, Charleston
BROWN, Rosalie, 82, of Charleston died Monday. Arrangements by Murray’s Mortuary of North Charleston.
CLEMSON — There are no T-shirts commemorating Jaron Blossomgame’s next two weeks, but with a different audience each day, he’s hoping at least one shining performance can change his life.
Manuel "Mar" Roxas II was in statistical tie with, but nominally above, Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares in the recent Pulse Asia Research' presidential survey; Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, however, maintained his clear lead.
Apple confirmed Tuesday that it has hired robotics star and Google X lab co-founder Yoky Matsuoka to work on health projects.
Korean superstar Lee Min Ho has moved to a new agency ahead of the release of his new film.
By Bea Bongat of MoneyMax.ph There’s no denying the many advantages of phone applications. From online shopping and banking to whiling the time away with games, streaming, music, and e-books, phone applications are here to stay. If you leave someone with his or her phone, there’s no doubt he and she can spend a whole day using and playing with various apps. A photo-editing app here and movie-streaming app there, and there’s no idle time. With the many benefits of apps, they have some disadvantages as well. Читать дальше...