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Sheheen thinks it’s time for a state constitutional convention. I’m still not...
Tweet Actually, he’s not the only one who thinks so. But Vincent is the one I had lunch with yesterday, and the one who told me about this article that he and Tom Davis co-wrote for the Charleston Law...
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The State-Record Newsroom Reunion of 2012
TweetWith Jim Foster and Jeff Miller. Note the similarity between the photo at top, from Saturday night, and the extraordinary black-and-white photo at bottom. And no, it’s not that both contain...
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Columbus, the Solyndra of the late 15th century
TweetFirst, I want to say that Mike Brenan gave a great speech at Rotary today, and I pretty much agreed with everything he said, from observations about education reform to the upcoming Richland...
View ArticleElection forum at library tomorrow night
TweetI got a call from Richland County Public Library this morning. Looks like I’m going to be filling in at the last minute as moderator for this forum, as the far more mellifluously voiced Charles...
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Joan Brady, SC House District 78
Tweet Joan Brady is the kind of Republican (a traditional one) that a certain other kind of Republican (the Johnny-Come-Lately extremist variety) likes to call a RINO. She serves her swing district in...
View ArticleMy very gratifying conversation with Tom Ervin, who now favors a gas tax...
TweetThis morning, I was on my way out of having my breakfast at the Capital City Club, and saw today’s WSJ on the sideboard by the door to the grill, and paused to pick it up and glance over the front...
View ArticleRegarding Scotland, I add my cheers to Friedman’s
TweetFriday night, I ran into our own Phillip Bush at the Greek Festival. He had a pint of beer in hand, which he had obtained at the craft beer stand next to the main tent, where Greek-flavored music...
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I’ll be on Cynthia Hardy’s show on the Big DM at 6. Tune in…
Tweet I think we’ll be talking about the election. That’s all I wanted to say…
View ArticleYet another reminder politicians are people
TweetTwo quick contact reports: Yesterday afternoon, I grabbed a cup of coffee with Mike Cakora, who recently returned to the blog as a regular commenter after a five-year absence. It was great to have...
View ArticleSteve Benjamin’s new look
TweetSince relatively few of y’all follow me on Twitter (which you should, because that’s kind of where I’m blogging when I’m not here), I thought I’d share this Tweet from last night: Columbia Mayor...
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The return of Paul DeMarco: Welcome back, Doc!
TweetDr. Paul DeMarco in 2006. One of our regulars from the early days of this blog made an appearance over the weekend in response to this observation from current regular Jeff Mobley: “Perhaps it is...
View ArticleGrowing South Carolina’s car-manufacturing industry
TweetIt occurs to me that I should make myself do more short contact-report-type posts, whenever I run into a newsmaker and pick up a tidbit. So here’s one…. Yesterday, I ran into Commerce Secretary...
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Tenenbaum: Using private email account was clearly against federal rules
TweetAnother little contact report… Talking with Inez Tenenbaum this morning about her support of Joe Biden, I changed the subject to Hillary Clinton and asked, somewhat facetiously, whether Inez used...
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Joel Lourie’s Senate retirement party
TweetSoon-to-be-former Sen. Joel Lourie chats with well-wishers at his retirement party. I went by the Music Barn off Senate Street last night for Joel Lourie’s going-away party as he prepares to leave...
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See the most amazing models you’ll ever see
TweetBurl is making sure we notice that the sign says he is “renowned.” So you built a few model planes when you were a kid. A Spitfire, a P-51, an Me 109 — if you had the room, maybe a B-17. You glued...
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It was great to see Valerie and the gang at USC tonight
Tweet Valerie Bauerlein was back in town this evening, which became the occasion for the biggest gathering of former denizens of The State I’ve attended since we lost Lee Bandy. Valerie, now of The...
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‘How to live to be 102,’ according to Samuel
Tweet Years ago — probably well over a decade ago — I was having lunch with my good friend Samuel Tenenbaum, and he pulled a Ziploc sandwich bag out his pocket. It contained maybe a dozen or so pills...
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I’ll be on Cynthia Hardy’s show on the Big DM at 6. Tune in…
Tweet I think we’ll be talking about the election. That’s all I wanted to say…
View ArticleYet another reminder politicians are people
TweetTwo quick contact reports: Yesterday afternoon, I grabbed a cup of coffee with Mike Cakora, who recently returned to the blog as a regular commenter after a five-year absence. It was great to have...
View ArticleSteve Benjamin’s new look
TweetSince relatively few of y’all follow me on Twitter (which you should, because that’s kind of where I’m blogging when I’m not here), I thought I’d share this Tweet from last night: Columbia Mayor...
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