The Mike Seekings FlexValve
[This column first appeared in the Charleston Post and Courier on 29 April and is reprinted here with the writer’s Continue reading
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Common Ground in West Ashley
The Wrong Plan A week ago Monday, my wife and I went to John Wesley Methodist Church to attend the Continue reading
In Praise of Corner Stores: Let Burbage’s Bloom!
The ghosts of mom-and-pop shops past haunt the peninsula’s neighborhoods. The sad storefront at Tradd and Council, Burbage’s last home before it moved to Broad in 1961, sits empty and decaying. Burbage’s home before that, at Tradd and King, is just as sad and empty.
“Save our million dollar views!”
“Save Sullivan’s Island,” their yard signs shout. “Beaches Not Forests!” Translation: “Save Our Million-Dollar Views!”
Stop it. If you are unhappy, there is no shortage of rich people who would be delighted to pay a fortune to live next to the forest.
Power to the Working Class
[This op-ed appeared last week in Charleston’s Post & Courier.] It’s gut-check time for Republicans. Are they the party Donald Trump Continue reading
An Honest Wage?
[Steve Bailey published this piece in the Post and Courier on 4 February 2017. He’s kindly given permission to republish Continue reading
OMG GOP WTF?
These are some of the posters that I saw at the Women’s March in Charleston. We began at the Women’s and Continue reading
A Sad Day for the South
People like Nikki Haley and Lindsay Graham tell us that the battles are over. The New South has thoroughly taken root and flourished, like a gigantic live oak, and we all enjoy its shade, sipping sweet tea together. There is no New Jim Crow.
The Glebe Street Hacks 