What Makes America Great
I was in the 6th or 7th grade (1964?) when I asked Nana, who left Connemara in the 1920s, “Why did you come to America?”
“To eat,” she replied.
Analysis and opinion of politics.
Better Learn to Swim…
My nomination for Pork of the Year: The $2 million down payment deftly budgeted, without public comment and without a separate council vote, for former city councilwoman/swimmer Kathleen Wilson’s dream of a $50 million aquatic and wellness center in West Ashley.
Flooding and the Mayor
[This column by Steve Bailey was first published in the Post and Courier and is reprinted here with the permission Continue reading
The Summey Machine
[This column appeared first in the Charleston Post and Courier and is reprinted here with the author’s kind permission.] It is often Continue reading
Hire a Woman for CofC
[Originally published in the Post and Courier and reprinted here with the author’s permission.] by Steve Bailey Imagine that if within days Continue reading
This is what community looks like
It feels as if tonight, for a couple of hours, we’re enacting what MLK called the beloved community here at the Charleston Area Justice Ministry (CAJM) meeting at Mount Moriah Baptist Church on Rivers Avenue.
Getting Paid for Failure
[Steve Bailey is doing a great job keeping an eye on the growing scandal of SCANA’s nuclear reactor project. Here Continue reading
“Paying Twice” For A Racial Bias Audit That Council Won’t Vote On
On June 20, one day after the Post & Courier published my op-ed, the Mayor’s office issued a press release Continue reading
