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“This then is no calamity”: Toni Morrison, 1931-2019

The semester is less than two weeks away and I’m running out of time. I should be finishing syllabi, or Continue reading →

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. 

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 Thanksgiving Story You Probably Never Heard

The pilgrim William Bradford tells us about the first Thanksgiving. Winter was brutal. Snowbound in their hastily built houses, nearly Continue reading →

Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War

[This column first appeared in the Post and Courier in a shorter version and is published here by the kind 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 →

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