Matters of perception
May 10, 2015By Kathleen Parker Comments about recent events in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray provide a glimpse at perhaps one of our greatest challenges — perception. In…
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State House Report: Top Three Things You Need to Know
May 9, 2015
By Ashley Hunter Governor Signs SC State Bill; Senate GOP Proposes New Roads Plan and Senate Adopts Budget A Conference Committee of 3 House Members and 3 Senators…
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The Importance of the Second Interview
May 4, 2015
By Deborah O’Connor This is the time of year when many interviews take place. Often, a first interview will go well and the interviewee has been asked to have…
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China’s science ‘leap forward’
May 3, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson No country can be a global power without an engineering and scientific base. It’s necessary to run modern factories, develop new products, analyze and deal…
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Fear of free speech
May 3, 2015By Kathleen Parker True words are often said in jest, it has long been said. But a harsher idiom has been taking shape in recent years: Jest is becoming…
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Attitude awareness is the first step to building a positive attitude.
April 29, 2015By Jeffrey Gitomer Got attitude? “YES!” You all scream. A positive one? “YES!” You all scream. Wanna bet? I’ll bet every one of you “thinks” you have a positive…
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Debating generational justice
April 26, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson If New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has his way, the unfolding presidential campaign will focus on generational fairness. It will seek to curb spending on…
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Mr. Hughes goes to Washington
April 26, 2015By Kathleen Parker When postal worker Doug Hughes — otherwise known as the gyrocopter dude — landed his gizmo on the West Lawn of the Capitol, he wasn’t worried…
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Tell Me A Story
April 21, 2015
By Ken Gasque If you want advertising to work, tell a story. What does a story do? It creates a movie for your mind’s eye. A good story will…
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State House Report: Top Three Things You Need to Know
April 20, 2015
Road Funding and Dept. of Transportation Restructuring; State Bond Bill; and Body Cameras 1. Last week, the members of the House of Representatives spent extensive time debating 3579,…
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The tax revolt, RIP?
April 20, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson WASHINGTON — It’s mid-April, and Karlyn Bowman — the astute public opinion analyst at the American Enterprise Institute — has noticed something significant. Tax Day…
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Ring in the olde?
April 20, 2015By Kathleen Parker Americans, perhaps more than anyone, worship the future and resent the past. This is never truer than during a political season. It doesn’t matter whether the…
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The Flip Side To Wearing Luxury Brands
April 15, 2015
By Brian Maynor Designer clothing is expensive. No one can dispute that, but does the brand really matter? Imagine you’re conducting an interview and have two equally qualified, competent…
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The Paradox of choice
April 15, 2015
By Leslie Pitner, DDS Americans love freedom of choice — having options and keeping our options open. We believe more choices add to our happiness. But what if it…
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The investment bust (explained)
April 12, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson One of the great disappointments of the weak economic recovery has been the sluggish revival of business investment — spending on new buildings, factories, equipment…
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Revenge of the help
April 12, 2015By Kathleen Parker The new tell-all, “The Residence,” featuring intimate anecdotes collected from past and current White House staff members, is absolutely delicious — and utterly lacking in nutritious…
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Wordless News
April 10, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Who Gets To Dance In ‘Swan Lake’? The Answer Is Changing . Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio.…
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U.S. Conference of Mayors President Kevin Johnson Responds To Police Officer Shooting Of Unarmed Man In North Charleston, SC
April 8, 2015
U.S. Conference of Mayors President Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson issued the following statement in response to the police officer shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston (SC): “The nation’s mayors are…
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A Twitter sales perspective that’s hard to ignore.
April 8, 2015By Jeffrey Gitomer Josh Coffy is a world class Twitter expert. His social media consulting service has gained hundreds of his clients thousands of (legitimate) followers. And their following…
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Senator Scott Statement On North Charleston
April 8, 2015NORTH CHARLESTON – U.S. Senator Tim Scott released the following statement this morning regarding the death of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina. “The horrific video that came to light…
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Here’s something that worked
April 5, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson Every so often, we ought to celebrate our victories. The auto bailout is a case in point. Six years ago, it was wildly controversial, with…
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Freedom is a two-way street
April 5, 2015By Kathleen Parker Excited protests against Indiana’s recently passed religious freedom law have highlighted both America’s growing support for same-sex marriage and our apparent incapacity to entertain more than…
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Can Stress Be Good for You?
April 2, 2015
By Mike DuBose with Blake DuBose and Dr. Surb Guram, MD Especially in today’s world, when people seem to be working harder, longer hours than ever—and experiencing correlating amounts…
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Exempt vs. Non-Exempt: Employee Misclassifications can be Costly
March 30, 2015By Matt Vaadi There have been a number of headlines lately about the DOL Wage and Hour Division (WHD) hiring auditors in droves to enforce the Fair Labor Standards…
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Hollywood Box Office – Top Grossing Movies
March 30, 2015By Rentrak Week of 03/27/2015 to 04/02/2015 ~
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Remember the 1937-38 recession!
March 30, 2015By Robert Samuelson How fast should the Federal Reserve tighten monetary policy? Should it tighten at all? I recently wrote about these issues but didn’t have the space to…
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Wacko birds nesting in U.S. Senate
March 30, 2015By Kathleen Parker President Obama got it two-thirds right when he said that the delayed confirmation of his attorney general nominee, Loretta Lynch, is owing to Senate dysfunction and…
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37 Ways to Reduce Stress for a Longer, Happier Life
March 25, 2015
By Mike DuBose with Blake DuBose and Dr. Surb Guram, MD As many studies have shown, stress can lead to a wide array of physical and mental problems that…
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The State House Report – Top Three Things You Need to Know
March 23, 2015
By Ashley Hunter The Uber Bill; Addressing Road Funding and Income Tax Cuts; Internet Sales Tax Reform 1. The SC Transportation Companies Act (“the Uber Bill”), S.…
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Hollywood Box Office – Top Grossing Movies
March 23, 2015From Rentrak Week of 03/20/2015 to 03/26/2015
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Shareholder capitalism on trial
March 22, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson The latest rap against big corporations is that they’re returning too much money to shareholders through dividends and stock repurchases. What they should be doing,…
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The Friend Zone – The Dangers of Treating Employees Like Pals
March 19, 2015
By Brian Fielkow “Keep your work life and business life separate.” “Don’t get involved in your employees’ personal matters.” “There is no place for friendships in the office.” This is…
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Is Your Job Killing You?
March 19, 2015
By Mike DuBose with Blake DuBose and Surb Guram, MD “I hate my job!” We’ve all heard it before; many of us have even said it ourselves. Most of…
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Who’s afraid of robots?
March 17, 2015
By Robert Samuelson For some time, I’ve been collecting news stories about robots and jobs. By robots, I mean almost any automated process that substitutes machines for people. Here…
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Dunking the president
March 17, 2015By Kathleen Parker With a few tweaks to Scripture, herewith today’s relevant verse: What therefore President Obama hath joined together, let Republicans put asunder. The letter from 47 Republican…
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Hollywood Box Office – Top Grossing Movies
March 16, 2015The State House Brief – Top Three Things You Need to Know
March 10, 2015
By Ashley Hunter Compromise Reached on Local Government Fund Bill, State Budget Includes $497 Million State Capital Improvements Bond Bill and Debate Continues Over SC State 1. After…
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The folly of Fed bashing
March 10, 2015
By Robert Samuelson Fed bashing — strident criticism of the Federal Reserve — is back in style, and it’s taken a new turn. Traditionally, it’s been a liberal sport. When…
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The GOP: A tragedy in 52 acts
March 10, 2015By Kathleen Parker I’m getting that deja vu feeling as House Republicans these past several days have failed to alter the public’s perception that they’re incapable of governing. This…
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Hollywood Box Office – Top Grossing Movies
March 9, 2015Mercedes-Benz Vans to Invest $500 Million in New Manufacturing Plant in Charleston County
March 6, 2015
New Plant Represents Company’s First Full Van Manufacturing Plant in North America, to Create 1,300 Jobs CHARLESTON, SC – Mercedes-Benz Vans, a division of Daimler, announced today plans to invest around…
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Hollywood Box Office – Top Grossing Movies
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Family-friendly politics
March 2, 2015
By Robert Samuelson If you’re wondering what the 2016 presidential election will be about, here’s one dark-horse possibility: the family-friendly workplace. As millions of Americans struggle to balance family…
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The love litmus test
March 2, 2015By Kathleen Parker Republicans seem ceaselessly enamored of litmus tests, but the newest one — Do you believe President Obama loves America? — makes birthers seem witty. The…
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Success = Tech + Creativity
February 26, 2015
By Alan Cooper The following is based on my interview with Mike Switzer on the South Carolina Business Review – click here. You will never guess where I took…
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Are You Addicted to Your Smartphone?
February 25, 2015
The Growing Threat of Technology Addiction By Mike DuBose with Blake DuBose and Surb Guram, MD Technology is booming, and advancements increase exponentially every year. Today’s smartphones, for…
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Hollywood Box Office – Top Grossing Movies
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Wow, ‘negative’ interest rates!
February 23, 2015
By Robert Samuelson To the long list of economic mysteries can now be added interest rates. They’ve been at rock bottom, as everyone knows. But now we’ve encountered something…
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The riddle of war
February 23, 2015By Kathleen Parker There’s a very 2001 feel to President Obama’s request for authorization to use military force and the nauseating sense that we’ll be at war indefinitely. Although…
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Hollywood Box Office – Top Grossing Movies
February 17, 2015
