Defining deity down
May 18, 2015By Kathleen Parker It is nearly axiomatic that presidential contests tend to shine a harsh light on conservative Christians — inasmuch as they are viewed as the Republican Party’s…
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The Art of Making Mistakes
May 13, 2015
By Leslie Pitner, DDS My uncle, a research chemist, shared a book with me recently called Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein – Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That…
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The curse of the dollar
May 10, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson It’s been called the “exorbitant privilege”; it might also be termed “the indestructible curse.” Americans are proud of the fact that the dollar — their…
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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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Columbia City Council work session Tuesday, May 5
May 6, 2015By Temple Ligon Oh, no, not that In economic development circles the hospitality industry doesn’t get particularly high marks as a means to higher per capita income. Tending bar,…
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Dr. Williamson: Our colleges need help turning the tide
May 6, 2015Jimmie Williamson, Ph.D. President of the SC Technical College System When it comes to building South Carolina’s workforce, the rubber meets the road at our 16 colleges across the…
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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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China’s science ‘leap forward’
May 2, 2015By 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 2, 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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Columbia City Council work session, Tuesday, April 21
April 22, 2015By Temple Ligon COLUMBIA, SC – Council took most of its work session Tuesday afternoon as time to discuss water and sewer rates, but specifically how to extract money…
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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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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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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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Lend Your Voice to Change Public Policy
April 2, 2015
By Kelly Davis, APR Riggs Partners Reprinted from the Riggs Partners Blog On March 25, more than 100 South Carolinians who are passionate about women’s health issues convened at…
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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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Group forms to stop out-of-state waste in Greenville
March 31, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – A group of concerned citizens rallied in front of the Greenville County government offices this morning to voice their concerns over possible 350,000 tons of out-of-state garbage…
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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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Choosing your retirement savings type: Roth or traditional?
March 30, 2015
By Corinne S. Hanna Are you currently earning money? If the answer is yes, are you saving for retirement? An important part of saving for retirement is deciding…
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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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Wordless News
March 27, 2015By Maria Fabrizio . The story here: NASA To Study A Twin In Space And His Brother On Earth . Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio.…
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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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Hillary & the Media: Act 2016
March 22, 2015By Kathleen Parker Amid all the verbiage about Hillary Clinton’s email, one irrefutable fact emerges: Polls will drive us crazy before the Clintons do. The latest CNN/ORC poll shows…
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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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Is Your Job Killing You?
March 18, 2015By 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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The Friend Zone – The Dangers of Treating Employees Like Pals
March 18, 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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Hollywood Box Office – Top Grossing Movies
March 16, 2015Who’s afraid of robots?
March 15, 2015By 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 15, 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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Water and Sewer
March 11, 2015By Temple Ligon Columbia City Council met Tuesday, March 10, at 10:00 a.m. for its work session, which flowed almost seamlessly into a regular council meeting. Typically council meets…
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Curiosity—The Power of Asking Questions
March 11, 2015
Dr. Leslie Pitner If you ever get the chance to stand in front of a room of seven-year-olds, you should take it! I spoke to a class of second…
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