National Defense Briefs
February 4, 2015
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. National Defense Briefs is a series aimed at informing readers with timely military and homeland security news updates, trends, definitions, and short commentaries. Defense…
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Austerity on trial
February 2, 2015By Robert Samuelson Is this the beginning of the end for austerity? The day after the Greek left-wing party Syriza impressively won the country’s latest election, the Financial Times…
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The sacrifice of Sarah Palin
February 2, 2015By Kathleen Parker When Democrats were looking for evidence of a Republican war on women, they overlooked Exhibit A — Sarah Palin. This isn’t to say that Palin was…
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The Statehouse Brief: Top Three Things You Need to Know
February 2, 2015
New on MidlandsBiz. Each week during the 121st Legislative Session of the South Carolina General Assembly, Ashley Hunter of McKay Public Affairs will report on the top three things you…
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4 Steps to Attracting Top Talent like a Content Marketer
January 31, 2015By Matt Vaadi One of the biggest challenges small business owners face is finding top talent. You will not be able to compete in today’s crowded markets which…
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National Defense Briefs
January 29, 2015
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. National Defense Briefs is a series aimed at informing readers with timely military and homeland security news updates, trends, definitions, and short commentaries. Defense…
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Medal of Honor recipient will headline this year’s Marine Birthday Ball
January 26, 2015By W. Thomas Smith Jr. U.S. Marines have a long-held reputation of being “first to fight.” They are also first – at least early – when it comes to…
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Reagan, Volcker & Krugman (Part 2)
January 25, 2015By Robert Samuelson A week ago, I wrote a column taking issue with Paul Krugman’s contention that President Reagan had little to do with the decisive crushing of double-digit…
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When the pope talks …
January 21, 2015By Kathleen Parker Forget E.F. Hutton. It’s P.F. (Pope Francis) these days who, when he talks, people listen. And then they get busy trying to figure out what he…
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Mayor Benjamin Delivers 2015 State of the City Address
January 20, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin delivered his 2015 State of the City address Tuesday, January 20th at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. Below are Mayor Benjamin’s full remarks as…
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The Statehouse Brief: Top Three Things You Need to Know
January 18, 2015
New on LowcountryBizSC. Each week during the 121st Legislative Session of the South Carolina General Assembly, Ashley Hunter of McKay Public Affairs will report on the top three things you…
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“Dynamic” deceptions
January 18, 2015
By Robert Samuelson The dustup over “dynamic scoring” is a small indicator of the routine irrelevancy of Washington’s budget debate. Instead of facing the real issues — how much…
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Hyping Obama’s Paris fail
January 18, 2015By Kathleen Parker If we can be serious for a moment: The president made an error in judgment by not sending someone with a higher profile than our ambassador…
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Claflin tutoring program partners with church for MLK week project
January 17, 2015ORANGEBURG, SC – As they have done for the past six years, Claflin [University’s] Saturday Academy will partner with the First Baptist Church Soup Kitchen in Orangeburg, feeding both the…
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South Carolina REALTORS® Release December Market Numbers
January 16, 2015
South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) today released its December 2014 statewide housing market reports. The South Carolina housing market ended the year with prices and inventory on the rise. Price…
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Inaugural Address, Governor Nikki R. Haley
January 14, 2015
GOVERNOR NIKKI R. HALEY: Four years ago, I spoke from this very same spot, on this very same occasion. It’s really good to be back! On this amazing day, I…
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15 MORE valid reasons to issue a news release
January 12, 2015By Holly Rollins Part two of two-part series. Standing out these days from the barrage of content and media messages is becoming more and more difficult. According to…
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Is the economic slog really over?
January 12, 2015
By Robert Samuelson Hello, 2015. We now are in the sixth year of economic recovery since the end of the Great Recession in mid-2009, says the National Bureau of…
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Our bias, ourselves
January 12, 2015By Kathleen Parker Recent events from Ferguson, Missouri, to Staten Island, New York, might prompt an observer to infer that American cops are racist and that a bigoted white…
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The City Manager’s Spotlight
January 12, 2015The City Manager’s Spotlight provides details about what is happening in the City of Columbia in an effort to keep citizens informed about City operations. The City of Columbia has…
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Youngest living Medal of Honor recipient addresses Columbia Rotary
January 8, 2015By W. Thomas Smith Jr. To hear U.S. Marine Cpl. William “Kyle” Carpenter – the 25-year-old recipient of the Medal of Honor – tell it, “The enemy killed me.…
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A New Year & New You – Does That Mean We Get A Second Chance To Make The Right Impression?
January 6, 2015
By Brian Maynor . I’m all about reinvention and whole-heartedly embrace the concept of evolution, especially when it comes to your image, but is changing your image enough to…
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Goal Setting: Planning for Success in 2015
January 5, 2015
By Aaron E. Graham This time of year, everyone makes lists of New Year’s resolutions. Effective goal-setting is just as important as creating a list of goals. Whether your…
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Realistic Planning is the Key to Success
January 5, 2015
By Deborah O’Connor How do you leave behind the mistakes and not-so-good experiences of last year and vow to make the New Year better, productive, and worthwhile? Why is…
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The joke’s on us
January 4, 2015By Kathleen Parker . A writer seeking profound pronouncements for a year-end column is likely instead to find herself awash in punchlines. Life isn’t a comedy. It’s a joke. Hey,…
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Repairing the middle class in 2015
January 4, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson What is curious about the present understandable preoccupation with the middle class is the assumption — both explicit and implicit — that the system is “rigged” (to…
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Greatest Generation
December 29, 2014By Temple Ligon In 1998 television journalist Tom Brokaw published his book, The Greatest Generation, which praised our country’s citizens of the Depression and the WWII eras. Brokaw called…
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Clicks not Bricks
December 29, 2014
By Jerry Smith The largest funds raised by a public offering of stock in 2014 was an e-commerce company. By now, most people have heard of this company, Alibaba, and…
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They’re Resolutions – Not Revolutions
December 29, 2014
By Brian Maynor With the dropping of the ball and the bright, shining potential of a new year, it is only natural to look at making sweeping changes across…
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The best stats of 2014
December 29, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson This is the time when we make lists. The best movies of 2014. The best books. The funniest cartoons. The greatest photos. The most amazing sports…
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Inglorious hackers
December 29, 2014By Kathleen Parker If I were a cartoonist, a phrase cartoonists are loath to hear, I’d sketch a chubby imp donned in a diaper, sporting a chia mohawk…
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How To Increase Online Sales: Using Trust Seals In Marketing And Customer Acquisition Strategy
December 29, 2014By Alex Hillsburg Do you recall dropping a shopping cart on a Thursday while you’re thinking of buying something online? If yes, you’re one of the many shoppers that…
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Post Holiday Etiquette
December 29, 2014
By Deborah O’Connor The holiday meal was wonderful, the presents have been unwrapped, the relatives are going home and it was another successful and wonderful holiday. Now what? Let’s…
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On choosing happiness. What’s your choice?
December 22, 2014By Jeffrey Gitomer Sales Advice [row] [col col=8] Happy New Year! Or…is it? People wish it to you, to me – all the time. So how happy are you…
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South Carolina’s Employment Situation: November 2014
December 22, 2014
Number of Employed South Carolinians Hits Record High Labor Force Expands for Fifth Consecutive Month SOUTH CAROLINA – The number of South Carolinians working reached a record high of…
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Innovation in South Carolina. Are we at base camp yet?
December 22, 2014
By Alan Cooper (Based on my radio interview with Mike Switzer, December 22, 2014 ) Productivity and innovation drive prosperity. Five years ago, the Medical University of South Carolina…
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Sony’s ominous lesson
December 22, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson ”In light of the decision by the majority of our exhibitors not to show the film ‘The Interview,’ we have decided not to move forward…
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Talk about a wildfire
December 22, 2014By Kathleen Parker First there’s the spark, then the conflagration, followed by the litigation and then, surely, the movie. Call it “Moonlight Fire,” and prepare to suspend disbelief. The…
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Relaxed Looks That Are Anything But Sloppy
December 17, 2014
By Brian Maynor During this time of year a lot of people are using their vacation days, but some of us are still roaming the office halls. Luckily with…
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UofSC economists release 2015 forecast: SC’s steady economic growth to continue
December 17, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The Palmetto State can expect the consistent positive growth seen across most industries and regions in 2014 to continue into 2015, say University of South Carolina economists…
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Creating a media crisis in five easy steps
December 15, 2014By John Boyanoski A lot of public relations firms will tell you how to manage a media crisis situation. That is the easy part. But as a business…
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A statistical feast!
December 15, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson The Stat Abstract is dead. Long live the Stat Abstract. As regular readers of this column know, I’ve been a fanatical booster of the Statistical…
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South Carolina REALTORS® Release November Market Numbers
December 15, 2014CoOLUMBIA, SC – South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) released its November 2014 statewide housing market reports. With virtually no inflation, interest rates will likely remain low for most of 2015. Construction…
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Graham Pleased with SRS Funding in Year-End Spending Bill
December 11, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today said he was pleased with the funding provided for Savannah River Site (SRS) in the year-end spending bill, also termed…
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Clients don’t know.
December 10, 2014By Ken Gasque Don’t misquote me. Clients know a lot about their products and their customers but clients are humans and humans have perceptions that sometimes are wrong and this…
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Robert Samuelson: The key to stronger economic recoveries?
December 7, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson “The nation of which [Warren G.] Harding became president was not happy, and forces were underway which seemed likely, unless arrested, to bring more…
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The media circus around Ferguson
December 7, 2014By Kathleen Parker As the curtain closes on the latest episode of “Ferguson,” the media series, it is fair to wonder whether events might not have spiraled out of…
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Festive Business Attire – Celebrating The Holiday Season In Style
December 3, 2014
By Brian Maynor Wearing a tacky Christmas sweater to the office may be an obvious faux pas, but where do you draw the line for professional festive holiday attire?…
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Spirit Communications to Become Naming Rights Partner for Multi-Use Venue at Columbia Common
December 3, 2014Spirit Communications Park Coming to Downtown Columbia COLUMBIA, SC – The City of Columbia and Columbia Professional Baseball, announced today that they have reached an agreement with Spirit Communications to name the new, state-of-the-art multi-use…
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Climate realities in light of the U.S.-China agreement
November 30, 2014
By Robert Samuelson The United States-China agreement on climate change is a huge political triumph, possibly “historic,” as its supporters say. Whether it much alters the world’s climate is a more…
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