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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Success = Tech + Creativity
February 25, 2015
By Alan Cooper You will never guess where I took my thirteen year old teenage son and his friend the other night. The Monster Truck Rally? The home opener…
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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
February 23, 2015Posted in: lowcountrybizsc, upstatebizsc Category: headlines
Hollywood Box Office – Top Grossing Movies
February 23, 2015Posted in: midlandsbiz Category: headlines
Creating advertising that is compelling
February 23, 2015
By Ken Gasque You have heard that “truth is stranger than fiction.” But did you know that fiction is more readily believed than truth? We read Harry Potter and…
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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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We Need to Show Our Support for the Fort
February 19, 2015By Carl Blackstone There’s been a lot of talk in the news lately about a potential 3,100 headcount reduction at Fort Jackson. You may be wondering why this important…
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City Council February 19, 2015
February 18, 2015By Temple Ligon On Tuesday afternoon, February 17, city council held its work session to hear Mike Briggs, president and CEO of the Central S. C. Alliance. Briggs was giving…
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Hollywood Box Office – Top Grossing Movies
February 17, 2015Hollywood Box Office – Top Grossing Movies
February 17, 2015Top Three Things You Need to Know: State Budget Bill, Business License Taxes and the Death of Ethics Reform
February 16, 2015
By Ashley Hunter 1. On Tuesday, February 17th, the members of the House Ways and Means Committee will begin their work on the State Appropriations Bill. After the Governor…
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Wireless Consumers Don’t Deserve Double Dipping Landline Tax
February 16, 2015
By Douglas Kellogg, National Taxpayers Union Policy Manager In the Palmetto State, there’s a battle brewing that could force millions of residents to pay higher taxes. Traditional landline phone…
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The great debt debate
February 16, 2015
By Robert Samuelson One of the legacies of the 2008-09 financial crisis is a world awash in debt — and this explains much of the confusion and acrimony of…
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Brian Williams’ six-mile stare
February 16, 2015By Kathleen Parker These are tough times for NBC’s Brian Williams — and tougher times for journalism. The NBC newsman was suspended Tuesday night for six months amid charges…
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National Defense Briefs – February 12, 2015
February 12, 2015
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 issues…
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Columbia City Council – February 10, 2015
February 11, 2015By Temple Ligon Council met Tuesday night at City Hall. The major contention of the night was the feasibility study on the concept of privately run water and sewer systems. The…
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Hollywood Box Office – Top Grossing Movies
February 9, 2015Fifteen Biggest Innovations in Health Tech
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Obama’s community-college gamble
February 9, 2015
By Robert Samuelson A presidential budget is more than an expression of policy. It’s also an exercise in political brand management. It aims to project the president and his administration…
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Seeking a vaccine for ignorance
February 9, 2015By Kathleen Parker Flashback: Galileo is under house arrest pondering the unyielding ignorance of The Church for refusing to consider his heliocentric proposition that the Earth circled the sun. We…
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Is your brain playing tricks on you?
February 5, 2015
By Edward W. Kramer Let’s start with a simple question: “A bat and ball cost $1.10 together. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does…
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High Occupancy and Rent Growth Supports New Construction
February 4, 2015
KEY TAKEAWAYS Charleston, SC’s growing economy, thriving with low unemployment rates, a high quality of life, and a growing young population with bachelor’s degrees or higher, is contributing to…
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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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Watch out for distracted pedestrians with their heads in the “cloud”
January 19, 2015By Vernon Glen We’re reminded often of the dangers of distracted driving, but what about distracted bikers and pedestrians? Charleston is an enormous Petrie Dish for this dangerous problem,…
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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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Hey, did you get my message?
January 14, 2015
By Elizabeth Boineau These days, it’s really tough to get through to your audience-whether yours is a voice message, email message or sales pitch, but hopefully it’s always on…
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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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