In his head, not ours
June 19, 2017
By Kathleen Parker In one of Walker Percy’s brilliant novels, “The Second Coming,” protagonist Will Barrett keeps falling down for no apparent reason. He also suffers trances during which…
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Trump isn’t destiny
June 12, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson It’s time to take a brief break from Donald Trump. Whatever you think of him, there’s no denying that he dominates the news cycle. We…
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Trump isn’t destiny
June 12, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson It’s time to take a brief break from Donald Trump. Whatever you think of him, there’s no denying that he dominates the news cycle. We…
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What really happened to coal?
June 12, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson The coal-mining jobs that President Trump thinks were destroyed by government regulation — adopted to combat air pollution and global warming — were actually lost…
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What really happened to coal?
June 12, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson The coal-mining jobs that President Trump thinks were destroyed by government regulation — adopted to combat air pollution and global warming — were actually lost…
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Boy Scout Comey is no match for The Donald
June 12, 2017
By Kathleen Parker As it turns out, Donald Trump is the hope-and-change president. According to James Comey, Trump hoped that the then-FBI director would find a way to drop…
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Boy Scout Comey is no match for The Donald
June 12, 2017
By Kathleen Parker As it turns out, Donald Trump is the hope-and-change president. According to James Comey, Trump hoped that the then-FBI director would find a way to drop…
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Wishing for a Trump Twitterectomy
June 12, 2017
By Kathleen Parker “If only he would stop tweeting.” Those words came from a friend of mine named “Jack,” quite possibly President Trump’s biggest fan. A former secret service…
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Wishing for a Trump Twitterectomy
June 12, 2017
By Kathleen Parker “If only he would stop tweeting.” Those words came from a friend of mine named “Jack,” quite possibly President Trump’s biggest fan. A former secret service…
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No fireworks are safe, even the innocent sparkler causes thousands of eye injuries
June 9, 2017The South Carolina Society of Ophthalmology wants people to know the facts about fireworks so everyone has a fun and safe Fourth of July Fireworks injuries cause approximately 10,000 visits…
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No fireworks are safe, even the innocent sparkler causes thousands of eye injuries
June 9, 2017The South Carolina Society of Ophthalmology wants people to know the facts about fireworks so everyone has a fun and safe Fourth of July Fireworks injuries cause approximately 10,000 visits…
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The messy reality of global warming
June 5, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson There was no need for President Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement to achieve his goal of overturning the Obama…
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The messy reality of global warming
June 5, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson There was no need for President Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement to achieve his goal of overturning the Obama…
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Preparing for the next panic — or not
June 5, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson When the next financial crisis hits — an event that may be years or decades away — we will learn whether this Congress and the…
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Preparing for the next panic — or not
June 5, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson When the next financial crisis hits — an event that may be years or decades away — we will learn whether this Congress and the…
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Trump’s accidental call to action
June 5, 2017
By Kathleen Parker A curious thing happened on President Trump’s way out of the Paris climate accord. American mayors, governors, corporate leaders and others immediately committed to meeting the…
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Trump’s accidental call to action
June 5, 2017
By Kathleen Parker A curious thing happened on President Trump’s way out of the Paris climate accord. American mayors, governors, corporate leaders and others immediately committed to meeting the…
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Family politics
June 5, 2017
By Kathleen Parker The great thing about hiring family members: You can usually trust them more than others. The really awful thing about hiring family members: You can’t fire…
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Family politics
June 5, 2017
By Kathleen Parker The great thing about hiring family members: You can usually trust them more than others. The really awful thing about hiring family members: You can’t fire…
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The road to impeachment?
May 29, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson I am not a big or even a little fan of President Donald Trump. Many of his policies strike me as undesirable, some in the…
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The road to impeachment?
May 29, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson I am not a big or even a little fan of President Donald Trump. Many of his policies strike me as undesirable, some in the…
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When push comes to shove
May 29, 2017
By Kathleen Parker The shocking thing about Greg Gianforte’s assault on a journalist isn’t that he body-slammed and punched a reporter but that it took so long for the…
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When push comes to shove
May 29, 2017
By Kathleen Parker The shocking thing about Greg Gianforte’s assault on a journalist isn’t that he body-slammed and punched a reporter but that it took so long for the…
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An orb, a sword and a slap
May 29, 2017
By Kathleen Parker PALM BEACH, Fla. — By now you’re exhausted by all the head-swiveling news — the terrorist slaughter in Manchester; the president’s trip to Everywhere; and investigation…
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An orb, a sword and a slap
May 29, 2017
By Kathleen Parker PALM BEACH, Fla. — By now you’re exhausted by all the head-swiveling news — the terrorist slaughter in Manchester; the president’s trip to Everywhere; and investigation…
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It’s time to seriously look at ending business license fee exemptions
May 29, 2017
By Moe Baddourah In May 2015, I proposed a reform measure designed to lessen demands on Columbia taxpayers and help shore up city finances. Under the “fair fee plan,”…
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What the CBO Score Means for South Carolina
May 26, 2017
Steve Skardon, Jr. Executive Director Palmetto Project There is a mean spirit rampant in our country that would have us punish our most vulnerable citizens for simply being poor,…
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America’s internet delusion
May 22, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson The United States may have escaped most digital damage from the global “ransomware” virus, though cyber experts fear more attacks. One possible explanation is that…
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America’s internet delusion
May 22, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson The United States may have escaped most digital damage from the global “ransomware” virus, though cyber experts fear more attacks. One possible explanation is that…
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Allan Meltzer, 1928-2017
May 22, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson The death on May 8 of Allan Meltzer, 89, deprives the country of one of its most influential economists in the past half-century. A professor…
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Allan Meltzer, 1928-2017
May 22, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson The death on May 8 of Allan Meltzer, 89, deprives the country of one of its most influential economists in the past half-century. A professor…
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Good luck, Mr. President?
May 22, 2017
By Kathleen Parker PALM BEACH, Fla. — So the pope, the president, a Muslim and a Jew walk into a bar … Surely, I’m not the only one to…
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Good luck, Mr. President?
May 22, 2017
By Kathleen Parker PALM BEACH, Fla. — So the pope, the president, a Muslim and a Jew walk into a bar … Surely, I’m not the only one to…
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Trump the truth-sayer
May 22, 2017
By Kathleen Parker One thing we’ve learned the past several weeks is to ignore the White House and wait for Donald Trump to spill the beans. Invariably, the president…
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Trump the truth-sayer
May 22, 2017
By Kathleen Parker One thing we’ve learned the past several weeks is to ignore the White House and wait for Donald Trump to spill the beans. Invariably, the president…
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Globalization’s false sins
May 15, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson Globalization has gotten a bad rap. The Trump White House associates it with all manner of economic evil, especially job loss. The administration has made…
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Globalization’s false sins
May 15, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson Globalization has gotten a bad rap. The Trump White House associates it with all manner of economic evil, especially job loss. The administration has made…
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Will robots dis-employ us all?
May 15, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson We have yet another study that debunks the widespread notion that robots — and other forms of automation, including “artificial intelligence” — will destroy our…
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Will robots dis-employ us all?
May 15, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson We have yet another study that debunks the widespread notion that robots — and other forms of automation, including “artificial intelligence” — will destroy our…
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Trump’s low-growth trap
May 15, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson We are defining prosperity down — or, more accurately, prosperity is defining itself down. We are eight years into the recovery from the Great Recession,…
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Trump’s low-growth trap
May 15, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson We are defining prosperity down — or, more accurately, prosperity is defining itself down. We are eight years into the recovery from the Great Recession,…
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A Trumpian world of shifting reality
May 15, 2017
By Kathleen Parker Facts aren’t facts; truth isn’t true; reality isn’t real. This is where we are. It’s no wonder that “Orwellian” is the most widely used adjective derived…
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A Trumpian world of shifting reality
May 15, 2017
By Kathleen Parker Facts aren’t facts; truth isn’t true; reality isn’t real. This is where we are. It’s no wonder that “Orwellian” is the most widely used adjective derived…
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Do-right women in a do-wrong world
May 15, 2017
By Kathleen Parker For those lately bereft of leadership, the past few days have provided both a respite and a reason for hope. Make that two reasons — two…
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Do-right women in a do-wrong world
May 15, 2017
By Kathleen Parker For those lately bereft of leadership, the past few days have provided both a respite and a reason for hope. Make that two reasons — two…
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The win-win twins
May 15, 2017
By Kathleen Parker Actors Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump are like twins separated at birth. Both became rich and famous — by hook in one case and by whatever…
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The win-win twins
May 15, 2017
By Kathleen Parker Actors Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump are like twins separated at birth. Both became rich and famous — by hook in one case and by whatever…
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A budget primer — for Trump and everyone else
May 8, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson I have been writing for some time — not years, but decades – that we are slowly turning the federal government into an old-age and…
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A budget primer — for Trump and everyone else
May 8, 2017
By Robert J. Samuelson I have been writing for some time — not years, but decades – that we are slowly turning the federal government into an old-age and…
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A confederacy of dictators
May 8, 2017
By Kathleen Parker It should have been obvious, but I missed it: Steve Bannon has been banished and Dennis Rodman is whispering in the president’s ear. OK, maybe not,…
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