Economic cannibalism
October 9, 2017
By Robert Samuelson The spoils society advances. The “spoils society” is a phrase I coined some years ago to illustrate a basic problem of wealthy societies, including, of course, the…
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Economic cannibalism
October 9, 2017
By Robert Samuelson The spoils society advances. The “spoils society” is a phrase I coined some years ago to illustrate a basic problem of wealthy societies, including, of course, the…
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Distracting ourselves to death
October 9, 2017
By Kathleen Parker When President Trump said a few days ago that now isn’t the time for a debate about gun control, presumably he meant that we should respect…
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Distracting ourselves to death
October 9, 2017
By Kathleen Parker When President Trump said a few days ago that now isn’t the time for a debate about gun control, presumably he meant that we should respect…
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The resilient American consumer
October 4, 2017
By Robert Samuelson The American consumer is the great engine of growth for the $19 trillion U.S. economy, representing nearly 70 percent of spending. If the consumer is confident…
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The resilient American consumer
October 4, 2017
By Robert Samuelson The American consumer is the great engine of growth for the $19 trillion U.S. economy, representing nearly 70 percent of spending. If the consumer is confident…
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Just a guy and the search for meaning
October 4, 2017
By Kathleen Parker The horror the horror. The English language, expansive as it is, lacks sufficient vocabulary for the near-ceaseless popping sound of an automatic weapon pounding bullets into…
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Just a guy and the search for meaning
October 4, 2017
By Kathleen Parker The horror the horror. The English language, expansive as it is, lacks sufficient vocabulary for the near-ceaseless popping sound of an automatic weapon pounding bullets into…
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Why “the swamp” survives
October 2, 2017
By Robert Samuelson President Trump isn’t draining the swamp. He unveiled his long-awaited “tax reform” package last week, and although many crucial details were missing (for example, the income…
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Why “the swamp” survives
October 2, 2017
By Robert Samuelson President Trump isn’t draining the swamp. He unveiled his long-awaited “tax reform” package last week, and although many crucial details were missing (for example, the income…
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Are entrepreneurs a dying breed?
October 1, 2017
By Robert Samuelson Maybe we’re not “’Shark Tank’ nation” after all. The incredibly popular cable business program, which features budding entrepreneurs pleading for backing from wealthy investors (the “sharks”),…
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Are entrepreneurs a dying breed?
October 1, 2017
By Robert Samuelson Maybe we’re not “’Shark Tank’ nation” after all. The incredibly popular cable business program, which features budding entrepreneurs pleading for backing from wealthy investors (the “sharks”),…
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Stranger than Strange
October 1, 2017
By Kathleen Parker The political resurrection of Alabama’s Roy Moore — the Moses of the South — and the mortal end of Hugh Hefner are not entirely unrelated. It’s…
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Stranger than Strange
October 1, 2017
By Kathleen Parker The political resurrection of Alabama’s Roy Moore — the Moses of the South — and the mortal end of Hugh Hefner are not entirely unrelated. It’s…
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Rocket Man and Dotard go bonkers in Toontown
October 1, 2017
By Kathleen Parker Pity the Pacific, a portion of which faces ultimate destruction should “Rocket Man” follow through on his reported threat to test a hydrogen bomb in the…
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Rocket Man and Dotard go bonkers in Toontown
October 1, 2017
By Kathleen Parker Pity the Pacific, a portion of which faces ultimate destruction should “Rocket Man” follow through on his reported threat to test a hydrogen bomb in the…
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Driverless madness
September 25, 2017
By Robert Samuelson Driverless vehicles may not be all that they’re cracked up to be. Indeed, they may be harmful to our collective security and well-being. Unless you’ve been…
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Driverless madness
September 25, 2017
By Robert Samuelson Driverless vehicles may not be all that they’re cracked up to be. Indeed, they may be harmful to our collective security and well-being. Unless you’ve been…
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Where in the world is Dail Dinwiddie?
September 25, 2017
By Kathleen Parker COLUMBIA, S.C. — Twenty-five years ago on Sept. 24, 1992, Dail Boxley Dinwiddie vanished. Phffft. Just like that. She was 23, a darling girl, anyone would…
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Where in the world is Dail Dinwiddie?
September 25, 2017
By Kathleen Parker COLUMBIA, S.C. — Twenty-five years ago on Sept. 24, 1992, Dail Boxley Dinwiddie vanished. Phffft. Just like that. She was 23, a darling girl, anyone would…
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The New Center seeks volunteers
September 25, 2017
By Kathleen Parker NEW YORK — This city’s annual gridlock festival, otherwise known as the United Nations General Assembly, is a proper metaphor for America’s current state of affairs.…
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The New Center seeks volunteers
September 25, 2017
By Kathleen Parker NEW YORK — This city’s annual gridlock festival, otherwise known as the United Nations General Assembly, is a proper metaphor for America’s current state of affairs.…
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The middle class rocks-again
September 18, 2017
By Robert Samuelson The middle class is back — or so it seems. That’s the message from the Census Bureau’s latest report on “Income and Poverty in the United…
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The middle class rocks-again
September 18, 2017
By Robert Samuelson The middle class is back — or so it seems. That’s the message from the Census Bureau’s latest report on “Income and Poverty in the United…
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The growing black-white wage gap is unexplained — and scary
September 18, 2017
By Robert Samuelson There are few economic problems more frustrating than the stubborn gaps in wages and unemployment rates between blacks and whites. Despite decades of trying to reduce…
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The growing black-white wage gap is unexplained — and scary
September 18, 2017
By Robert Samuelson There are few economic problems more frustrating than the stubborn gaps in wages and unemployment rates between blacks and whites. Despite decades of trying to reduce…
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How Democrats won the presidency
September 18, 2017
By Kathleen Parker Rarely, if ever, have so many presidential winners and losers been so incessantly chatty. Hillary Clinton — who lost the 2016 election, in case you weren’t…
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How Democrats won the presidency
September 18, 2017
By Kathleen Parker Rarely, if ever, have so many presidential winners and losers been so incessantly chatty. Hillary Clinton — who lost the 2016 election, in case you weren’t…
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District Consolidation: One Size Does Not Fit All
September 18, 2017
By Scott Price, SCSBA Executive Director In South Carolina, as in other states around the nation, school district consolidation is a perennial theme. This year, in addition to the…
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District Consolidation: One Size Does Not Fit All
September 18, 2017
By Scott Price, SCSBA Executive Director In South Carolina, as in other states around the nation, school district consolidation is a perennial theme. This year, in addition to the…
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The ‘progressives’ are to blame, too
September 11, 2017
By Robert Samuelson What has been missing in Washington for the past two or three decades is a serious debate about the role of the federal government. What programs…
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The ‘progressives’ are to blame, too
September 11, 2017
By Robert Samuelson What has been missing in Washington for the past two or three decades is a serious debate about the role of the federal government. What programs…
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Give South Korea a break
September 11, 2017
By Robert Samuelson How do they come up with this stuff? According to press reports, the Trump administration is considering withdrawing from the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, which…
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Give South Korea a break
September 11, 2017
By Robert Samuelson How do they come up with this stuff? According to press reports, the Trump administration is considering withdrawing from the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, which…
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The worst is yet to come
September 11, 2017
By Kathleen Parker It has become axiomatic that when Donald Trump says or does something over the top or below the belt, beware the unseen. His cunning use of…
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The worst is yet to come
September 11, 2017
By Kathleen Parker It has become axiomatic that when Donald Trump says or does something over the top or below the belt, beware the unseen. His cunning use of…
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The middle-class comeback is real
September 4, 2017
By Robert Samuelson On this Labor Day, the American middle class survives. Indeed, it’s expanding. That’s not the conclusion of some arcane scholarly study. It’s the judgment of Americans…
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China’s invisible influence
September 4, 2017
By Robert Samuelson China may be an even bigger economic deal than we thought. Almost everyone knows that, in the past three decades, China has gone from a huge…
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The message in the storm
September 4, 2017
By Kathleen Parker Nobody wants to pick on Texas, or especially Houston, after a 1,000-year weather event that for several days turned the city into a lake and dispossessed…
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To brother Cromartie, with love
September 4, 2017
By Kathleen Parker There is something eternally bonding about a shared near-death experience, which is how I first met Michael Cromartie. This was 15 or so years ago, before…
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We need higher taxes
August 28, 2017
By Robert Samuelson Can we get real about “tax reform,” the Republican promise to enact deep tax cuts that will spur economic growth? Probably not, but let’s give it…
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We need higher taxes
August 28, 2017
By Robert Samuelson Can we get real about “tax reform,” the Republican promise to enact deep tax cuts that will spur economic growth? Probably not, but let’s give it…
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Is the stock market crazy — or just giddy?
August 28, 2017
By Robert Samuelson William Cline is going against the grain. Cline, a well-known economist, isn’t convinced that the stock market is wildly overvalued. That’s an increasingly lonely view. “Warning…
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Is the stock market crazy — or just giddy?
August 28, 2017
By Robert Samuelson William Cline is going against the grain. Cline, a well-known economist, isn’t convinced that the stock market is wildly overvalued. That’s an increasingly lonely view. “Warning…
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Robert Lee, no E.
August 28, 2017
By Kathleen Parker You know we’ve reached a point of — something — when a sports announcer named Robert Lee is reassigned from calling a University of Virginia college…
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Robert Lee, no E.
August 28, 2017
By Kathleen Parker You know we’ve reached a point of — something — when a sports announcer named Robert Lee is reassigned from calling a University of Virginia college…
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So, nothing happened, right?
August 23, 2017
By Kathleen Parker LINVILLE, N.C. — During the past two weeks, I’ve been conducting an experiment. I took a vacation. A real one, meaning I did nothing. Intentionally, I…
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So, nothing happened, right?
August 23, 2017
By Kathleen Parker LINVILLE, N.C. — During the past two weeks, I’ve been conducting an experiment. I took a vacation. A real one, meaning I did nothing. Intentionally, I…
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Why we must challenge China on trade
August 21, 2017
By Robert Samuelson There is much to dislike in President Trump’s trade agenda, but he is correct on one subject: China’s relentless quest to extort American “intellectual property” —…
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S.C. Comptroller Richard Eckstrom says gas tax spending will be posted online
August 21, 2017
Spending from the recently-enacted gas tax law will be published online. S.C. Comptroller Richard Eckstrom says his office has spent recent months developing procedures to track revenues generated by the…
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