The Opinion Blog

FRIDAY OPEN FORUM

Here's Friday's open forum. I'll include any interesting links I come across today below, and as always, feel free to bring your own. Enjoy.

Easy Way to Charleston?

Friday's secondary editorial considers the benefits of a plan to extend a bus route to Charleston.

The Coast RTA, its counterpart in Charleston and area veterans groups are planning what could be a significant innovation in local public transportation: daily bus service from Myrtle Beach to Charleston.

Pass Ban on Texting by Drivers

Friday's lead editorial calls for a crackdown on an indefensibly dangerous practice.

The next time you're on the road, look at the cars around yours and ask yourself: What if these people were all drunk?

THURSDAY OPEN FORUM

Here's Thursday's open forum and a selection of links to news and commentary from around the Web. Be civil and enjoy.

Aye vote for Graham

Thursday's secondary editorial praises Sen. Lindsey Graham's independence and thought leadership in endorsing Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme Court.

On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham cast the lone "yes" vote among the seven Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee to endorse Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme Court.

More need for warning

Thursday's lead editorial calls on state lawmakers to require emergency-warning systems at toxic-chemical facilities.

Try to imagine: Up in the morning, getting ready for work, you notice a hazy mist emanating from that big building across the way. The wind shifts, the cloud moves - and you soon find out the cloud was toxic gas that killed a driver who passed through it.

Robert Davis of Swansea doesn't have to imagine, because that's precisely what happened to him July 15, when an ammonia leak at Tanner Industries near his house killed a 38-year-old woman. His reaction? "They ought to have a warning siren or something," he told The State newspaper in Columbia.

WEDNESDAY OPEN FORUM

Here's Wednesday's open forum and collection of links - what are you reading today? Enjoy.

Wednesday's selections:

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Pantries' needs growing

Wednesday's editorial draws attention to the plight of area food pantries as volunteers struggle to keep food on their shelves.

Adrian Weatherwax would like to see a "Christmas in Summer" approach to collecting canned goods for area food pantries. Her thought is that if a retail store, for example, had a Yuletide tree in the middle of summer, shoppers would feel a need to check it out and perhaps help area food pantries meet the growing summer challenge of having basic foods.

Graham vote on Sotomayor

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, defied party lines today as the only Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote in favor of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. 

TUESDAY OPEN FORUM

Here's Tuesday's open forum, plus a selection of comment-worthy news from around the Web.