By Sunny Fry
Years ago, I had an online friend, a math professor at Berkeley, originally a citizen of Mexico, and an avid, informed observer of the Supreme Court. He was a little to the left on the political spectrum, but in an agreeable way, perfectly willing to have a discussion without assuming a moral failing on the part of someone who thought differently than he. I emailed him after the Bush/Gore elections, because I was interested in his take on the whole issue of the Supreme Court getting involved. Unlike many on the left, who characterized the process as SCOTUS electing our president, Arturo said he thought it was inevitable that the issues finally went to the high court, and that while he didn’t love the ruling, he thought it was appropriate that some body finally made a final decision.
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Sunday’s editorial urges Myrtle Beach leaders to take the initiative in removing the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse grounds and moving on once and for all.
That more than 65 percent of Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce members say they are ready to see the Confederate flag moved off our Statehouse lawn is yet another strong voice in what seems to be an emerging consensus: that battle flag, and the alienation and enmity it creates, are simply bad for business.
More specifically, of the 267 chamber members surveyed, 45 percent want to see the controversial flag placed in a museum, and 20 percent want to see it retired altogether. On the other side of the argument, 25 percent want to see the flag left where it is, and 7 percent want to see it returned to a place of sovereignty above the Statehouse dome.
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By Cindi R. Scoppe
The (Columbia) State
When he first ran for the Senate, Lindsey Graham told our editorial board that while he wanted to tackle the big problems facing our nation and world, he understood that he wouldn’t be allowed to keep going back to Washington to do that unless he delivered the Strom-style constituent service – and bacon – to which South Carolinians had grown accustomed.
Two years later, Jim DeMint told us he wanted to use his public-relations expertise to help the Republicans repackage their message.
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Friday’s editorials lament the lack of courage in the legislature to implement the tax reform the state desperately needs and wish the CCU football team well as they start the playoffs.
As shoppers eager for bargains line up at cash registers today, don’t be surprised to see a few holding guns.
Today and Saturday the state holds its third annual Second Amendment tax holiday, a boondoggle waiving the sales tax on handguns, rifles and shotguns. Putting aside the question of whether the state needs to be encouraging gun sales, the tax break is indicative of a system riddled with loopholes and baffling choices. Twine used in packaging a farm’s tomatoes is tax exempt, for instance, while twine for used in curing tobacco is not.
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Thursday’s editorial gives thanks for another year of blessings here on the Carolina coast:
So deeply rooted in our nation’s founding, our Thanksgiving tradition has become almost inseparable from the popular stories that surround it.
The Pilgrims and their devotion to God, the hardships they suffered as they bore their work so bravely, their assistance from this country’s natives and the unity they all celebrated together – each of these images have at various times lent themselves perfectly to our annual autumnal moment of self-reflection.
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