SCETV is a Blessing for South Carolina
Absence, as the saying goes, makes the heart grow fonder. This certainly applies to loved ones, family, friends, favorite haunts, delicious food and secret passions. For me, it also applies to SCETV,...
View ArticleAutumn Ambers Of Great Britain
With the passing of daylight savings time, we also bid farewell to the traditional fall seasonal beers. The Oktoberfest lagers gently and graciously faded into the background, while the pumpkin ales...
View ArticleThe Glass Onion Salutes The Troops
In honor of Veteran’s Day, The Glass Onion’s November Charity Tasting will benefit the Palmetto Warrior Connection from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Tradesman Brewery will be onsite and...
View ArticleRealm of Memory
Curators often employ juxtaposition as an element when arranging art. At first glance, Fabulon’s pairing of the work of landscape painter Eugene Horne with sculptor Gena Grant might seem evidence of...
View ArticleCheer Comes First
Senior Cheerleading captain Amanda Eubanks says she always tries to be a “respectable Wildcat leader” so when she found out she was the Athlete of the Week, it was an honor for her to be recognized for...
View ArticleA Real World Experience
The teachers at Springfield Elementary make an effort to expose their students to the world of work tohelp broaden their perspectives and expand their interests in all types of careers. Each year,...
View ArticleMug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have...
View ArticleIt’s His Turn
Sitting in one of Citadel Mall’s biggest success stories, Sesame Burgers and Beer, City Councilman Peter Shahid says last Friday that there’s reason to celebrate at the slouching mall. “Look across the...
View ArticleAmerica In Transition
The polls have closed, and our voices were heard. On Jan. 20 Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as our 45th President. Trump captured the Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, and likely...
View ArticleAmerica Takes a Big Gamble
Wasn’t the presidential election supposed to be rigged? Had Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who garnered more than 350,000 votes more than the GOP’s Donald Trump out of 120 million cast across the...
View ArticleA Time For Giving Thanks
It’s the time of year for giving thanks, thanks for all of the wonderful things that we have. Family, friends, hope, and love. Let’s try to be positive and look for the good things in life. And, one of...
View ArticleMug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have...
View ArticleYou Can’t Do It By Yourself
Senior Wildcat safety and running back Tyquan Campbell was named this week’s Athlete of the Week. “It’s exciting and I feel honored,” says Campbell. This is Campbell’s fourteenth year playing football...
View ArticleLeading By Example
West Ashley High School junior Kathleen “Kate” Buda was excited and surprised when she found out she was selected as the Student of the Month. “I take it as an honor because I’ve only been here since...
View ArticleJoining the Fold
A headline from the Sept. 23, 1959 edition of the Charleston Evening Post read: “Parish Incorporation Questions Answered by Association Members.” Gene Risher, a staff writer for the Evening Post, lead...
View ArticleFixing Up West Ashley
While many anxiously await the opening of Whole Foods on Savannah Highway, and many others cling to every Facebook rumor that a Trader Joe’s is coming to our side of town, it was an grand opening last...
View ArticleRising From The Ashes
It has been a long 14 months since a fire closed Manny’s Neighborhood Grill. Most of the employees had to find other jobs. Multiple insurance battles had to be fought. And a dumpster was parked outside...
View ArticleThe Meaning of “Make America Great Again”
Early in the Republican Presidential primary process, it became clear that Republicans who supported candidates like Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio were offended by Donald Trump’s slogan Make America Great...
View ArticleWhat is Justice?
In pictures and words in Western society, we understand justice to be blind, meted without favor to rich or poor, powerful or powerless, famous or average Joe. “Justice for all,” we recite in the...
View ArticleA Gift From Belgium
Exotic, unique, somewhat rare, Belgian beers are often works of art in a bottle. And, to those inclined toward these European brews, Belgian Christmas ales can be the best of the best. Personally the...
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