Across North Carolina, Democratic, Republican and unaffiliated voters have made their choices on candidates for president, governor and U.S. senator as well as local offices such as Brunswick County commissioners.
The North Myrtle Beach Aquatic & Fitness Center hosted the 14th annual Southeastern Regional Wheelchair Games on April 11-12. More than 70 athletes from eight states competed, with many working toward qualifying for the USA Paralympic Team.
All politicians adapt and mold themselves to fit their audience, but Hillary Clinton has elevated the art of identity politics to a science of morphology. She doesn't just show people what they want in order to convince them that she's their "man" - and we no longer use that word entirely metaphorically. She becomes the people she wants to sway.
I'd like to think it was the sangria talking. But the plain truth is, when Anna said she doesn't find this country to be especially free, it was Anna talking. Granted, her complaint is hardly new. People often grouse about the lack of freedom in the land of the free.
Re "Panel finds fault with HOA bill," April 24 article: Upon reading the article, my previous comments now come into closer focus. Comments from members of the various state legislative branches, Consumer Affairs Department, S.C. Fair Share and even the S.C. Homebuilders Association add to the confusion surrounding this proposed legislation.
For the past months and even years, we have woken in the morning, poured a cup of coffee, picked up the newspaper from the driveway, and read yet another article about Coastal Carolina University's challenges and difficulties. Well, the reader won't find that message in this [letter] because I am writing this as a personal commentary for the good of change.
Several years back, dozens of investors plunked down deposits totaling about $5.4 million in the hope of enjoying the Grand Strand good life in the proposed Bahama Island condo project. This week, they learned their money, misspent by the developers, is likely gone for good. Their money fell through the holes in the S.C. legal safety net that supposedly protects investors from the misappropriation of their escrow money.
When is Myrtle Beach going to quit missing the boat when it comes to casino gambling? A planeload of us recently returned from a gambling junket to Tunica, Miss. To be sure, some of us lost money. We're sure many of us would have just as soon put the money we to took to Tunica into the local coffers. But the powers that be have decided that despite the fact that 39 states now allow gambling, gaming is evil and we shouldn't be exposed to it, except in lotteries, bingo and our sorry excuses for casino...
For years, on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, I've written polite opinion pieces urging the thoroughbred racing industry to take steps to make the sport more humane. As someone who used to show horses, play polo, hang out at racetracks in Missouri, Ohio and California and who was at Churchill Downs when another filly, Winning Colors, raced to victory at the 1988 Kentucky Derby, I felt certain that eventually improvements would come: Synthetic tracks would replace hard dirt...
