South Carolina has prevailed in the Equal Protection Clause challenge to the Palmetto State’s congressional-redistricting plan after the 2020 census. There can be no dissecting of the whole U.S. Supreme Court in one column. Yet it’s possible to look at part of it. ı ı ı The ...

This year my two dogwood trees have been particularly beautiful with white blossoms lasting more than two weeks. Last year the flowers were spotty so I thought maybe my tree was dying, but this proved that wrong. Years ago, my husband and I went up on the back forty and found these two ...

I am responding to Rich Lowry’s column in the May 8 P-J entitled, “No, Don’t Rush The Trump J6 Case”. My question is, why not? Lowry suggests that the DOJ “could have appointed Jack Smith much sooner” and “Smith could have indicted Trump much faster” and, therefore, the ...

Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs delivered a graduation speech worthy of remembrance. With a last name similar to a Hall of Fame linebacker named Butkus, who played like his name sounded with a reputation for tenacious tackling on the field, Butker in his speech confidently confronted ...

On the last Monday of May, Americans are encouraged to make their way to the many cemeteries in the country and recognize the dead by adorning their graves with flowers or other sentimental markers. The day was chosen in 1971 by the United States congress as a day of mourning for servicemen who ...

Recently, in discussing our local economy, a person versed in that subject told me that “all businesses in the area are facing a declining labor force. They just can’t find people to hire.” In asking around with a few business people that I know, this was confirmed. Then it struck me ...