Childhood obesity is a serious - and growing - problem.
A mandate by state lawmakers to create a so-called "Blue Alert" system to warn the public and police agencies of a dangerous criminal on the loose is welcome news.
I don't understand the article by Don Worthington about Lancaster in your Monday newspaper. What did he expect from the liberal news media when he, in fact, is part of it?
You know, nobody wants to be wrong. I understand that and I also understand that sometimes folks will go to great lengths and far-out reaches to convince themselves and others that they are right.
The Obama administration has attempted to address the rising deficit by equalizing the tax code. As usual, the Republican majority in the House of Representatives have refused to cooperate.
Several patriotic citizens and organizations, along with a handful of legislators, have brought to our attention the fact that the South Carolina state budgeting process has not and is not being done in accordance with state laws.
For those who think the Republican Party is causing the deadlock in Washington, you need to know that the Republican-controlled house has passed not one, not 10, but 30 bills that would create jobs, create the environment for companies to hire more people by reducing a lot of the over-burdening regulations to run a company, reduce spending and start on balancing the over-burdening debt this country has run up.
There they go again. Pointy-head liberal pundits have their knives out for one of our lawmakers just because he proposed a perfectly sensible bill that would protect the interests of South Carolina football fans.
Several years ago, I asked a question of a Charlotte developer who played a key role in turning that city's South End from a neighborhood of aging industrial sites and warehouses into a trendy area of restaurants, tony shops and tech-savvy design firms.
Some are fancy on the outside.
"I've decided," said President Obama, in announcing that he would refuse to accept money from Democratic super PACs, "to fight with one arm tied behind my back."
I recently told a friend something about her son that my son had told me years ago.
So, God, now that Tim Tebow's Denver Broncos are out of the running, who do you like for the Super Bowl?
