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ARIAIL: Open carry > open caskets

Award-winning cartoonist Robert Ariail generally has a biting or funny comment about the great state of South Carolina in his weekly cartoon.  This week, he questions the future impact of the state’s...

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BRACK: Establishment brushes off self-anointed Freedom Caucus

By Andy Brack  |  There are always theatrics during the state’s annual budget process, but most of the time they seem limited to a minority party desperately trying to be heard so that the majority...

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ARIAIL: You are what you eat

Award-winning cartoonist Robert Ariail generally has a biting or funny comment about the great state of South Carolina in his weekly cartoon.  Here’s his riff on microplastics polluting South Carolina...

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MY TURN: Pass national health legislation to promote earlier cancer screenings

By Henry Well  |  In my over 15 years of service working for patient support nonprofits, I've seen firsthand the havoc that cancer wreaks on families, claiming over 11,000 lives in our state this year...

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BRACK: Lame-brained voucher program puts public schools at risk

By Andy Brack  |  Novelist Kurt Vonnegut once wrote true terror was “to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.” In South Carolina, perhaps that should be...

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ARIAIL: The wheels on the bus go …

Award-winning cartoonist Robert Ariail generally has a biting or funny comment about the great state of South Carolina in his weekly cartoon.  This week, Ariail takes on the pesky issue of private...

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BRACK: Justice delayed in S.C. district is justice denied

By Andy Brack  |  A bedrock principle of American-style jurisprudence is that justice delayed is justice denied.  It’s the backbone of the right to a speedy trial to redress grievances, right wrongs...

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ARIAIL: Bible salesman 

Award-winning cartoonist Robert Ariail generally has a biting or funny comment about the great state of South Carolina in his weekly cartoon.  This week, Ariail takes on recent Bible sales by former...

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OUR TURN: New study committee could improve health in S.C.

By Rob Goren and Dr. Joseph Dill  |  For far too long, South Carolina has ranked among America’s least healthy states. Moving forward, it is critical leaders come together to find solutions that place...

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BRACK: Perhaps the 2024 election will bring us closer

By Andy Brack  |  America’s traditional mom-and-apple-pie values appear to be in better shape than many talking heads and pundits decry, according to a big new national poll.

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ARIAIL: A whole lot of rumbling going on

Award-winning cartoonist Robert Ariail generally has a biting or funny comment about the great state of South Carolina in his weekly cartoon.  This week, he offers a look at all of the fault lines of...

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BRACK: The unmitigated gall of legislators on bad energy bill

By Andy Brack  |  The Tuesday admission by a senior state senator urgently pushing passage of a controversial energy bill is a stark indictment of a broken legislative system.

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ARIAIL: Springtime

Award-winning cartoonist Robert Ariail generally has a biting or funny comment about the great state of South Carolina in his weekly cartoon.  This week, he offers a twist about springtime.

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BRACK: The weird has turned pro in South Carolina

By Andy Brack  |  The late Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson observed more than 50 years ago that “when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” Now is that time in South Carolina. 

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ARIAIL: The “Bubba” treatment for cicadas

Nationally award-winning cartoonist Robert Ariail always has an interesting take.  This week, he gives the “Bubba” shrimp treatment from Forrest Gump to cicadas.  Interesting, but kind of yucky. Love...

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BRACK: Remember to perform intentional acts of kindness

By Andy Brack  |  It’s been an extremely hectic week so we’re reaching into the opinion vault to recall some lessons offered four years ago when the coronavirus pandemic caused a lot of misery....

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ARIAIL: Straight from the horse’s mouth

Nationally award-winning cartoonist Robert Ariail always has an interesting take.  This week, he’s taking a look at pari-mutuel betting.  What do you think – love the cartoon?  Hate it?  What do you...

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BRACK: Trump 2.0 would go way too far if reelected

By Andy Brack  |  If you want to be frightened in May more than anything you’ve ever experienced on Halloween, just read the new Time interview with former President Donald Trump. Any lover of American...

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ARIAIL: #@+*^$ Dominion

Nationally award-winning cartoonist Robert Ariail always has an interesting take.  This week, he’s taking on the tree butchers along the coast that are empowered by Dominion Energy. What do you think –...

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BRACK: The most regressive legislative session in decades

The most regressive legislative session in a century just ended. On one hand, thank goodness. The amount of damage that state lawmakers can keep doing is now limited. 

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