AltWeeklies Wire
S.C. General Assembly Tries to Regulate Immigrationnew
South Carolina's politicians have never been afraid to drag their state into fights in which it is hopelessly overmatched both on principal and on substance.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
11-16-2011 |
Commentary
Ending Government Largesse Always Top Priority for Conservativesnew
Conservatism is a negative philosophy. I don't mean "negative" in that it proposes something undesirable, but negative in that it has always sought to negate the more objectionable aspects of the human condition. Man has a propensity for evil. This means that men must be restrained in some fashion, which is precisely why conservatives have typically stressed religion, conventional morality, humility, etc.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
11-10-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: conservative
S.C. Republicans Determined to Disenfranchise Black Votersnew
Shortly after the 2008 election, Ann Beser and Steve Chand, of Myrtle Beach, saw the notice in the local paper that there would be a big breakfast confab of Republicans in Georgetown. Beser and Chand are not Republicans, but they are white, and that was good enough. So these two retirees drove down from Myrtle Beach to Georgetown to have grits and eggs with the GOPers.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
11-10-2011 |
Commentary
MediaReformSC Takes on the Profit-Driven Media Machinenew
An important public deadline passed on Oct. 31. Did you notice it? No? Well, you're hardly alone. Halloween was the last day for citizens to file comments or objections with the Federal Communications Commission regarding the renewal of radio broadcasting licenses in South Carolina. You say you didn't hear anything about this deadline on any local radio stations? Neither did I. At the time I wrote this column, I had yet to read anything about it in the good old Post and Courier. Apparently, it was a pretty well kept secret.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
11-03-2011 |
Commentary
More Minority-Owned Firms are Participating in City Projectsnew
The result: African-American participation in the Arthur W. Christopher Community Center was at 15.5 percent, up from 6 percent for the Dock Street Theatre, while the percentage of women-owned firms working on the project were higher for the community center than with the theater, rising from 5 percent to 6 percent. (Women-owned firms also received 8 percent of the work on the Bees Landing Recreation Center.) This is progress. But we have to build on this by working with city government to develop more ways to get minority firms involved.
Charleston City Paper |
Kwadjo Campbell |
11-03-2011 |
Commentary
Foreign Intervention Can Create More Problems Than it Solvesnew
The current U.S. foreign policy is a disaster. For many Americans, this sounds harsh. Yet, it is something most of us can admit after examining our most recent foreign interventions individually.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
11-03-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: foreign policy, U.S.
#OccupyWallStreet and the Sad State of Activismnew
It's easy to throw your support behind a cause when all you have to do is attach an #OccupyWallStreet hashtag to every tweet you send out. But that's what activism is these days.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
10-07-2011 |
Commentary
The African-American Community Could Have Slowed Gentrificationnew
I have received some requests to respond to Dwayne Green's article "Planning for the Post-Riley Future: Should mayoral candidates focus on this election or the next one?" In it, Dwayne asserts that Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr.'s opponents are spending their energy in vain because there is no way Riley can lose the upcoming election. According to Dwayne, Riley's opponents should "start thinking about a palatable vision that will take hold once the incumbent leaves office." I agree with Dwayne on some points and disagree on a few.
Charleston City Paper |
Kwadjo Campbell |
10-06-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: election, gentrification
A Thank-You Letter to Steve Jobsnew
The tech world and beyond has been reeling from the death of Apple Computer visionary Steve Jobs. He passed away on Wednesday after struggles with pancreatic cancer. Eloquent testimonies about his contributions to consumer culture and business acumen are all over the net now. Mine is a more personal story.
Charleston City Paper |
Joshua Curry |
10-06-2011 |
Commentary
Anti-Consumerist Mag Behind Protestsnew
#OccupyWallStreet: The Revolution has a URL and it's Owned by Adbusters.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
10-06-2011 |
Commentary
It's About Time Somebody Called Out Jim DeMintnew
In 2009, Sen. Jim DeMint released his book Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America's Slide Into Socialism. It was the most fatuous piece of political propaganda I have ever seen, and I devoted a week's worth of my precious words exposing DeMint's silly claptrap for what it was.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
09-15-2011 |
Commentary
Trapped in the post-9/11 U.S.A.new
This is not a column about 9/11. This is not a column about the nearly 3,000 men and women who died. This is not a column about our heroic first responders. This is not a column about the unprecedented courage shown by the passengers of United 93. This is not a column about My Pet Goat.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
09-07-2011 |
Commentary
A Decade After 9/11, Our Government Continues to Make Things Worsenew
A primary tenet of conservatism is that government action or inaction affects human behavior. If taxes are raised, the economy worsens. If taxes are lowered, the economy improves. If guns are prohibited, crime rates rise. If gun ownership is legal, crime lessens.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
09-07-2011 |
Commentary
The GOP's fever for war will destroy any hope of shrinking governmentnew
Why is it that during the last decade, when Republicans controlled all three branches of government, the national debt still exploded? Why is it that the last time a real conservative sat in the White House -- Ronald Reagan -- government grew astronomically?
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
09-01-2011 |
Commentary
Calling Out Republicans on Voter IDnew
If you read South Carolina's daily newspapers, you can be forgiven if you have never heard of the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is a corporate-funded juggernaut that works with Republicans in pushing a hard right-wing agenda, including anti-union legislation, the privatization of schools and prisons, and the rolling back of environmental regulations.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
09-01-2011 |
Commentary
