Columns

Nov. 4, 1828, (183 years ago) must have been a big day in the little upcountry town of Lancasterville. On that day, Stephen Decatur Miller headed a state delegation to inspect the new Lancasterville Courthouse.
One month later, Miller, who was born in the Waxhaws of Lancaster County, would be elected the new governor of South Carolina.

On June 14, Gov. Nikki Haley hosted a meeting between state government’s financial leaders and representatives of Standard and Poor’s, one of the nation’s most highly-respected credit rating agencies.

Deborah Boulware

Come to the Million Pound Challenge Kickoff this Saturday at Kmart and you’ll see me there – here’s why.

 Four Months earlier 

I’m at a seminar just to support an agency that I truly believe in, when the nurse hands everyone a paper with a graph-looking thing. Then she says, “Step on the scale so we can calculate your BMI (Body Mass Index).”

My first thought: “No way. I’m just here to listen.” In fact, I even say that to the nurse.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his quest for Iran to get nuclear weapons remains a news worthy item. What does that mean for America and Israel? It can only come down to one thing – eventual war.
Since the recent collapse of the Egyptian government, radical Islam on both ends now controls the Suez Canal. Iranian warships are passing through the canal into the Mediterranean Sea next to Israel’s coast.
Egypt, now under military control, is permanently opened to the Gaza Strip. This is a major security breach with Israel.