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It's Time for the Pre-Test
The General Assembly -- also known as the Legislature -- goes back
into session in January 2006. Are you ready for it? Do you know which laws and lawmakers go together? Do
you know what the Governor will do this year? You'll need two or three No.2 pencils and two blue books to complete
this little pre-test. Oh, yeah -- it's math -- with word problems. But, you're gonna love it... [November 25, 2005]
Top Ten Things Senator Glenn McConnell's Forces Must Oppose (In Addition to the Seatbelt Law)
It's a top ten list, it's
a little piece of South Carolina history, it's a snapshot of Lowcountry culture. It's what happens when you have to
make everything else consistent with one little piece of your flaky philosophy. [June 3, 2004]
Leaders Push S.C. Problems onto the NationBy William P. Kreml (The State)
Today, some rail against South
Carolina’s government as being dominated by unintelligent men who do not know what they are doing. They are wrong. Messrs.
Sanford, McConnell, Wilkins and Harrell are highly intelligent, and they know precisely what they are doing. They are
not much dedicated to a middle class. [March 23, 2004]
Who Said, Who Did, Who Wanted What?
Here is a little pop quiz
to see if you can match who said what, who did what, and who wanted what. Get
your No. 2 pencil and take a moment to see if you can match each quote to the person and purpose. [March 16, 2004]
Step right up; the show is
about to begin! You won’t believe your eyes! You won’t believe your ears! You certainly won’t
believe what comes rolling out of their mouths! Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls! For your unending entertainment – the
South Carolina
one-trick pony! [October 15, 2003]
Around the state, members
of the South Carolina General Assembly have returned home to the real world. In
newspapers, statewide, the editorial pages are filled with legislators’ articles explaining how they served the people
of South Carolina. For those of us who have
watched, listened, and suffered through this legislative session, there is another point of view. Let’s look at what legislators are saying about what they’ve done and compare that to what
really happened. [September 17, 2003]
You will find other topics related to the game of
politics in the following sections:
For the last
decade, our political parties -- and, thus, our government -- has been in the hands of political and social extremists.
I define an extremist as anyone who believes his or her way is the right way for everyone else -- and who sets out to impose
his or her way on the rest of us. In a democracy, there is no place in the leadership ranks for such extremists -- because
they have simply forgotten that a democracy guarantees that the rest of us can believe -- and live our lives in that belief
-- that we are also right (whether or not we believe that extremist stuff). This section contains articles about our
democracy -- and the need to help our extremist leaders (on both sides of the aisle) understand that there are a
lot more of "us" than there are of "them."
In South Carolina, nothing is slower
than change. If somebody tries to sneak a change in, we’ll just grab a
flag, call the change un-Southern, and vote those boys right off our little island. After the recent primary elections in June, it's clear that change is definitely not about
to come to our state as part of the general elections in November 2004. In the
South Carolina House of Representatives, 97 of the 124 seats are uncontested and, in the Senate, 22 of the 46 seats are
uncontested – and most of the contested seats will probably not change. Here's how you can still make it
different -- even in the next general election. Read more in this group of articles.
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