Could Vanished Scottish Colony Be Under Downtown Beaufort?
BEAUFORT — Archaeologist Chester DePratter looked beyond the edge of the city. From the park at the bottom of The Point, he could see 5 miles down the Beaufort River. “This is the highest point around,” DePratter, a research professor at the SC Institute of...
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Army’s Largest Training Base Has More Confederate Names Than All But 3 Other Bases One in four roads on Fort Jackson could be renamed as part of a wide-ranging study that has already suggested new names for nine military bases with Confederate...
The Dwindling Difference Between Our Two Parties on Spending
For a few years, I have sounded the alarm that a growing wave of conservatives are working to make Republicans indistinguishable from Democrats on social spending. Some say that to win elections, Republicans need to pay more attention to families — by which they mean...
Voyaging the Mississippi: How Flatboats Shaped American History
In the early years of the 19th century, vast numbers of small wooden boats plied the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Carrying goods to market and settlers to the lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains, these vessels launched America’s western expansion. The boats were...
Who Won the Taiwan War Games?
When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied White House signals that she not stop in Taiwan on her valedictory tour of Asian capitals, she ignited the worst diplomatic U.S.-China row in decades. And how did last week’s collision turn out for the United States? Writes...Obiter Dicta
Following the Eating Pets imbroglio, one would think that undecided voters would have their doubts quelled about how to vote Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Lowcountry Fossil Hunter is Sharing Ancient Finds in a Modern Way GOOSE CREEK — Waist-deep in a Charleston-area river, a pair of goggles atop his head and inflatable Read More