September 11, 2009  / Opinion/Crime

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Thirty- something speaks

Life in the cheap seats

By Mike Maddock

I had five tickets on the 50- yard line for Clemson's home opener against Middle Tennessee State this past weekend. The only problem was that those five 50- yard line seats were on the very top row of the upper deck. More...

What is all this right- winged rubbish?

I don't understand where you get all this right- wing BS from. I keep reading extreme rubbish from all sorts of conservative web sites and a lot of your letters seem to come from outside Columbia. I thought this was a local newspaper! More...

We need a revival of real journalism

New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, CBS, NBC...none of these mainstream media covered the Van Jones scandal until Jones apologized twice for his indiscretions. More...

It's not a criticism; It's an observation

Life on the river

By Mike Cox

The Woman Whose Garbage I'm responsible for has taken up kayaking. After being retired for nearly two years, she started looking for something she enjoyed doing and settled on paddling around calm water in a plastic boat. More...

Cybercops at work

Kids at the E.L. Broder Middle School are getting the thrill of their young lives at career day. One of the exhibits on the campus is a police patrol car equipped with the latest in law enforcement technology. More...