March 19, 2010 RSS feed / Opinion/Crime

Raise the cigarette tax to $1

The South Carolina State Senate can play a pivotal role in improving critical health concerns by passing legislation to increase our state’s lowest– in–the–nation cigarette tax to at least a dollar a pack. More...

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

Words can be unpredictable

I was finalizing details with a customer, an average guy in his late 20s. I told him that later in the week we would evaluate where we were and “hook up.” He gave me a slight smile but said nothing. More...

Hip dialing solves crime

It’s almost time for spring break at “The World’s Most Famous Beach.” That’s what Daytona Beach calls itself. Since the 60s, college kids have flocked to the 11–mile strip of white sandy beach in the springtime. More...

We are the employers; we have the right to information

When the first South Carolina Freedom of Information Act was introduced in the House of Representatives in 1971, the bill stated that "The General Assembly finds that it is vital in a democratic society that public business be performed in an open a More...

We need Israel more than ever

Israel is our only true ally in the Middle East and the United States of America shouldn’t turn our head and see no evil, because it is greater now than ever, with Iran clamoring for Nuclear capability to destroy Israel and the USA, which are More...

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The parental police state

There’s a line from the character named Dory in the Pixar movie Finding Nemo that goes, “Well, you can’t never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him. More...