If there is any group of people on the planet that should feel solidarity with the slain editors of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, it is writers.
Appropria...
Twice recently the Supreme Court has chastised the U.S. Department of Justice for stretching criminal laws beyond their rational application in order to secure a convict...
High-tech, low tech; by either measure, nonprofit organizations need to have safeguards in place to prevent the temptation of fraud.
A recent example of fraud involved t...
BISHOPVILLE, S.C. — Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina’s largest maximum-security prison, gets plenty of bad press — from a riot and a lockdown in February to ...
Almost two years ago, President Obama announced he was tightening the rules under which the CIA carries out drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Pakistan, Yemen...
Make hay while the sun shines — or, in this case, pave streets while the costs are low.
Butler City Council last week committed $200,000 to street paving projects this s...
People of Earth:
Only rarely do you get the chance to explore a new world, so buckle up because the moment is approaching at a speed of 30,000 mph.
That’s how fast NASA...
WASHINGTON — Maybe congressional Republicans really are nuts, suicidal or both. The latest evidence is House approval of legislation abolishing the estate tax, sometimes...
In 1994, Lindsey Graham, then a 39-year-old South Carolina legislator, ran for Congress in a district that he said had not elected a Republican since Union guns made it ...
Cheers and hugs for Baby. The 6-year-old Chihuahua had been missing for two weeks since her beloved owner, 79-year-old Elmer C. Goettel of Carrick, died on Easter night,...
