Heed mayors on seismic testing
The Obama administration heard the voices of coastal residents when it reversed course on a plan to permit drilling for oil and gas off the Atlantic shore.
The Obama administration heard the voices of coastal residents when it reversed course on a plan to permit drilling for oil and gas off the Atlantic shore.
WASHINGTON — Black lives matter. Blue lives matter. Both statements must be made true if the heartbreaking loss of life in Dallas is to have any meaning.
"If seven maids with seven mops swept it for half a year, do you suppose," the Walrus said, "that they could get it clear?"
The July 5 Associated Press article about the Bangladesh attack lacks any description of the treatment of the hostages in the restaurant in the capital Dhaka. The first news article I read about this attack was very explicit as follows:
A recent letter writer pointed out that strict gun controls do not prevent massacres in several countries — Belgium, France and Germany.
While my recent trip to Togo, West Africa, was not my first medical mission trip, it was by far the most life-changing.
To the powers that be: Please make a final decision on what will be done regarding the butchering, again, of the many once beautiful oak trees which line St. Andrews Boulevard down to Old Towne Road past Charlestowne Landing.
Among all the things to consider, discuss and even debate in our current political environment, one of the most troubling of these is the seeming loss of civility in so much of our public discourse.
Bravo to Charleston City Councilmen Keith Waring and Bill Moody for their July 5 column. In addition to getting the revitalization of West Ashley right, they made several points that we residents of West Ashley should take to heart:
When I travel, I never leave home without my most important tool of resilience: my pillow.
NEW YORK — Queen Latifah remembers being on set in 1997 for the music video for "Ladies Night (Not Tonight)," the female rap anthem starring Lil Kim, Missy Elliott and others.
PARIS — Christian Dior has named Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri its new creative director, making her the first woman to lead the illustrious French fashion house since it was founded 70 years ago.
NEW YORK — On the heels of the chart-topping single that helps victims of last month’s deadly nightclub massacre in Orlando comes a benefit concert for the city.
NEW YORK — For Broadway fans, no date this year will be as tearful as Saturday. That’s when Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of "Hamilton," leaves his best-selling show.
BLOOMINGBURG, Jerry Dale, 59, of Ravenel died Thursday. Arrangements by Palmetto Cremation Society of Charleston
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Western society is built on the assumption that people are fundamentally selfish. Machiavelli and Hobbes gave us influential philosophies built on human selfishness. Sigmund Freud gave us a psychology of selfishness. Children, he wrote, "are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy...
British lawyer Isabelle Claisse is set to run 500 kilometers this month to raise funds for her Pinay maid’s son who is fighting cancer.
Iran has rejected as "unrealistic" a report by the U.N. leader that criticized its ballistic missile launches as inconsistent with its nuclear deal with world powers, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said on Friday.
South Korea and the United States said on Friday they would deploy an advanced missile defense system in South Korea to counter the threat from nuclear-armed North Korea, drawing a sharp and swift protest from neighboring China.
Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Friday said it began testing end-to-end encryption on its popular Messenger application to prevent snooping on digital conversations.
Hillary Clinton sought to move past the email controversy dogging her presidential campaign on Friday, placing some of the blame on other officials for sending her classified information.