When Washington state made one of the first major moves to place limits on opioid painkiller prescriptions, pharmaceutical companies fought back — using the Pain Care Forum, a national network of drug companies and opioid-friendly nonprofits, many of them funded by drugmakers.
FOLLY BEACH — Dozens of illegal no-parking signs that dot residential areas will have to be removed if City Council gives final approval to an ordinance aimed at freeing up more roadside parking for beachgoers.
WASHINGTON — At long last, Donald Trump has set himself free.
The buffoons of fratland intent on proving every rape culture thesis ever written struck again, this time at the University of Richmond.
Last month The Post and Courier reported that the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control are moving forward with the permitting of an expansion of Oakridge Landfill in central Dorchester County. I have seen nothing reported about this critical matter since then.
A recent article in The Post and Courier implied that MUSC officials have been wrongfully withholding information about our students’ records. In fact, we are both professionally and legally obligated to protect the privacy rights of all our students when it comes to their academic performance.
The front-page story of Sept. 11 of the devastation of our bee colonies has a profound message to all of us. It is not just the bees we are losing, but also the health and lives of all of us. One in every two men and one in every three women will die from cancer. Pesticide exposures are linked to significantly higher levels of many common diseases...
Every couple of weeks we see another article posted about the "fight" on the peninsula for hotel placement, hotel development, new neighborhood development and the overrunning by tourists. Ignoring the last bit, which is essentially why Charleston is so popular and the economy here is booming, what I wish others would understand is...
Instead of stirring up, again, dissent over a planned bike lane across the Ashley, County Council should try reading its own website.
Millions of people across the U.S. have police records that they have no idea exist. Further, many of those same people have not been charged with crimes.
The Charleston Wind Symphony will present a free concert at 3 p.m. today at Wando Performing Arts Center, 1000 Warrior Way, Mount Pleasant. Donations are welcomed.
With apologies to Solomon Burke for taking that phrase from his song, "Cry to Me," it is a phrase that brings me face to face with a demon that I am sure that we all face.
Charleston Fashion Week has signed Hendrick Lexus Charleston as its new Title Sponsor for the 2017 festival. Hendrick Automotive Group is one of the largest automotive retail organizations in the U.S.
Local resident Alan Eysen, a retired journalist who worked for decades at Newsday, has authored "The Martini Club Mystery."
STATE OF THE HEART: South Carolina Writers on the Places They Love, Volume 2. Edited by Aida Rogers. The University of South Carolina Press. 198 pages.
WOLF BOYS: Two American Teenagers and Mexico’s Most Dangerous Drug Cartel. By Dan Slater. Simon & Schuster. 352 pages. $26.95.
THE PIGEON TUNNEL: Stories from My Life. By John le Carre. Viking. 320 pages. $28.
NINETY-NINE STORIES OF GOD. By Joy Williams. Tin House Books. 220 pages. $19.95.
LOS ANGELES — Please excuse the excuses, but my Emmy predictions are resting uneasily on shifting ground.
Pianist Paul Sanchez, a South Dakota native with an active career as a performer, composer, teacher and festival director, has joined the music faculty at the College of Charleston and assumed control of the International Piano Series.
Grammy-nominated producer and drummer Quentin E. Baxter will present a three-concert series in the Simons Center Recital Hall on the campus of the College of Charleston.
I winced this month when a presidential candidate said that half of her opponent’s supporters were "deplorable." Perhaps her pneumonia caused her lapse in judgment, but I have no such excuse for a similar blunder I made in 1991.
NEW YORK — Across the country, urban landscapes known for concrete and glass have been embracing foliage and flowers. And not just the occasional geranium-filled flower box.
Bee rustlers are driving up the cost of one of nature’s sweetest enterprises: Honeybee hives valued at more than $350 apiece are disappearing in large numbers.
It’s not unusual to see teapots on display in museums, celebrated for their beauty and craftsmanship. Often they’re centuries-old artifacts, with fussy floral designs or painted scenes on porcelain or china, or silver teapots with intricate engravings or metalwork.
