DeBordieu, Pawleys Island, Litchfield, Murrells Inlet
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Columnists 
Erin Spatz: Breaking bread together
When I was a kid we sat down at the table every night as a family and ate dinner together. For the life of me, I cannot recall a single conversation we had at the dinner table, but I can remember what time dinner was served, 6:15. I also cannot recall anyone missing too many of those dinners. It wo ...
John Brock: Mark Sanford can shoot from hip but Vets must take gun classes
Much of US history involves dealing with South Carolina and South Carolinians. With the election of disgraced Mark Sanford to the U.S. House of Representatives, the saga continues. Sanford, because of his marital infidelities and lies concerning his absence from duties as governor of the state, for ...
Erin Spatz: Dressing ‘age appropriate’
Summer time brings all kinds of fun things. Beach days and cook outs. Long, lovely, lazy days. And it all brings a shortage of clothes. I don’t mean we don’t have enough. I mean some of the summer clothes are really, really short. As in, crazy short. I am by no means a prude about cloth ...
John Brock: Can “Community Organizers” make good US presidents?
As president of these United States, Barack Obama has proved to be an outstanding “Community Organizer.” But what we really need is a leader of ALL Americans — not just an isolated community. The principal life experience of the current president before entering politics and even ...
Erin Spatz: Amazing things you find in the dryer
We all know that socks disappear in the dryer. It is one of life’s great mysteries as to where they go. Some secret sock pile in the sky, I guess. Some day when our house is really old and about to be demolished I think we’ll find all the socks in the wall, next to the insulation ...
John Brock: Castor Oil was once one person's cure-all but another's poison
Some poor soul over in Mississippi best known as a professional Elvis Impersonator was arrested and later released on a charge of mailing the deadly poison Ricin to several individuals including President Obama. The poor guy was innocent and they turned him loose after only a few days. They still ha ...
Erin Spatz: Tall and thin
I realize that this school year has not even ended yet, but I am seriously worried sick about sending Chandler to Kindergarten. She is very tiny! Not short, but tall and thin. She finally weighs 31.5 pounds, and yes I am just as proud of that .5 as I am the 31 pounds. She will be tall and thin for ...
John Brock: “Blue Tooth” technology enters my limited world of modernity
(Note: About a year ago I wrote about a Canadian newspaper editor who ripped off my column that first appeared here in 2007. He signed his name to my column and claimed it as his own. He was busted by an Internet spy and lost his job. Several readers have asked me which column he copied. Here is the ...
Erin Spatz: Queen of bridges
I have crowned myself the queen of “crossing bridges before they are even built.” I posses the talent to create and worry about things that haven’t happened, or that are very unlikely to happen. I can map out what I will do “if” something happens and how I will handle t ...
John Brock: Guys, take my advice — never point a remote control at your wife
One can achieve most tasks these days while comfortably seated in a reclining chair. With handheld electronic marvels and remote controls, one can change the television screen; turn up the thermostat; call anywhere around the world; keep an eye on the babysitter; access worldwide libraries; open the ...
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