I had the incredible good fortune to see Marlee Matlin speak today.  Her ability to communicate is, well, awe-inspiring. She gave her entire speech in sign language, with her...

You’ve heard it a hundred times.  Charlestonians are like the Chinese: they eat rice and worship their ancestors. Still, I imagine it’s an odd site, a Chinese dragon boat gliding out from the salt marshes, historic Charleston just behind ...

That’s what Francie Markham wishes for her friends in Zimbabwe. Francie, a retired Dreher High English teacher, has been making mission trips to Zimbabwe for the past few years.  She says recent events make her “heartsick and angry,” a...