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Got campaign questions but also kids playing gladiators, a flame-belching stove, and, let's say an escaped rhinoceros in the back yard?
I'm not a wife or a mother. But that's how I imagine home life...
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When I was in my 20s and living in Washington, D.C., I lived in a townhouse with two other women. One of them, Jennifer*, had a head of fluffy, sunshine-yellow Cocker Spaniel hair that...
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Do you remember middle school, when who you sat next to was a big honkin’ deal? Only gym class was more fraught, I think. And then it came down to who you dodged giant rubber balls next to.
The...
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I wonder if you can tell where women stand in South Carolina simply by doing a keyword search. Butt in chair. Coffee mug in hand.
After all, if a group of people has an array of words for money...
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The other day I got an email from Frances Rice, the chairman of the National Black Republican Association.
Rice and Steele
She wrote: "Hello Sarita,Below is a despicable, racist cartoon...
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I have never been spanked. Have you? Does it even work? When's the last time you gave your kid’s bottom a swat?
And would you be open to other people taking a swing at it?
A South Carolina...
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One day Joseph D. Bane, a street preacher, was doing his preacher thing loudly on a sidewalk in beautiful downtown Greenville, S.C. And by that I mean he was speaking out against homosexuality....
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In some ways Roxanne Wilson feels twice the anxiety of a candidate’s spouse.
“Every time you turn on the TV, all these negative ads. And it can just rip somebody,” she said,...
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Hey Carolina Girl, you're electing a new attorney general on Nov. 2 to succeed Attorney General Henry McMaster. Haven't been following this race? You were glued to others, you say? Well, here's a...
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John Dalen wants your vote. He wants to curb government involvement in your life. And he wants to advise you against having an abortion.
(John Dalen)
The Michigan transplant has a wife and a son,...
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You may not agree with Calvin Cowen. Or maybe you do.
In either case, it's probably helpful to try to understand his concerns. Calvin offers a glimpse into South Carolina’s debate over...
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No crank calls, no hate mail, no memorable attacks.
That's either a good sign or a dismal one for Tom Clements' U.S. Senate campaign.
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They're so sleek. So clean. So forward-thinking.
And maybe my brain is addled by engine fumes, but they always seem to be in a better mood than most people.
You know who I'm talking about -- people...
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What if you found out that just hours before your kid's teacher stood at the front of the room to take attendance and say the pledge of allegiance, that she had climbed out of bed?
The bed she shares...
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A few days ago I went kayaking on the Congaree River in Columbia, S.C. with seven other people.
Five of us were athletic. Three others, all women, were dangerously overweight.
And vividly on...
