University of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley is ok with transgender athletes competing in college sports. She delivered that opinion Saturday during a press conference. “I’m on the opinion of, if you’re a woman, you should play. If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports or vice versa, you […]
Now we see how long Nikki Haley will last in the Republican presidential primary. A big donor, Americans for Prosperity Action, a Koch network PAC, has pulled its support for Haley’s campaign after the South Carolina primary. Haley lost by 20 points to Donald Trump in her home state. There is no happy talk from […]
In a couple of hours, we should have the results of the South Carolina GOP primary. As usual, we will embed a live tracker at the end of this post so you can keep tabs on how it plays out. I’m not going to waste anyone’s time trying to build some hype about the likely […]
Four years ago, Joe Biden won the South Carolina primary and revived his faltering campaign, thanks in large part to James Clyburn. Almost 540,000 voters went to the polls in 2020, and Biden won just under half of them — but took more than two-thirds of the delegates. Bernie Sanders and Tom Steyer finished with […]
The day will come when Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman returns to the form we feared in 2022. Thankfully, today is not that day. Our friend Salena Zito interviewed the junior senator from the Keystone State last week and has followed Fetterman’s political career for quite a long time, since they’re both from the same part […]
One Democratic mayor has no interest in honoring the women who helped build modern America. Donna Deegan, who was elected as the mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, in May, celebrated the removal of a Confederate statue on Wednesday but insisted she was not trying to “erase history” in the process. The statue, named “In Memory of […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — South Africa launched a case Friday at the United Nations‘ top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks. Israel swiftly rejected the filing “with disgust.” South Africa‘s submission to the International Court of Justice alleges that “acts and […]
Just because it was Christmas doesn’t mean things have calmed down in the South China Sea. On the contrary, China is loudly vocalizing its displeasure with the Philippines and the United States. Here’s an opinion piece from the Global Times (Chinese state media) published just before Christmas. A peaceful and placid South China Sea is […]
Walt Disney Studios marked its centennial anniversary this year. But instead of a celebration worthy of a century of bringing joy to children, the past 12 months have brought multiple box-office flops and disappointments. South Carolina State Treasurer Curtis Loftis believes the company is dealing with “structural rot,” which is causing it to turn away […]
TOWARDS the end of 1913, a young Cambridge graduate named Arthur Grimble was nominated to a cadetship in the Colonial Office. This meant he would serve a three-year probation period which, if successful, would lead to his appointment as a permanent officer. The key was to show qualities of leadership. This filled him with dread. […]
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