Beer Snob Honors

Chocolate Rain (The Bruery) Possibly the best chocolate beer at the fest, and there were a few. This ran out every session and FAST. Chocolate double stout! Brandy-barrel Aged Impreial Pumpkin (Lakefront Brewing) Lots of pumpkin ales, few pumpkin lagers, and only one...

Shutdown Challenges Notion of American Exceptionalism

A good college friend took his own life this week. He was a groomsman in my wedding. I served as his best man. In the years after college, we were neighbors. But as often happens, we drifted apart, his family growing up as mine began. In recent years, he battled...

Setting Your Intention

For the past three years, I’ve been going to graduate school. Yes, I did an online program and no, it’s not a sham. It was actually pretty darn hard. I pursued and just completed a Masters in Human Resources Management, and I have to say I’m ready to party like its...

Nostalgia vs. Progress

Perhaps the best way to protect the future of West Ashley’s history is for a small piece of its past to be torn down by a front end loader. On Monday, Oct. 7 the county Board of Zoning Appeals voted unanimously to allow the demolition of a former Charleston County...

State Catholic Diocesan Center headed to West Ashley

For the first time in almost 200 years, the Catholic Diocese of Charleston, which actually encompasses the entire state, will construct a new diocesan pastoral center. The center will serve as the administrative and ministry headquarters for the entire state. This...

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