Новости за 21.07.2016

Political conventions are echo chambers designed to generate feelings of invincibility, sending forth the party faithful with a spring in their steps and hope in their hearts. Who would want to be a wet blanket at such moveable feasts?

The Post and Courier’s Emma Dumain reported from Cleveland at the Republican Convention that Sen. Tim Scott arrived in Cleveland on Wednesday for just one day.

Where will all the bikes go after leaving the Ashley River bridge? Are bike lanes being considered for Calhoun Street and other routes into Charleston?

I am a student of American history. History was my college major, and it still intrigues me. I have many books that cover the elections of our 44 presidents and the election or appointment of our 47 vice presidents.

For years, on a daily basis, national and local news programs have reported on murders of young, black males by other black males. This deplorable scene has turned into an epidemic in the United States.

Real estate prices in the Upstate are finally recovering from the Bush debacle, yet the value of my unit in a remodeled 1842 house near MUSC hasn’t.

It is naïve for people, particularly politicians, to think restricting gun purchases will reduce gun violence. The only reason this approach is being taken is to make it look as if they are doing something or that they care.

If recent experiences at Charleston City Council and the city Planning Commission reflect how our city government is managed, Charleston is in real trouble. Why so much secrecy? Why so many mistakes due to haste?

NEW YORK — Salsa star Marc Anthony has been named 2016 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year.

BRANAN, Margaret, Charleston

BRANAN, Margaret Mims, 69, of Charleston, a retired cytotechnologist with National Health Laboratories, died Sunday. Arrangements by Stuhr’s Downtown Chapel.

Two conundrums regarding the Obama administration that I struggle with are the matters of race relations and class disparities during an era when we have a progressive African-American as president.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After rallying with two runs in the top of the ninth, the Charleston RiverDogs dropped a 5-4 South Atlantic League walk-off decision to the West Virginia Power on Wednesday night at Appalachian Power Park.

The local chapter of the American Red Cross is helping three adults and two children whose homes on James Island were damaged in a fire Wednesday.

The Charleston branch of the NAACP will discuss at its monthly meeting next week the recent national shootings of black men and law enforcement officers.

Prior to Tuesday night’s Charleston County Council meeting, a list of proposed half-cent sales tax projects included the largest and most controversial road project in the county, the completion of Interstate 526.

NEW YORK — Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest beer maker, announced Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with the Justice Department that clears the way for U.S. approval of its acquisition of SABMiller.

LAROSE. By Louise Erdrich. Harper. 373 pages. $27.99

Phillip Deaton is a crafty left-handed pitcher who plays on a select baseball team back in the suburbs of Seattle. The indoor/outdoor Amy Yee Tennis Center in Seattle is named for his deceased great aunt.

NEW YORK — Shareholders for agriculture and chemicals companies DuPont and Dow Chemical have approved their merger. After it’s complete, the century-old companies plan to break up into three parts.

CLEMSON — Clemson’s 12-game non-conference men’s basketball schedule for the 2016-17 season was announced Wednesday.

The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in finding a man wanted on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender.

The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in finding a man wanted on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender.

The New York Times paid a visit to Charleston this month — sort of.

Pippa Middleton, sister of Kate Middleton, is engaged — so we have a few ideas from the Fall 2016 season and beyond to outfit her wedding and beyond.