Nikki Haley: “Don’t think about me for 2012 veep”

Amid contrived claims that South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is looking to higher office, the governor has dismissed the idea.

Convenient Silence

South Carolina’s top scandal-monger likes to brag about being “an equal-opportunity destroyer.” So why is he ignoring a hot and juicy story sex and influence scandal in Myrtle Beach

Tort Reform

The latest battle between the citizenry and the South Carolina General Assembly is being fought over tort reform. So, what is a “tort” and why is there a need to reform it?

By Katrina Shealy

GOP Senators, SC Gov. Nikki Haley call on Obama to address NLRB’s Boeing case

Senator Lindsey Graham deserves credit for a clever, nay, brilliant strategy in challenging the National Labor Relations Board lawsuit against Boeing’s expansion in South Carolina

SCGOP Chairmanship

On Saturday, the South Carolina Republican Party will hold it’s state convention at which a new Chairman will be elected. I believe 2011 can be the beginning of the New Conservative Age in American politics and Republican leadership at all levels is critical to marshal this necessary movement.

Jim Clyburn’s Silence for Sale?

The Obama Administration’s politically motivated attack on free enterprise in South Carolina ramps up while Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) is suspiciously silent.

The Bashing of Boeing is a Case of Irony and Union Failure

When President Obama’s union-controlled National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint against the Boeing Company for making a sound business decision to “dual source” its 787 production, it was another blatant example of a government agency run amok. However, while most of the nuts and bolts behind the dispute were detailed here, there are several other, more intricate details behind the NLRB’s legally tenuous prosecution of Boeing that are deserving of closer examination—most notably, the union’s own culpability behind the decision.

Amazon: No SC tax break means end to 1,250 jobs

Amazon.com Inc. is abandoning plans to build a distribution center in South Carolina because the state won’t give the company a tax break, taking the promise of 1,250 full-time jobs and $100 million in investment elsewhere, a company official said Thursday

Changing Course on Amazon

Like a diet or an addiction treatment, the debate in South Carolina over tax incentives for Internet mega-retailer Amazon is an introspective struggle between gratification and the greater good.

The NLRB fires a shot South Carolina can’t ignore

When it comes to red-meat issues around which conservatives can coalesce, you couldn’t do much better than unions vs. private industry, especially in historically anti-union South Carolina. The NLRB just tossed a Kobe tenderloin to the GOP.