Tag Archives: america

Old-fashioned diners a part of culinary future

Who doesn’t love to step back in time when chomping on their favorite dish? Think poodle skirts, old-fashioned hamburgers, ice cream sundaes–and that’s what you’ll get when you walk into Betsy’s on the Corner in Aiken, S.C. “I grew up…

Why an atheist monument next to a 10 Commandments display is a good thing

People entering the Bradford County Courthouse in Starke, Florida will soon be able to have a look at both a monument featuring the Ten Commandments and another one which will feature quotes celebrating secularism as well. And why not? What’s…

After three decades, the Crab Cake Queen still lives for her daily catch

MURRELLS INLET, S.C. – Her name is An Mathis, but she’s known around Murrells Inlet as The Crab Cake Lady. Mathis, 74, is the also known as the queen in these part of South Carolina – and for good reason.…

San Francisco in 5…

The city by the bay is home to some of America’s most iconic landmarks, including a certain orange bridge and a former prison that once held some of the most notorious convicts. Here are five things to see and do…

America’s willful blindness — Obama is a divider not a unifier

The much discussed Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, which was released Thursday morning, shows a sharply divided America. Not much new there. Half of those surveyed think that the across-the-board spending cuts that went into effect on Friday with the…

Rubio trumps Obama as both men offer competing visions of America’s future

If we needed a reminder as to the greatness of our country, we had to look no further than our televisions or computer screens Tuesday night. Two men of modest beginnings—born to immigrant fathers, and both with a personal drive…

Why Democrats and Republicans Must Guard Against Unnecessary Regulation

It goes without saying that President Obama and the Democrats are flying high. The president registered a 60 percent approval rating in an ABC/Washington Post opinion poll out this week, his highest since he took office four years ago. Despite…

Let’s create a process for citizenship that honors America’s immigrants

Jan. 29, 2013: Illegal immigrants and immigration activists watch a live image of President Barack Obama speaking about immigration reform as they sit together in Miami. (AP) When my great, great grandparents came to America from Europe a century ago,…

President Obama Strikes The Right Tone On Gun Control

The President did what he needed to do yesterday. He set the right tone for the seriousness of the gun control debate, from having students who had written to him about gun control as a backdrop to neatly bifurcating legislative…

We’re now one step closer to America’s coming civil war

FILE – In this Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, file photo, the dome of the Capitol is reflected in a skylight of the Capitol Visitor’s Center in Washington. ((AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)) FILE – In this Dec. 10, 2012 file photo,…