Recent Articles from Guest Columnist
Viewpoint: Charleston prospers when we embrace innovation
Entrepreneurialism is about doing your research, looking into the future, making decisions with courage and moving forward with excitement and confidence.
Viewpoint: U.S. needs infrastructure investment now more than ever
As we kick off Infrastructure Week 2018, this year’s key message, “The future won’t wait, neither can we,” is aligned with the Trump administration’s recent messages and plan for the dire need for infrastructure investment toda
COLUMN: Why Summerville is overhauling its zoning ordinances
For the past two years, Summerville has engaged consultants and staff in a project to overhaul our zoning ordinances to clarify, simplify and rationalize the town’s expectations for homeowners, builders and developers.
Viewpoint: Redefining our future around mobility and connectivity
Please go on a quick journey with me: Just imagine that for every second it takes to read the first paragraph of this column, a cherry-red Tesla Roadster is moving seven miles closer to the asteroid belt in a thousand-year voyage to a ne
Viewpoint: S.C.’s nuclear failure a crisis — and an opportunity
The failure to complete the multibillion-dollar V.C. Summer nuclear power plant is a major setback for South Carolina. But it is also a rare opportunity to prepare the state’s electricity sector for major changes sweeping the industry.
Viewpoint: The state of foreign direct investment in the U.S.
In a manufacturing powerhouse like South Carolina, you hear a lot about foreign direct investment (FDI), economic development and job growth, but what exactly does this all mean for the United States and particularly South Carolina?
Viewpoint: Strong research universities carry value across generations in S.C.
In an extraordinary will written in 1886 and put into effect three years later with state approval of the university that would bear his name, Thomas Green Clemson set out to transform his beloved South Carolina through education.