YOUR TURN: “Seven Books” By John Malik
I had my first book signing at a real bookstore last week. Fiction Addiction hosted me. Jill, the proprietor has been very helpful and has given me some good advice and even though I started life as a writer through Amazon, the all-powerful corporation that independent bookstores deplore, she agreed to host me at her […]
YOUR TURN: “Gentlemen, Start your Apologies!” By John Malik
A good marketing strategy can be compared to fishing. You can’t let the hook just sit there, you’ve got to keep it moving and ideally have more than one in the water. So that’s why I took my wife to a car race for her birthday. One of the Food Network’s cast-offs was Food Fantasy, […]
YOUR TURN: “Why is SC So Stupid About Education and Technology?” By Phil Noble
Some issues are a close call – it is hard to know what is the right thing to do. Technology in education is not one of these issues. It’s obvious that technology and education are the keys to success in the global economy of the 21st century, both for us as individuals and as a […]
YOUR TURN: “Tell me again why I didn’t join the Air Force?” By John Malik
I’m not sure why I never became a fighter pilot because when I was a kid that is all I dreamed of becoming. From the ceiling that my brother Tommy and I shared hung models of every fighter plane imaginable dating from World War 1. P-51D’s shared airspace with Fokker Triplanes and F- 101 Voodoo’s. […]
YOUR TURN: “The Best Legislature That Lobbying Can Buy” By Phil Noble
We hear a lot about lobbyists and special interest money in South Carolina politics but no one ever seems to talk about the hard numbers. So, here are a few numbers gleaned from 2011 lobbyist reports that are publicly available online at the SC Ethics Commission web site. Read ‘em and weep. SC has 542 […]
