Patra Taylor
Nov 5, 2019
The second coming of the Children’s Crusade
Since socialism is all the rage these days, perhaps a few words of wisdom from the godfather of the socialist movement, Karl Marx, are in...
Patra Taylor
Oct 15, 2019
The Opium Wars
China is at war with the West, in general — and the United States in particular. It has been aggressively stealing technology from other...
Patra Taylor
Oct 15, 2019
Taveau’s history unique among the state’s rural churches
Sacred Spaces To Gaye Sanders Fisher, traveling along a two-lane road winding through the Francis Marion National Forest provided a...
Patra Taylor
Sep 9, 2019
Bringing home the bacon
It’s time for a back-to-school pop quiz. Name one country in the developed world that allows Group One carcinogens to be served to...
Patra Taylor
Jul 31, 2019
You’ve lost that loving feeling
The former Governor and United States Congressman from the great state of South Carolina, Mark Sanford, re-emerged from a self-imposed...
Patra Taylor
Jul 3, 2019
Straw men and empty suits
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seems eager to give U.S. President Donald J. Trump a run for his money when it comes to the use of...
Patra Taylor
Jun 5, 2019
The Divided States of America
Like the curse that befalls a theater when the title of “The Scottish Play” is uttered aloud, nothing jinxes an old-fashioned Southern...
Patra Taylor
Apr 7, 2019
The road to Prosperity
Sacred Spaces The road to Prosperity is clearly marked. Travel Interstate 26 into the heart of South Carolina, take Exit 82 westward,...
Patra Taylor
Apr 5, 2019
Eliza Lucas Pinckney lives!
"A people who mean to be their own governors,” she once said, “must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” So said the...
Patra Taylor
Apr 3, 2019
In defense of the Pied Piper
“Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust — we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” — Albert...