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Carolina Sun adds touch screen kiosk

The Post and Courier 

In a bid to reach out to customers, a real estate agency’s Mount Pleasant office recently installed equipment to allow people to surf through electronic filings of houses on the market.

Goose Creek holds off West Ashley in Sertoma Classic

The Post and Courier 

Goose Creek and West Ashley will play later this season as part of the Region 7-AAAAA schedule, so it was unclear whether either team was willing to show very much in their two-quarter scrimmage at the 46th annual Sertoma Classic on Friday night.

Action in Libya and Congress

The Post and Courier 

The situation in Libya has reached a point where U.S. special forces have been deployed to help local militias fight the Islamic State and direct U.S. warplanes to the right targets. As in Iraq and Syria, the rise of the brutal Islamist movement has drawn this nation back into conflicts that were supposed to be a thing of the past.

The wrong path for Maybank

The Post and Courier 

Even as the controversy about whether to complete I-526 raged on in recent months, a different proposal to ease traffic on Johns Island has enjoyed wide popularity.

Beef production needs stronger ethics, not tougher regulations

The Post and Courier 

Your Aug. 1 Commentary page showcased two opinion pieces addressing beef and the environmental impacts of animal agriculture. I wish to respond to one of these. In her piece, Laura Wellesley advocates for a change in our consumption of meat, pointing to beef and other livestock as accounting for 14.5 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

Opportunist Putin again fans flames in Ukraine

The Post and Courier 

This is a perfect moment for the crisis in Ukraine to heat up, and worrying developments are afoot, prompting fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin might be planning an invasion or some other kind of hostile action against Kiev after all.

Beat cheating: Go for anti-doping gold

The Post and Courier 

Irrefutable archival evidence proves that, during the 1970s, the communist East German government systematically administered anabolic steroids to its Olympic women’s swim team, which won 11 out of 13 possible gold medals in Montreal in 1976.

Letter: Informed choice

The Post and Courier 

Americans should vote for the person we think would make the best president.

Letter: Supporting gas tax

The Post and Courier 

The residents of Wadmalaw Island are dependent upon the infrastructure on Johns Island.

Letter: Climate change

The Post and Courier 

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a letter on this page from a writer claiming climate change is a lie promulgated by a vast liberal conspiracy (Donald Trump notwithstanding). I wonder why. Could it be the record-setting temperatures, not only here at home, but also globally? The year 2014 was the hottest on record — until...

Letter: Misused money

The Post and Courier 

An Aug. 9 letter writer hit the nail on the head in his letter titled "Too near refuge." What makes the situation more egregious is the fact that the Town of Awendaw purchased the land in question with Greenbelt monies for a passive park. Think about that as you vote on a half-cent sales tax hike referendum this November.

Letter: Immigration anger

The Post and Courier 

Like clockwork, the cheap labor lobbies have once again joined forces to advocate for increased immigration into the United States. ("S.C. execs join push for immigration reform," Aug. 5)

Letter: Too much to take

The Post and Courier 

If Donald were to release his tax returns, and Hillary her Wall Street speeches, I believe all of us would run for the borders.

Letter: Dowd on Trump

The Post and Courier 

An Aug. 9 letter writer declared that Maureen Dowd has found her "principled leader in Donald Trump." Nothing could be further from the truth. The reader’s supporting statement was her line in a recent op-ed: "Who we choose is not really about our souls. It’s just politics, man."