Author: Margaret Evans

South Dakotan Tom Brokaw, 75, is typically credited with coining the term “The Greatest Generation.” These are the selfless men and women who were raised in the Great Depression, came of age then and during WWII where they fought and supported the Allied war effort mightily. They went on to build the juggernaut that was post-war industrial America during perhaps tremendous years of growth. “The Best We Ever Had,” I called them in a 2013 column: in round numbers some 30 million Americans born between 1910 and 1930.

Two USCB faculty have been selected to receive the Breakthrough Star Award from the University of South Carolina for their considerable research contributions.

I Don’t Know What I Am I’ve never done this… committed my feelings to writing on anything and shared with anyone. But, the politics of today and my frustrations with same compel me to. I marvel at the patently false invective so regularly shared on Social Media under the guise of reasoned, fact-based thought. Does anyone fact-check before they “Share”?

I’ve been thinking more lately about balance. Like when I dropped into a popular Beaufort store whose courtly grandfather clock seems to stand guard against the back wall.