Cons or kids?
The War on Drugs is making South Carolina kids stupid. According to this report in today’s local paper, our local school district is about to face the possibility of increasing class sizes and...
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Charity Worley homicide update: Agents at the door
To have survived the pain to this point was an act of will Linda Casey wasn’t sure she had, which makes recent developments in the investigation into her daughter’s homicide all the more difficult to...
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Charles Wakefield, finally free
It was, in the jargon of my people, a scoop. I happened on it almost by accident. I had a habit of checking through probation, pardon, and parole records to see who was staying in prison and who was...
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Nikki Haley, Will Folks: South Carolina politics as usual
There was never a point at which I thought South Carolina politics would get boring or clean. It would be like expecting a profitable whore to come off the streets or Lt. Governor Andre Bauer to work...
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Will Folks teaches us a lesson
South Carolina Republicans should thank Will Folks. Back in the early days of Folks’ career, he and I had our shouting matches. We had an adversarial yet friendly relationship. I was the pesky...
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Alvin Greene: Proof South Carolina Democrats are screwed
South Carolina Democratic Party chair Carol Fowler should have the following to-do list today: 1) Apologize to statewide Democrats 2) Resign as chair of South Carolina Democratic party 3) Call up Jim...
View ArticleGreenville News seeks bugle player with “Taps” experience
Classified ad to appear soon in Greenville News: Local newspaper seeks Upstate bugle player, preferably single and good looking, with experience in playing “Taps.” Musician must be able to work pro...
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Amanda Smith: Not a murderer
I was fully prepared to write today about Amanda Smith avoiding the death penalty by pleading guilty to murder charges. I was fully prepared to accept that Solicitor Bob Ariail didn’t feel like he...
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Charity Worley: Reading between the profiler’s lines
Henderson County Sheriff’s investigators are trying to tell us something without actually saying it out loud. You don’t have to know much about law enforcement to know that investigators rarely get in...
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Eric Nicholson, ten years later
Eric Nicholson donated a pint of blood, told his wife Misty he loved her, and went back to work. It was December 6, 2000, a cold, clear day in Greenville, South Carolina. I don’t know how many times...
View ArticleIntroducing Murder, etc.
If you have been a reader of Rapid Eye Reality since I launched it in 2001, you likely have been curious why I suddenly stopped writing here. Put simply, I have dedicated every bit of my spare time to...
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