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A progressive political insider (and meddler) in the red state of South Carolina, Rob Groce operates his own blog, ROBservations (www.rob-servations.com/robs-blog.html).
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 22, 2014 The Anti-Birth Control Argument Is Getting Limp
A church's defense of Hobby Lobby's stance on birth control is hypocritical, especially considering its support for other medications.
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, February 28, 2014 A Community Response to Homophobic Legislation
A South Carolina legislator reduced funding at two state universities for their use of books that mention homosexuality. The local community's responded with clever protest, however.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Why does South Carolina honor a racist murderer?
In a full-page newspaper ad, Charleston writer Will Moredock called for the Tillman statue to be removed from South Carolina’s state capitol grounds.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 14, 2014 Proposed State Tax Ruling Unfair, Says LGBT Advocacy Group
A proposal by South Carolina’s Dept. of Revenue won’t recognize joint tax filings by same-sex married couples, which SC Equality says results in discriminatory higher taxes, costs and inconveniences.
(7 comments) SHARE Wednesday, June 19, 2013 A New Moderate "American Party" Is Forming
A new political party hopes to fill the wide-open range left by current two-party polarity, its founders say.
(8 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 7, 2013 Sanford campaign lost at sea
Mark Sanford may have won the Republican Party primary, but he's getting no support from Republican officials.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, December 31, 2012 'I Voted?' documentary in final production
In 2010, an unknown and irrelevant Alvin Greene won a South Carolina primary completely by surprise in an election that's sure to live on in infamy for generations to come. A new documentary explores how this, and other election maladies, could be avoided.
(11 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 18, 2012 Mass murder, mental defects and memories
The recent Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy made me take a closer look at regulations regarding gun sales, and my own personal experience with these regulations, too.