The past three weeks that the state legislature has been back in session for 2018 have been fast-paced. I expect this year to focus on some very pressing issues facing South Carolina, ones that we must resolve this year.

The speculation surrounding which university Spartanburg Day School standout Zion Williamson would choose to play basketball next season has been a topic of discussion for quite a while.

Apparently 2018 is going to be a year of firsts for me.

In 2010, there were about seven potential caregivers for everyone over age 80.

Wide receiver Justyn Ross of Phenix City, Ala., is one of the last remaining targets for Clemson in the 2018 class, and the Tigers will have to beat out Alabama and Auburn to land him.

I am a die-hard — some would even say arrogant — University of North Carolina basketball fan.

I can’t believe some of the things I forget these days.

When Congressman Joe Wilson called President Obama a liar, the media and Democratic politicians had a conniption, or, as we southerners would say, a hissy fit.

Yesterday, as I noticed the let up in the cold weather, I thought, “What a great opportunity to get out and get my soil sample in the garden.”

We have a tendency to romanticize the past, and even if those times were filled with their share of disappointments, there seems to be a longing to return to what we often think are simpler times.