Predicting Breast Cancer - Imagine there were a simple test, using AI, that could accurately predict a man’s chance of developing prostate cancer in the next five years. Would insurance pay the $249 for the test? You bet they would. “Men fund what they fear,” then Rep. Pat Schroeder so famously observed when fighting for increased funding for breast […]
News From Around the South, 9/28 to 10/5 - SOUTH CAROLINA: SC Arts Commission refuses grant funding to 2 LGBTQ+ organizations COLUMBIA — The governing board of the South Carolina Arts Commission denied grants to a pair of LGBTQ+ arts groups in the Upstate without giving a reason. The board voted 5-3 Thursday to reject giving $13,000 to the Greenville Gay Men’s Chorus and […]
The Tyranny of One Man’s Opinion - Thomas Cromwell was the Lord Chancellor of England for much of the reign of King Henry VIII. He engineered the convictions and executions of many whom Henry wanted out of the way, including his two predecessors in office — one of whom was St. Thomas More — and even the king’s second wife, Queen Anne. […]
SC’s growth story is becoming the South’s growth story - As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the country’s economic center of gravity continues to move south. My new report, Accelerating South, captures the scale of that shift: the American South is now a roughly $6 trillion regional economy, outpacing both the Northeast and the Pacific while attracting people, capital and industries at a […]
Trump Loses Two More — and Does It Matter? - This week, President Donald Trump lost twice in his war against a free press. Will it stop him? Almost certainly not. The first solid loss came on Wednesday, in a suit Trump has brought twice against the Des Moines Register and its pollster. Their crime? Predicting that he would lose when he went on to […]
