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Craft & Draft

Why We Love Craft & Draft

If you love great beer (and we do) you’ll love this place. A trip to their store on Devine Street in Columbia is no mere shopping excursion, but a journey to Beer Nirvana. Looking for something local? They’ve got that. Want something from Russia? They’ve got that too. The greatest thing about this place (besides their excellent and knowledgeable staff) are the 12 taps that rotate not only great beers from all around America and the world, but many from right here in S.C. Enjoy one at the in-store bar or out back in their very own “biergarten.” Thoroughly knowledgeable, totally loca ...

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Waiting for Trudeau

Despite what my coffee mug says (and as many of you can confirm) I may not actually be the World’s Greatest Lawyer. Despite that, I’ve somehow managed to become president-elect of Richland County Bar. Thankfully, that doesn’t start until next year. My advance plea for your help in that endeavor is below. Meantime, since it would be wrong for one person to grasp the levers of both government and the press (however Stalinesquesly cool that sounds) we had to find a new Editor for this newsletter. Enter, my good friend Mike Polk. Those of you who know Mike already know what a great job he ...

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H 4702 General Bill, By Rep. Mike Pitts (R) Laurens

“I don’t see,” purred Dr. Goebbels, “why you should have the slightest difficulty in adjusting the trend of what you write to the interests of the State...What is the use therefore of editorial skepticism? It only makes people uneasy.” But, just to make sure, the new Nazi government enacted measures imposing the death penalty on those who published “treasonable articles.” Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, Nazi Party, introducing the National Press Law to journalists in 1933 as depicted in The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown. H 4702 General Bill, By Rep. Mike ...

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