The Post and Courier

The Post and Courier Oct. 13 editorial titled "Grim Obamacare prognosis" complains ACA is unaffordable because of rising premiums but offers no explanation as to why this is. An excellent article in the Los Angeles Times by Michael Hiltzik ("What ails the Obamacare exchanges") does.

Do we really have to sit back and accept our fate as a nation given a choice between two deeply flawed candidates for president? Cannot a groundswell be started for John Kasich (if he is still willing)? He is a respected, accomplished leader with integrity. The unheard majority in this case needs to have a say. Can sticker and tie-dye companies...

The two presidential "debates" held to date have had little substantive discussion of the developing crises in the Middle East, so The Post and Courier’s editorial on Yemen was a welcome addition. However, I must respectfully regard the conclusion, that the Houthi rebels "head to the negotiating table," as...

I am disgusted by your coverage of the presidential election. In days gone by the media reported fairly, but not anymore. It is 100 percent biased toward liberalism. A front-page headline was "Trump accused of violating women."

Donald Trump has been in no locker room I’m aware of. To dismiss his reprehensible words as mere locker room talk is outrageous.

Gov. Nikki Haley and the Department of Transportation of the state of South Carolina have to be congratulated on the way that the evacuation was planned and implemented. What could have been a nightmare for travelers actually resulted in an orderly process that, if one planned ahead, was quite painless.

In the fall of 2004 Vladi­mir Putin suffered a blow he has never forgotten. The fraudulent election of a pro-Kremlin Ukrainian president, which Putin had directly and brazenly engineered, was overturned by a massive popular uprising.

If the polls are correct, this election is likely over. In HuffPollster’s estimate, Hillary Clinton is winning by eight percentage points right now, based on two-candidate surveys.

"I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, and so I ask you to confirm me as your President with your prayers. And I hope that such prayers will be the first of many. ... If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises. I have not campaigned...

The well-worn maxim known as "Miles Law" states that "where you stand depends on where you sit."