Today marks South Carolina's 230th birthday.. Pardon me while I howl at yonder crescent moon. But alas, it wouldn't do any good. According to one of our careful readers, I would be howling up the ...

I have been taken to task for suggesting in a recent column that the crescent in our South Carolina state flag is a moon. It is not a moon, I was told in revolutionary tones.

Today marks South Carolina's 230th birthday. Pardon me while I howl at yonder crescent moon. But alas, it wouldn't do any good. According to one of our careful readers, I would be howling up the ...