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Columns November 4, 2009  RSS feed

It’s the kind of thing that can raise your hackles
LEDGER COLUMNIST
      All of us, I think, see things throughout the day that raise our hackles Don’t know what that means? You’re probably too young for it to matter, but I’ll explain anyway. Hackles are the hairs on the back of a dog’s neck which stand up when it is angry. Thus, when our hackles are raised, we’re angry about something.
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Doing a good job under difficult circumstances
      Even with low funding, South Carolina’s prison system is well maintained. A recent audit of the state prison system might not vindicate the Department of Corrections entirely, as its director Jon Ozmint claims. But it once again indicates that the prison system is doing a good job under difficult circumstances.
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