Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. He can be reached at cscottgraber@gmail.com.
Well folks it’s official. Jasper County is — as reported by the Charleston Post and Courier — the fastest growing county in the United States of America.
Runaway growth is dangerous but may be inevitable Read More »
Jury trials were once a big part of small town entertainment and, of course, a staple of Southern fiction. Some, including myself, despair at the silent hallways and darkened courtrooms.
I despair at the silent hallways, darkened courtrooms Read More »
It seems to me that we are, in effect, turning some people into Satan — at least from the no-trial, no-presumption-of-innocence, no-Geneva-Convention-protections standpoint.
To drop or not to drop – that is the question Read More »
The Port Royal epidemic in 1877 appears to have been the last reported outbreak of this disease in South Carolina. In 1900, Cuban doctors discovered that the mosquito was the “vector” for this disease and today there is an effective vaccine. Whether or not these newly found bones are connected to 1877 remains a mystery.
These newly found bones remain a mystery Read More »
Port Royal is now entering its “festival season” — plein air events usually centered on pulled pork barbecue or soft-shelled crabs that come with a “side” of antique Ford Fairlane and handcrafted items made entirely of bottle caps.
Port Royal’s island of repose Read More »
“Today’s Citadel graduates will not get a SEC-caliber football team,” writes columnist Scott Graber. “They will get lessons on courage and character. And yes, they will still read about the Battle of Thermopylae.”
Lessons on courage, character, the Battle of Thermopylae Read More »
When mother was leaving this realm, I was with my brother and sister at her bedside. We were not fighting, although there were lingering disagreements, unresolved. We had — thanks to a last minute gift of Scotch — been passing around a bottle of Dewar’s; talking in the semi-darkness; recounting our peripatetic, mostly happy childhoods thinking mother might still hear us. Eventually the nurse came in the room, looked at each of us in turn, then said, “You know she passed 30 minutes ago.”
Engineering a deathbed peace Read More »
I still have my morning coffee, a small tub of Chobani (Vanilla) Yogurt and I’m contented — contented because my laptop has delivered the various arguments of Richard Harpootlian, Jim Griffin and Creighton Waters as to whether Alexander Murdaugh got a fair trial consistent with the 6th Amendment.
It wasn’t perfect but was it fair? Read More »
By Scott Graber It’s Tuesday, and I’m at the Shellring Ale Works in Port Royal. This evening I’m with about 100 people who have gathered to hear Dean Moss talk
A product of the energy, imagination of Dean Moss Read More »
By Scott Graber It is Tuesday, early, and my laptop says it’s 29 degrees in Port Royal. This morning I have a fire in the hearth — a much needed
‘You need to think about a family’ Read More »
