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On September 10, 2014, House Speaker Bobby Harrell was indicted by a Richland County grand…
Robert Ariail
Robert Ariail is a Columbia, S.C., native and University of South Carolina graduate. In 1985 he was given the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the university. In 1992 he was honored with the Ambrose Hampton Award for distinguished service to The State newspaper, where he was the editorial cartoonist from 1984 to 2009. He has produced three collections of his cartoons; the most recent, Ariail!!!, was one of Columbia’s best-selling books in 2001. Robert has won numerous international, national, regional and state recognition for his work, including:
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - 1990, 1995, 2000;
National Headliner Award - 1990;
National Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award - 1992;
Overseas Press Club's Thomas Nast Award - 1997;
Society of Professional Journalists' Green Eyeshade Award - 1991, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2007;
United Nations' Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award - 2009;
South Carolina Press Association award for cartooning - 2002, 2007, 2010, 2011;
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Governor's Award for the Arts - 2012;
National Press Foundation's Berryman Award - 2012
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An independent research organization focusing on transportation and infrastructure, TRIP, recently ranked South Carolina’s roads as some…
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The Nerve has written extensively about job-creation announcements by Gov. Nikki Haley and state commerce…
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On Saturday, House Speaker Bobby Harrell announced in a closed meeting of the House Republican…
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The University of South Carolina’s Board of Trustees recently recommended that President Harris Pastides’ “private”…
Editor’s Note: Political cartoonist Robert Ariail on South Carolina’s ruling political elite.
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HAVEN’T WE HAD ENOUGH SECRECY FOR A WHILE? The Supreme Court rightly reversed Judge Casey…
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OUR DAY IN COURT The hearing before the Supreme Court Tuesday felt like the meeting…
UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S NOT BETTER THAN NOTHING The so-called “ethics reform” bill is being spun as…
Although the South Carolina Policy Council doesn’t engage in elections, we certainly play a large…
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ETHICS REFORM? YEAH, RIGHT. For two years a diverse coalition has stood together to demand…
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THE PROBLEM IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK South Carolinians are serious about changing Washington. All…
INSULT, INJURY, ETC. If someone new to speaking English wants an explanation of the phrase…
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NO OVERSIGHT – EXCEPT WHEN IT AFFECTS THE OVERSEERS Does anyone outside the State House think…
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Remind us: Why do we have an independently elected politician with barely any official duties?…
WHEN WILL THE HOUSE STOP DEFENDING THE SPEAKER? It’s bad enough that the most powerful…
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PUBLIC “SERVICE” INDEED How does South Carolina’s energy market work? In a nutshell, it doesn’t….
What do a liberal arts college, a publicly funded medical school and a private law…
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South Carolina politicians often seem perplexed as to why the public is suspicious of them….
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In 1984 Governor Dick Riley’s Education Improvement Act was passed, with the promise of better…
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Yesterday the South Carolina legislature re-elected Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal to her position…
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By ASHLEY LANDESS The Legislature passed a restructuring bill and eliminated the Budget and Control…
The decision this week by Attorney General Alan Wilson and State Law Enforcement Division Chief…
By ASHLEY LANDESS We’re expanding Medicaid all right. We’re just not calling it ‘Obamacare.’ Many…
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The Taxpayer-Funded Road to Nowhere By Ashley Landess One of my friends recently said about…