Cain can’t deter Iran after Wofford College/Spartanburg, S.C. debate

By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary)  |  November 14th at 08:44 AM  | 

[A post-Florida Gator-devouring USC gamecock's Stone Mountain of Georgia roost-view of his undergrad alma mater, Wofford College and Spartanburg hometown's hosting of the South Carolina, CBS/National Journal, Republican Party presidential debate] Let the Big Dog eat! The motto of Wofford Terriers’ (pictured) sports teams is “Let the Big Dog eat!”, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich looked like the Big Dog eating away at GOP | Read More »

Why I didn’t know Roger Milliken was as a civil rights hero in my own hometown

By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary)  |  February 13th at 07:15 PM  | 

He was a Republican, that’s why. Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina to parents that played significant roles in the integration of little league sports and Cub Scouts there in the 1960s and 70s; I earned a B.A. from and taught at its Wofford College; was an activist and official in the county Democratic Party throughout the 1980s and 90s; and hired some of the first | Read More »