25 02, 2013

For South Carolinaโ€™s Mark Sanford, House bid is a race for redemption- Washington Times

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In the highly religious state of South Carolina, a public show of contrition can be a โ€œdouble-edgedโ€ sword, said Gibbs Knotts, chairman of the political science department at South Carolinaโ€™s College of Charleston. โ€œYouโ€™ve got a high number of fundamentalist Christians in the district, and theyโ€™re going to be particularly bothered with some of Sanfordโ€™s

25 02, 2013

Man of science, faith Local professor embraces religious, natural worlds- Charleston Post and Courier

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Rob Dillon doesn't fit neatly into the archetypal confines of the glass jars and test tubes that clutter his old-timey science lab at the College of Charleston. Premier snail researcher. First Amendment buff. Devout Christian. Scoutmaster. Former constituent school board member. Choir guy. Genetics professor. NASCAR fan.Tall and lanky, with a splash of mad scientist,