On March 11, South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) completed the pouring of the concrete foundation for a new reactor at the V.C. Summer site in Jenkinsville, S.C.

Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, released a national poll this week that found four candidates -- including two favorite sons from Florida -- in front of the pack for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 while Hillary Clinton has a large lead over other Democratic hopefuls.

Speaking at Ohio State just a few days before abuse of power and dishonesty scandals swept over his administration, President Obama sang one of his trademark odes to the benevolence of government:

"The American people are weary. They don't want boots on the ground. I don't want boots on the ground. The worst thing the United States could do right now is put boots on the ground in Syria."