Lindsey Graham has wavered on this, but I won't: We need to ban offshore drilling. A SPILL off our beaches WOULD destroy JOBS and harm the coastal environment that makes South Carolina BEAUTIFUL.

Don't TAKE ANYTHING too literally. When throwing a coastal theme DINNER, don't just PUT seashells on the table. Instead, think about the colors and tones of seashells, what they remind you of and GO from there.

When Superstorm Sandy churned up fourteen-foot WALLS of water that slammed NEW York's coastal communities in OCTOBER 2012, they also WASHED AWAY any false notions we had that we care sufficiently for poor people.