Category Archives: Opinions
Free press, free country
“Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or 
the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
The first amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees, under law, that we have a free press.
This means that no one in government, no matter how
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County complies with SCFOIA law
In establishing the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, the General Assembly found it “vital in a democratic society that public business be performed in an open and public manner so that citizens shall be advised of the 
performance of public officials and of the decisions that are reached in public activity and in the formulation of public policy.”
Pickens County takes this duty to
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Tips for handling Sundown Syndrome
It can be difficult when your loved one insists on “going home,” or wants to “go to work,” or pick up children from 
school. You know that he or she is confusing past activities with present realities. Yet he or she is insistent. The more you argue trying to correct the behavior or explain reality to him or her, the more your loved one is going to emphatically insist that the activity
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Letters to the Editor
Improved?
Dear Editor,
I recently read the letter from school board chairman Phil Bowers claiming the school board has improved the past two years. Is he looking at the data and some of the decisions this “new board” has made?
Students in elementary and middle school take SC Ready and SC Pass in the subjects of English, math, science and social
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Hope springs eternal when it’s time to plant
Spring is coming. There is hope. All winter we’ve waited on Fowler Farm. And even though the calendar says we have another month until March 21, not everything is on board with the calendar date. We ordered the tomato seeds from Park
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A blessing or a disaster?
Bonnie:
My wife has Alzheimer’s. My youngest daughter never married and has moved in, rent free to “take care” of us. She is very controlling and self-serving. She has reduced me to feel emasculated and insignificant. My own health is declining,
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Courier Letters to the editor
I can smell it — can you?
Dear Editor,
According to S.C. Code of Laws Title 30 Public Records Chapter 4 Freedom of Information Act Section 20-4-80 (e): All public bodies shall notify persons or organizations, local news media; or such other news media as may request
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Courier Letters to the Editor 2-8-17
Small, but powerful
Dear Editor,
So small a word, yet so powerful.
Only four letters in all. Like a weapon, it can be a blessing in the right hand. In the wrong, a curse. So sad most of it is one-sided. More often than not you get this kind. More songs,
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Focus on the Super Bowl ads
I’d rather not talk about the game. Just one more disappointment on a list of disappointments from the past four months.
Sometimes those you really want to win don’t win. They came so close, and it wasn’t until it was almost over that I started
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Do you remember ‘Kill Da Wabbit?’
I loved Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. They were two of my favorite cartoons as a child. But I now realize much of the humor in those cartoons was double edged. At one level, they were funny to children. But they were also funny to adults who caught the double-edged meanings of the humor.
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