Remember true history

Dear Editor,

Phillip Bowers is on the school board and led the successful charge to stop the 4.7-mill tax increase for even more buildings, supported by Alex Saitta and Henry Wilson. They led the fight to bring prayer back to school board meetings.

Those who urge a property tax increase do so in spite of the fact the state is holding back money from all school districts and local governments. The state legislature has reduced the money

What’s your opinion concerning renaming Tillman Hall?

Does it matter that much? Pitchfork Ben Tillman is dead. My life won’t be affected either way. But if the name is changed because he was a racist, then we must consider all the other men for whom things are named who were undoubtedly racists.

Thomas Green Clemson was a slave owner. Change the name of the town. John C. Calhoun was a racist. Remove his name from any building or town named in his honor.

George Washington was a slave owner. Should we burn down Mt. Vernon? He did do some other things that had value. Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner and fathered a number of children with his slave, Sally Hemings, who

The world as I know it doesn’t exist anymore. It changed on Saturday afternoon.

The day began well. It was sunny, and the birds were hopping around in the yard doing bird stuff. The buds on the dogwood trees showed promise, and the peonies were well up.

It was a day conducive to getting things done. And that’s what we did. Amazingly enough, several projects were finished without interruption. That doesn’t happen very often.

A visit to the grocery store was on the list of things to be done, and it was during this task that

It turns out that through my computer’s Facebook somehow I’ve been hacked.

Starting last week, I started getting messages from my friends saying, “I feel this picture is too explicit, please remove it from your Facebook site.” When I first saw such a message, I dismissed it as junk mail. After all, I am still not smart enough to actually download a photo for my own use, much less send it to anyone else.

But I kept getting more and more messages, so I decided to investigate. I tried to find the offending picture, and eventually I found that I somehow had a message on my home page that was

It was an usual Saturday. I had gone with my mother to meet my niece, Rebecca, and her two children at the Hagood Mill Kids Fest.

For my mother, it was another opportunity for her to brag about how the two boys, Austin and Nicholas, are the two cutest children ever. For me, it was a chance to take photos for the Courier.

When we got there, I snapped three photos before the battery for my camera went dead. I keep my spare battery in my car, as this has happened far too many times. Did I mention I rode with my mother? So my day turned into sitting in the hot sun, watching cute kids, and letting the top of my head get sunburned.

There’s a distinct possibility that Andrew Jackson will not adorn our $20 bills much longer.

There’s a movement afoot to remove his image from this bill and replace it with that of an American woman who has made a difference in our world.

There’s a website you may visit to view the list of women being considered, with information about their accomplishments, and then you can choose your three favorites, vote and send it in online.

The woman who receives the most votes will be recommended for the Jackson replacement. The decision

Say ‘yes’ to investing in the future

Dear Editor,

How many of us only choose to say “no,” in our everyday lives?

We say “yes” to serving the elderly, to donating pantry items to the food bank, to rescuing stray animals, and so much more. We say “yes” quietly, thoughtfully; without celebration or recognition. We say “yes,” because we are a community of givers, do-ers and prayerful contributors.

So please know that when we say “no” to a Pickens County schools budget that includes a small

Who decides what commercials air on television? It’s a mystery to me how any person with a brain would think objectifying women and turning out soft porn would induce any busy mother with a carload of children to stop in at their restaurant to buy hamburgers.

Madison Avenue, I don’t get it. If a fast food restaurant wants my business, they’re going to have to do better.

There are a lot of women in the United States who work, chauffeur children after school, do laundry and a host of other chores. They are also the person in a household who

Saturday I got involved with a little bit of show business. My father, B.F. Robinson, has been with a group of musicians that visits the nursing homes and performs for the patients. The fact that many in the nursing homes cannot hear very well probably helps their success rate. Quite honestly, many older Americans are placed in nursing homes and forgotten by their families, so most of the residents are happy with any visitors.

My father’s group is a bunch of retirees. I will be honest. In all my studies, the closest I’ve come to being able to play a musical instrument is pushing the play button on a tape recorder. But many of these people have been playing music for years. We’re not exactly in a suburb of Nashville, so I guess they knew they had some talent but never used it as they worked

Much ado about nothing

Dear Editor,

On “Meet the Press” on Sunday, March 8, Lindsey Graham boasted that he has never sent an email. Really? In the 21st century, an educated U.S. senator has never sent an email? He said this in a segment where he blasted Hillary Clinton for a “lack of transparency.”

Nothing is less transparent than the snail mail used by Graham! It makes you wonder what he is trying to hide. Snail mail is also much more expensive than email. Why is Graham wasting our