Category Archives: Opinions
Upstate native Jackson’s place in history
I’ll never forget something one of my editors at The Greenville News told me as he was assigning me to cover Jesse Jackson.
He said every time we wrote about Jesse, our phones would start ringing with angry callers threatening to cancel their subscription.
“But we’re not going to quit covering him if he’s making news,” he said.
This was around 2005. The Greenville native had long been a national
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Time to bury the hatchet
Andrew Pickens and his wife, Rebecca, lived in a log cabin that overlooked the Seneca River (now Lake Hartwell).
Following the American Revolutionary War, the land would be awarded to Gen. Andrew Pickens for his military service, and Hopewell plantation would become one of the largest plantations in the Pendleton
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Play the piano for brain health
I’ve been reading in too many places about taking steps to hold off memory and cognitive impairment, so I’ve paid 
attention to some of the ideas we can use to keep our brains active.
One idea that’s been very enticing is playing the piano and using that as a protective factor against dementia and impairment.
When I began my hunt for a piano, I quickly realized that space
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Valentine’s Day is history — women’s history
Valentine’s Day is more than just a bouquet of flowers. For some, it is a day filled with romance and roses. For others, it may have been a day of romantic disaster.
It doesn’t matter how you celebrated Valentine’s Day, I just hope you got chocolates. It’s always nice to have fancy chocolates presented in a heart-shaped box — after all, history is like a box of chocolates.
In Chicago, on Valentine’s Day 1920, Carrie Chapman Catt should
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Time for spring cleaning
Do you believe there is such a thing as good and evil, God and Satan? When something good happens, do you thank God because you believe He blessed you? What about when something bad happens?
In Jeremiah 29:11 the God of the Bible says, “For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Looking at this carefully, we
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Courier Letters to the Editor
‘Dear John’ letters
Dear Editor,
When America entered World War II, many a young man was drafted to fight, a lot of whom also left behind sweethearts or fiances, being told by them that they’d wait for them to return.
After a short time, many of these men received a letter from said girlfriends or fiances saying that they had found
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Stand Downs are starting for 2024
The Stand Downs for 2024 are gearing up, with slightly warmer weather now upon us. They’ll run from now until the end of October in various places around the country.
Stand Downs, started in 1988, are one-, two- or three-day events meant to provide services to homeless veterans or those who are at risk of becoming homeless. The services provided can vary, depending on the location and the
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Don’t reach for the vitamins and supplements
Oh, it was so tempting, I have to admit. When a neighbor strolled by on her afternoon walk, we got to talking about how she stays in shape, and she rattled off a list of vitamins and supplements that she takes. She swears by them, and she appears to be in excellent condition … although being 20 years younger might have something to do with 
it.
Still, I was tempted to try some of those supplements she recommended.
But a little voice told me to check first before I loaded up my cart at the
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Clara Adams-Ender — from sharecropper to general
Clara Mae was 4 years old when her Daddy took her out to the barn. She wasn’t big enough to pick tobacco yet, but her Daddy said she was big enough to milk Daisy.
She looked up at that cow, and it seemed to be the size of an elephant. She had watched her Mama milk the cow. All she had to do was pull on one of the teats, and milk would spurt out. Except that’s not exactly how it worked. It took her Daddy an hour to teach her how to milk the cow properly.
Clara Mae was born in Willow Springs, N.C., on July 11, 1939. She was
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When emotions try to control us
How often do you hear it’s not what happens to us, but how we respond?
We know we will face trials in this life, so it only makes sense to prepare how we are going to react when they arrive. Since the way we perceive develops our thoughts and views, but what if our thoughts are wrong? The most important factor to prevent our emotions from controlling us is to realize we decide what we think about. When we bow down to our feelings they become our master. The Bible demands for our mind to be renewed which
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