Category Archives: Opinions
Keep an eye on grocery prices
If you’ve done your grocery shopping at the same store for a long time, believing that they have 
the best prices in town, it might be time to revisit that thought. I just discovered that the big box store where I’ve shopped isn’t the lower cost choice I thought it was.
I discovered this when looking at the website of the store to check availability of an item and then looked at the websites for the two other stores in town. I was shocked to see that my store was much higher in price on
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Insurance premium holiday
Here’s an early holiday gift for 457,000 veterans — three months of no payments due on their life insurance policies.
Those veterans who have policies under the Veterans’ Group Life Insurance program (VGLI) will not have to make their payments in November, December and January, freeing up that cash over the holidays.
The policies under the VGLI program can be a good deal and carry over after a veteran leaves the service, as long as
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UN delegates fulfill prophesy
Zechariah 12:3 “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.”
On Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, estimates of 73 U.N. delegates were not present or walked out as Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, explained Israel’s position in their retaliation for the murderous acts of Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel’s right to defend itself.
It would be interesting to note, representatives from more than 120 countries did not walk out. Of the 193 member nations 73 either walked out or were not present. Numbers vary by sources of information.
Jesus stated in Matthew 24:9 “Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.” Would “all nations” in the first century have had a different meaning than today?
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The Lord is our strength and shield
We have learned since childhood about the blessings of being protected.
Remember when we were in the arms of our moms and dads? It seemed as if the world’s 
dangers could not reach us. Now that we are grown up, we believe we can take care of ourselves, like having a home which shelters us from the elements and provides security against whatever might want to harm us. But of all the things in this world that might give us a sense of safety and defense, there is nothing that can compare to the divine power and
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Running shoes and super glue
One of my running and bicycling friends and I used our shoes in stages.
Stage one, while the soles were factory stable, was for running. Stage two was for bicycling or wearing in public. If we went to Walmart or Winn Dixie or the bike shop, we wore stage two shoes.
Stage three shoes were for garden and yard work and stage four were weed-eater shoes. By what would have been stage five, the shoes were falling apart and that stage would have been trash can shoes.
Yesterday, wife Margie told me, “You’re either going
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Courier Letters to the Editor 9-30-26
We need involved local leaders
Dear Editor,
Clemson is a city of Democrats and Republicans, but our problems — like excessive growth, roads and congestion — do not have party affiliations. We need common-sense solutions and leaders who will speak up.
The excessive growth in our town is the top issue that most are concerned about. Joe Sullivan, who is running to represent us on the county council, is the one who has brought that issue to the forefront this election year, and I praise him for that.
Speaking up is sometimes what is needed. I think back to when I was on the county council between 2014 and 2022. My fellow councilmen no longer wanted to pay Pickens County’s
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Do we see our need for God’s refining fire?
God has always been disappointed when someone is more concerned with what they want to do than what He requires of them. Since mankind fell in the garden, our carnal nature has been persuading and influencing our decisions and specializes in the skills of compromising and justifying. Self-deception is common, and only a few realize our highest responsibility is to obey Him. Many believe that God is real and accept His blessings of love and forgiveness,
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Courier Letters to the Editor 9-23-26
Dear Editor,
I want to write and say how much I appreciate the Pickens County Courier. You have a good balance of news. Something for everyone, not just big-time world news.
Years ago, my late mother said of a local weekly newspaper that she liked it better than the big-city newspapers because it had what she wanted to read. Local news about the people she knew and wanted to hear about and local happenings. Believe it or not, many people still want that even today.
There is TV, radio and the internet, yet there is still just something about a hometown weekly newspaper that is appealing. We have to wait an entire week between events printed in the paper to get an answer, not immediate gratification like the internet.
Do you remember when you ordered an item out of a catalog and it said “allow six to eight weeks for delivery?” It usually took six weeks. You had time to wonder about when it would arrive and you’d be like a child on Christmas morning when opening up the package. I miss those days!
One thing I love about the paper is when there is a story that covers the page. I remember one about the book where a black couple escaped slavery. I ordered the book and read it. In a “hurry up and get it done yesterday” world, it’s nice to have something to look forward to each week.
Sometimes less is better
R searchers studying how the body responds to exercise had some very surprising results recently. While the study document was packed with medical terms and graphs, the end result was clear. In this case, when it came to one particular exercise, it turned out that less was better than more.
One group of participants completed six 30-second exercises called sprint interval training (SIT), working at maximum intense effort on an exercise bike. They rested for four minutes between each exercise. The other group of participants had a fairly leisurely experience on an exercise bike, pedaling at moderate speed for 90 minutes.
Blood samples were taken just before any exercise was started, when the exercise was finished
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