Category Archives: Opinions
Courier Letters to the Editor
Remember those who paid price
Dear Editor,
As Memorial Day rolls around this year, I want to take a moment and remember all of those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms. More than 1.5 million men and women have died to provide our freedoms in our Constitutional Republic of our United States of America. I will not forget these brave patriots who believed in and died for our “One Nation under God.”
Pickens County has a rich heritage of military honor and patriotism, and that makes me proud to call Pickens my hometown. We have more
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Miracle Man
Mark Holliday strode casually to the pulpit at Mount Tabor Baptist Church last Sunday, and, amazingly, it seemed as though he had never been gone.
You never would’ve known by looking at him that Mark, a deacon at Mount Tabor and a high school teacher who coaches wrestling and 
football, had been walking through the valley of the shadow of death for nearly four months.
You never would have guessed that he had “died” (the term used by a hospital chaplain) seven times in 40 days. How’s that for a feat of biblical proportions!
It’s no wonder that many of the thousands of people who’ve been praying for him are calling him a Miracle Man.
This was his triumphant return to church after all that.
Based on what I’d heard, I half expected that his wife would wheel him out there, prop him up and let him wheeze out a
Courier Letters to the Editor 5-24-23
Leveling the playing field
Dear Editor,
“Bad leadership” are the words used by the opposition party in reference to a president. Basically, it means they don’t think the person has the qualities required to be president, supposedly. It is only another way of saying they don’t like the opposition politics.
During an election cycle, which seems to never really end these years, it is more of the same old negative talk about the other party’s candidate. Which brings to mind that one side says mostly bad things about the opposition because they can’t say all that many good things about themselves. But that’s another topic. It is true that bad leadership in the nation’s government, both the presidency and the Congress, is
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Love your neighbor
It would be safer to write about the drama unfolding outside my house lately — a ferocious love triangle between three cardinals.
It’s a controversy that seems to have no easy resolution.
Likewise the hot-button issue that I will attempt to address here, although it’s not nearly as simple or safe to write about.
Gender dysphoria.
I suspect that in terms of the number of individuals who suffer from this condition, the issue is
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The truth is out there
John Miller was a printer. He printed the London Evening Post and the London Courant. Being a printer in England was not an easy job, 
especially if you disagreed with the king. Miller was outspoken about government corruption, voiced his pro-American views and longed for freedom of the press. Miller was charged with
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Life is an ongoing transformation process
I was at my daughter’s home a few years ago doing some painting, and yes, these are things that retired fathers are happy to do. She was in 
another room organizing a closet while listening to some music, and the Michael Jackson song, “The Man in the Mirror” was playing. I listened intently. Certain songs occasionally stick in our
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Telling fact from fiction is getting harder
I once made a video in which the Starship Enterprise flew into downtown Greenville, paused for a moment, then swooshed away.
Or so it seemed.
Another time, while waiting for the Greenville County School Board to come out from a marathon “executive session,” I made a video in which it appeared that a gigantic boulder came crashing through the ceiling, smashed the empty podium and left it a smoking ruin.
I was bored.
Both of those, I made with an app on my phone.
They looked pretty realistic, but everyone knew they were faked.
My friends on Facebook got a laugh out of them.
Digital trickery, though, has made a quantum leap since then.
We have entered the era of “deepfakes.”
Have you heard about this? It is now possible — through the magic of artificial intelligence — to
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Dogs of kings
The coronation did not disappoint. The pomp and circumstance was supplied by a full orchestra and glorious choirs. There were gold and crown jewels and princes and princesses — and the happily-ever-after-ending as the king and queen exited historic Westminster Abbey, whisked away in a golden coach pulled by six beautiful horses. It was straight out of a fairy tale. Everyone rejoiced. The King Charles spaniels, named after King Charles I, celebrated the newly crowned King Charles III by marching in a
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A divided heart lives in deception
I’m reminded again of the quote from Scott Fitzgerald, “You do not write because you want to say something; you write because you have something to say.”
I can relate to those who are called to express the burdens within their hearts and thankful for the opportunity to share mine. These freedoms may not always be with us, as the world is becoming aggressively opposed to God and His disciples. I write for several secular publications
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Courier Letters to the Editor 5-17-23
Leveling the playing field
Dear Editor,
I want to comment on the article “County council retains special library millage.”
The county administration recommended the library be taken off its very own millage or tax rate. The council, in a 4-2 vote, ignored that recommendation and chose to keep the library on its own tax rate.
I supported the administration. It is about fairness. No one is looking to close any library, nor cut hours, nor cut their budget. In fact, their
