Category Archives: Opinions
A farewell to leisure in America’s pastime
With all the craziness going on in America today, there’s one thing we absolutely do not need.
A clock in the game of baseball.
Baseball, one of the symbolic underpinnings of our democracy, is under assault by the forces of digitization.
Yes, they brought in a clock.
A timer.
A hurry-up-and-get-it-over-with contraption.
The Yankee agitators who run Major League Baseball are aiming to destroy the most important
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Courier Letters to the Editor 4-12-23
Freedom of information
I was shocked to hear the discussion and proposal at the March 6th Pickens County Council meeting. The attempt to punish Councilman Saitta’s freedom of speech to his constituents was egregious. It was obvious Councilmen Bowers, Costner and Wilson do not understand The Freedom of Information Act. Section 30-4-40 states, “ A public body MAY but is not required to exempt from disclosure” certain content.
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When the Scammer is a Doctor
Mostly you think of scammers who steal as lowlifes, but it’s not always the case. Sometimes they’re well-educated professionals who have a 
lot to lose when they’re caught.
Take the case of the doctor who took money that was meant to go to those who’d suffered
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The angel said, ‘Jesus is not here, He is risen!’
This is the time of year when Christians focus on the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Spring is a season of new life, as His followers remember how He suffered and shed His blood on the cross and after three days He arose victoriously from the grave.
To be honest, holy week is not so much a jolly time of celebration, but rather calls for serious meditation, humility and being grateful for the precious gift of salvation. It is bittersweet because it’s never pleasant to imagine an innocent person being brutally tortured, but knowing that Jesus miraculously came back to life is a demonstration of His infinite power and authority
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Courier Letters to the Editor 4-5-23
Awakening a sleeping giant
Dear Editor,
It is time for the sleeping giant to awaken.
With the indictment of President Trump, our nation is forever changed. The rule of law has been dealt a death blow. This latest instance of the weaponization of our justice system is assuredly among the most egregious to date and marks March 30, 2023, as a day in infamy in our nation’s history. Make no mistake about it — the deep state is alive and well. We are no longer the shining city on the the hill, nor the land
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Free enterprise should do people right
Can somebody tell me why anyone would pay $60,000 for a pickup truck?
OK, I guess I know. Probably for the same reason I might pay $60,000 for a vintage Les Paul and a wall of Marshall amplifiers: to make me feel like a big man.
But I don’t have $60,000 to spare.
I have nothing against big fancy pickups (although the diesel ones are really annoying) or people
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Courier Letters to the Editor
Spain Findings
Dear Editor,
The U.S. has the shortest life expectancy of all the developed countries. Recently, I traveled to Spain, and here are some things they do differently that you may not have heard of.
Even at cheaper restaurants, whole grain bread, spinach, olive oil and vinegar are served as opposed to white bread, iceberg lettuce and saturated fat. Portion sizes
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Food prices to rise again this year
Brace yourself, this is going to hurt: The price of all food is likely to go up an additional 7.9 percent this year. Food we eat at home is predicted to go up 8.6 percent, per the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Specifically, here are some of their expectations for price increases: Eggs up 37.8 percent (we’ve already seen
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Masks at VA facilities not gone
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently announced that they were relaxing the requirement for masks to be worn at all VA medical facilities. But if you heard on the news that the mask requirement is gone, it’s not necessarily so.
There is now a three-tier safety system whereby each facility is rated as high, medium or low for Covid transmission problems, and each facility will be monitored weekly for any updates or changes.
So what does it mean if your facility ranks as high for Covid risk? I checked a half dozen VA facilities in my
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What will your wager be?
God’s offer for everyone to accept His salvation is the greatest gesture of compassion and grace the world has ever known. However, for those who reject His invitation, as the rich young ruler did, choosing to embrace the default and ignoring the divine will be the most devastating decision a person will ever make.
The image of a red devil with a pitchfork is not cute or a joke, and neither is the holiness of God who has always demanded honor, reverence and respect. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding” — Proverbs 9:10. Having factual information and accepting it are two profoundly different
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