Category Archives: Opinions
Requesting VA records easier now
Requesting your records from the VA used to be a nightmare requiring you to wade through 
text and instructions that were difficult to understand. FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests required you to understand the layout of government agencies and know in advance who specifically had the information you sought before you even started your request. Too often
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A lesson in loneliness
I don’t think I’ve ever actually heard someone say the words “I’m lonely.” But I heard it today, and it hit me hard. The words were spoken by a very elderly woman to her daughter.
The scene was the long checkout line at the store. The pair, the woman and her daughter, were ahead of me in line, and the mother was chatting with two people who were ahead of them. When the first couple checked out and left, the daughter quietly
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Miracles are all around us
John 10:38 “But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.”
The growth of non-believers in a supreme spiritual creator God is increasing. While only four to five percent of Americans claim an adherence to a strict atheistic view, around 30 percent claim no religious
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Beware of the Pied Piper of technology
Envy is a feeling of discontent, resentment, and begrudging, aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities or luck. It’s simply desiring the resources and opportunities 
someone else has so that we can purchase and create the life we fantasize about.
We may not want a person’s specific home, vehicles, talents or spouse, but we may want their finances
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Courier Letters to the Editor 9-2-26
Ballots are now set for November
Dear Editor,
The last primary has ended, so the ballot for the Tuesday, Nov. 3, election is set.
The ballot Clemson residents will be given will be very long and have many competitive races, so we all have a lot of homework to do the next two months.
At the federal level is the U.S. Senate election to fill Lindsey Graham’s seat, Darline
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Cutting expenses
Color me shocked when my most recent electric bill spiked nearly $50 in one month.
I immediately scrutinized the bill, wondering if they hadn’t credited the previous check 
I’d sent. But no, it was listed — and so was the increased cost of basic service, approved by the state’s public utilities commission. Which only
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Empires come and empires go
Matthew 6:33 “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
In Bible studies, we cannot avoid the studies of the world’s great empires, both past and present. History documents those empires and all have fallen or lost their global presence.
Greed, imperialism, supremacy or implosion has destroyed them. Some lasted hundreds of years.
The British Empire began its power grab in the late 1500s. Colonizing Canada, several You must be logged in to view this content.
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Victorious living includes praying for discernment
As I awakened this morning and opened the shades, the sun was shining and the sky was clear.
I’m very blessed that I could stand and walk without pain. We seldom think about how often we take the basic functions of life for granted. I walked around outside and looked at the temperature on my watch: 70 degrees. I enjoyed the gentle breeze as I took a deep breath. Being able to breathe is another amazing gift that God gives.
I went to the donut shop and enjoyed a chocolate-covered selection and a small coffee. More thoughts came to me. I can see; I have a vehicle and can drive; I have enough money to buy a donut; I can taste, chew, swallow, and appreciate the entire process of digestion. I can go on, but you get the point of just slowing down and concentrating on
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