Category Archives: Opinions
The woman behind Roe V. Wade
I was sitting in the back of a pickup truck talking with a woman named Norma McCorvey one afternoon in 1998, and people all around us were raising a ruckus.
We were parked on Laurens Road in Greenville in front of the Piedmont Women’s Center, a crisis pregnancy center — which was right next door to the Palmetto State Medical Clinic, an abortion clinic.
The reason we were sitting in the back of the truck was to keep a protective
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Whose report will we believe?
Whatever we are concerned about today, faith and discernment are key components of our prayers. Without spiritual sensitivity, we do not understand God’s will and faith is what empowers and activates our communication 
with Him.
We believe in miracles because we know that God listens and is the only one who has the authority to restore and provide. If someone is having a health crisis, the Bible declares that He is the Great Physician
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Courier Letters to the Editor 7-6-22
Fire tax on all properties
Dear Editor,
I read the op-ed where Councilman Roy Costner explained why he voted for the 2022-23 county budget. It passed 3-2. I along with Trey Whitehurst voted “No,” and I want to explain my reasoning.
First, year over year county government spending is growing more than 9 percent. The average annual increase the
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Studying the second half of our lives
Sometimes the results of research and studies are suspect if we don’t trust the sources, but AARP and National Geographic recently published a joint study on the realities of the second half of life, and it doesn’t get any better 
than that.
Their study covered the big topics as we age: health, relationships, financial security, housing, independent living, end of life, retirement and
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New COVID rules at VA medical facilities
The Department of Veterans Affairs has just instituted a three-tier safety program to keep veterans, visitors and staff safe from COVID at medical facilities.
Starting in May the Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 Health Protection Levels program, aligning with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s health care setting data, will determine on a weekly basis just what needs to be done before you can access care at a
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Time to reevaluate priorities?
Time. This is what most people say they don’t have enough of, or are running out of, or wish they had more of.
There never seems to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what we want to accomplish. But time is constant and never changes; 24 hours in a day and seven days a week. This means we can’t have a “not
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Death to the Japanese beetle
I want to meet the person who brought Japanese beetles to the United States.
And not for the purpose of shaking their hand. Oh no.
This may be the same person who thought kudzu would be good for erosion and paid people to plant it. Or the same person who thought mimosa trees were beautiful and brought them to our shores. Or the same person who brought in the Bradford pear tree.
All those involved had good intentions. But Mother Nature knows best in these
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Soothing Southern speak is slowly slipping away
Like blackstrap molasses oozing out of a mason jar, our Southern way of talking is slowly slipping away.
I’m not sure why, but to me it’s soothing to listen to old folks who speak in the traditional manner of the rural South. Maybe by the time I finish writin’ this column, I’ll have figgered out why.
But I find myself hankerin’ — there’s a word that will be lost in Generation Z —
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Mind on marinara and macroeconomics
I was driving over to the Olive Garden in Greenville the other day, because somebody at our house thinks there’s something really special about their marinara sauce.
As I drove along, thoughts began to ramble through my brain.
Thoughts about things like the high price of gas, inflation, the stock market and the political turmoil swirling around those issues.
Most of which makes very little sense.
For example:
It’s being said that the inflation we’re experiencing is largely the result of
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Who will help me pick my beans?
You probably remember the story of the little red hen who was such a hard worker in making sure her baby chicks had bread to eat.
She faced many challenges in producing a crop of wheat to be ground into flour to be made into bread.
I’m forced to make a comparison to the agriculture industry today.
There’s always a lot of trash talk going on about immigration and how
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