Category Archives: Opinions
Some things don’t matter
There are people who are famous for different reasons — some good, some not so much. But sometimes something unimportant happens that becomes 
magnified into significance just because people continue to talk about it.
Such was the incident at the Academy Awards between actor Will Smith and host Chris Rock.
What happened? One man, Chris Rock, publicly mocked the medical condition of the other’s wife. The target of
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The passion of Christ is God’s amazing grace
April is the month of new beginnings, when trees begin to sprout their leaves and flowers emerge from the ground to express their beauty. This is also the time when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
God’s infinite love for us is the foundation of the Christian faith, for without Jesus being raised to conquer death, hell and the grave, He would have been just another courageous martyr. You see, His perfect blood was sprinkled
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Simple man of simple means
Simple man of simple means
Dear Editor,
I am a simple man of simple mind and simple means. I could be happy living in a cave. As long as the cold and dampness is kept off, why not?
Well, there might be a problem with a mama bear wanting to take up residence in my cave. You think I’m going to tell a 350-pound mama bear she can’t
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hibernate in my cave, you better think again! Be like, “Hey, you can’t come in here!” “Grrrr!!” “Yes, ma’am, and when do you like your wakeup call?”
I don’t need to have a lot of material things to be happy like so many. A good book to read, a CD to listen to or just visiting with family or friends. We come into this world with nothing and we leave with nothing. The more we have, the more responsibility we have. If money brought us happy, then why are so many millionaires filing for divorce? Money is not “the root of all evil,” as so many misquote. It’s actually, “the love of money is the root of all evil.”
When I was a child, simple things meant the world to me. A bicycle, a dog and the open road was all it took to make me happy. A bicycle was your transportation into the world to be explored. If you had a dog, you had a true friend for as long as you both lived. A friend who never left your side in good or bad times. A friend you could talk to and open up your very heart to and never have to worry about anyone hearing a word.
To me, sitting in a restaurant drinking warm coffee on a cold day is my way of relaxing instead of drinking and getting drunk. What we take into us becomes a part of us. Liquor ages you and weakens our resistance. What you let in becomes your master.
I love listening to old radio shows like “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” and “The Great Gildersleeve.” I like helping others and get my happiness from seeing those I’ve helped having a good time. I make no difference in anyone, no matter the race or religion. I’m happy with what I have. So many whose burden is greater than mine. I’m grateful to have another day to live when I wake up.
Who knows what good may come?
Eddie Boggs
Westminster
Honoring Christ for what He taught
It all came to a head one week in the spring of 33 A.D., or thereabouts.
The tension had been mounting for three years between the controversial preacher from a backwoods village called Nazareth and the self-righteous guardians 
of hard-hearted religiosity.
He had offended the wrong people. He was always breaking the rules — at least according to those hung up on technicalities.
A brutal form of execution awaited Him — and He knew it.
He had come to lift up the poor and the powerless, to heal the sick in body and spirit, and to expose the hypocrisy
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The wild and wonderful world of dreams
If only my daddy had remembered that when he came flying in over Lake Hartwell with water skis on, he should have landed on the lake instead of in the road.
Then we might never have had this dispute with Taco Bell because their delivery guys had to wait an hour for me to get back home after traveling in my little motorboat to pick up my dad next to the train trestle in Clemson. He wasn’t hurt.
And I would have been sure to order the right kind of cheese, because after all, it was my daddy’s
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Accountable for our spiritual sensitivity
I remember the day we brought Teddy, our English bulldog puppy, into our home. The breeder told us he was eight weeks old, but after receiving his papers, we noticed he was actually only six weeks old at the time.
He was a healthy little bruiser, and we would laugh at his stumbling and being uncoordinated, but now we realize it was because he was such a baby. My wife and I would sit on the porch in the evenings and watch him explore around in the front yard. He was so happy as he would jump and roll in the grass and investigate his new
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Courier Letters to the Editor 4-6-22
Congrats to Ron Barnett
Dear Editor,
Ron Barnett, congratulations on your award from the South Carolina Press Association for your excellent article “The hand of God,” concerning the C-119 Flying Boxcar aircraft that crashed in Liberty on February 1960 with no major damage and no injuries.
A great article, and it was fun working with you on the background for the article.
Dean Thomas
Liberty
On Sunday alcohol sales
Dear Editor,
I find it very interesting that for all these years Pickens County has gotten along just fine for there to not be alcohol sales on the Lord’s day, and now this county
How to put a chicken in every pot
I always thought chickens were not very bright. And I still think that, based on personal experience.
I’ve seen chickens escape from a chicken pen, then run frantically around the outside perimeter clearly wanting to go back inside while I stand with the open door calling, “Here, chick, chick, chick,” to no avail.
I’ve seen hens choose to lay eggs in some other hen’s nest and then look befuddled when evening comes and another hen has settled down in the nest where the invader lay her eggs.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to determine that chickens are their own worst enemies.
However, there are exceptions to every rule. I have no idea what the average chicken’s IQ is. It has to be more
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Without a burden, we will not pray
The key to being a good soldier is listening carefully and being obedient. No one, especially God, wants a servant who decides to be absent without leave or who is rebellious and always wants to do things their way.
Every effective military has strict discipline for a purpose, and this is for making sure the soldier is focused on what the leader is saying. One reason for going through boot camp is to learn certain skills while training the individual to build strength so they are in excellent physical condition. Going into battle is very strenuous, and demands for each team member to be strong and confident.
But even more important than building physical endurance, their minds must be educated, transformed and
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A worthy effort
Imagine being one of the 50 or so people having lived in one community for most — if not all — of life. Now, imagine the future of the very place you call home is up for sale. You and your family are left not knowing what’s next, totally helpless and sitting on the sidelines.
There’s more to the story than just that for today’s coverage about ongoings in Central, but it’s a decent starting point.
The land on which a predominantly black neighborhood called “Head Town” sits is on the market at
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