Category Archives: Opinions
Our future is being decided today
The greatest life-changing story ever told is that Jesus died for you, which proves he loved you more than anything in the world. He knows your every thought and intention, listens to every word, and 
sees every act and deed. He has never taken His eyes from you, nor has he ever been distracted or too busy
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A potato by any other name
What’s going on with Mr. Potato Head? Or should I say the potato formerly known as Mr. Potato Head? Do you remember Prince when he couldn’t call himself Prince anymore but was called “the 
artist formerly known as Prince?”
And what about Clifford Moore, who played the Lone Ranger and later traveled the country appearing at events as a symbol of good triumphing over evil? He was suddenly forced to stop wearing his mask and donned dark glasses to play his role. He even sued over
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2 new scams to watch out for
They never stop. Scammers are continually busy, and so must we be to stay one step ahead of them. Here are two more scams they’re trying to foist on us.
If you’re still working and receive W-2 or 1099 forms, look them over very carefully. If it’s a 1099-G, that’s for unemployment benefits. Did you receive those benefits? If not, it means that a scammer has used your identity to
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Letters to the Editor
No place like home
Dear Editor,
I’ve heard it said, “Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home.” That’s true.
What is a home? A home bricks and mortar do not make. Nor wood nor stone. Home should be a place where you can go when the entire world hates you and they will accept you and you can find love and peace there. There is no judgment in a true home, only love and encouragement.
Dreams are often started at home and spread to the world. A home can be many helping one
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Seeing the glass half-full
The older we are, the more we can see how the world has changed. The Bible reveals the human race is born with a corrupt nature and also has a lot to say about an evil spiritual enemy that is trying as 
hard as he can to influence us over to the dark-side.
Whatever your political or theological views, we can agree there is much strife within our nation about what is happening and where we are headed. The interesting aspect within many people’s disagreements is how they base their opinions on what someone else has told them. Since God knows everything, the best answers to
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No chipmunks allowed here
Breaking news! There’s a difference between a chipmunk and a ground squirrel, and I didn’t know it. So when we all thought ground squirrels were the guilty rodents storing acorns and other materials in the air conditioning vents in the car, we were very wrong.
We know this now, because the creature or creatures we thought were birds behind the chimney of the house were, in fact, not birds at all.
When we first heard the scrabbling noise, it sounded as though it was coming from the porch roof. I thought it might be a bird making a nest in the gutter. It has
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‘Federal partners’ get vaccine from VA
Who are the Department of Veterans Affairs federal partners? Inquiring minds want to know.
A recent VA press release boasted about surpassing the VA’s milestone of administering 1 million doses of the COVID vaccine. That’s a great number, but that 1 million-plus isn’t all veterans.
Some 626,000 veterans got the first and (and sometimes) second dose. Over 400,000 went to VA employees. But 1,200
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Oh, the things we take for granted
When it rained in the winter, the old kitchen was the center of the house. If we’d just gotten off the school bus, we had a long, trudging walk up the sandy driveway to the front porch, the first sheltered place reached.
Rain would drip from the wisteria vine that grew across the length of the porch and we’d drip a trail down the front hall, throwing our jackets and books onto the old oak hat rack.
Sometimes, often, our wet jackets would slide off the hooks onto the floor, but our damp books would stay on the seat. We’d run down the back hall to the kitchen door and burst into the warmth. That’s where one of
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Gardening with children
I don’t know about you, but the neverending rain in February has me thinking about spring: sun, garden and flowers! I start wishing to be outside planting my fruits and vegetables, even though I 
know it is not quite time to start. But there are things we can be doing now that will help us be prepared when spring finally arrives. Make gardening a family affair with the S.C. 4-H Small Gardening Project. Youth have the opportunity to grow their own food using hands-on experiences and have a chance to win prizes for their project!
They get to get their hands dirty, and the family gets
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Courier Letters to the Editor 2-24-21
On freedom of speech
Dear Editor,
People have been complaining about Donald Trump being thrown off Facebook, saying he is being denied freedom of speech and calling it censorship.
When it comes to this thing called freedom of speech, it has its limits as to what can be said. You’ve probably heard it said that freedom of speech does not include yelling fire in a crowded theater, for obvious reasons, people being harmed or killed. There are many things that are not allowed in freedom of speech, such as treason, sedition, blasphemous and defamatory libel. Also disruption of
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