Letters to the Editor – August 10, 2016
It’s time for a change On July, the Fourth, I rose, removed my hat and placed my hand over my heart as the band played the American national anthem. A mere six days later, I found myself at a gospel music celebration. But before the national anthem was observed, we were given the “talk.” The “talk” is a description of the normal scenario that an African-American citizen (especially young black males) of this country needs to be aware...
Americans should dine with families from other races
By Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and James Lankford (R-OK) Time Magazine, July 28, 2016 Our nation continues to reel from the race-related murders of eight police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, as well as the deaths of two African-American men in Baton Rouge and St. Paul, Minnesota, several weeks ago. These events have brought the issue of race to the forefront of the national conversation, and forced us to re-evaluate where the...
Moving on up!
By Bill Shepard We had a radio and an ice-box; we were moving up in our world. We could listen to Amos and Andy, and the Kingfish every evening, while drinking cold milk. Yes, we had a milk cow! Wow! After dad bought the ice-box, mama started saving money with which to buy a milk cow. It took a while to save the twenty-five dollars but mama was a genuine conservative. She could squeeze a nickel until the buffalo bellowed! When mama...
Letters to the Editor – July 27, 2016
The Darlington County Humane Society received today (July 20) an incredible $5,000 matching fund offer.
5 ways to improve education in S.C. for little or no cost
When politicians in South Carolina start to talk about education, almost immediately it becomes an argument about money. By focusing on money, they are taking the ‘cheap’ way out – refusing to talk about improving education and instead resorting to the false choice argument of ‘spend less – spend more.’ Before we as a state wade into this political swamp of ‘spend more – spend less’ we should first focus on things that we can do to...