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New budget will have disastrous effects
I am extremely disappointed in the $5.1 billion budget that the House Ways and Means Committee approved last week for the fiscal year beginning in July, and you can bet Democrats will be offering ...
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Thomas Jefferson did us wrong when he wrote in the Declaration of Independence that we have the inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness. It’s the ‘pursuit’ in the pursuit of happiness that I...
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A lesson in loving kindness
The most loving person I ever met was a woman in San Francisco. My brief encounter with her changed my life. I met her at the San Francisco Book Festival in 1997, a massive event covering two city...
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Restructure now to save our state
Will the return of the General Assembly for the second half of the legislative session bring bold action tailored to our semi-desperate times, or small-time skirmishes over parochial matters? Hist...
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Beaches in winter
In the winter, beaches are sacred. Recently, I visited Sullivan’s Island and Fort Moultrie. It’s a different place in the winter without all the bodies, air mattresses, sun umbrellas and lounge ch...
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Our hearts: past, present and future
It’s February. This time of year most of us start thinking about how long this winter is going to last or how we are going to show that special person in our lives how much they mean to us on Val...
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EDITORIALS
Writer wants to know more about the 20th South Carolina infantry regiment
by Jim Clary
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Editor: I would like to inform your readers about a project I am undertaking to document the men from your area who served from 1861-1865 in the 20th South Carolina infantry regiment of the Confed...
Global warming: the sky is falling
by Sam Hancock
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Liberty Matters
The greater good is exposed
by Sam Hancock
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Liberty Matters
House makes changes in session
by Denny Neilson
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The House approved and sent to the Senate H.3231, a PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROVIDING FOR THE JOINT ELECTION OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. This joint resolution proposes to amend ...
Giving life after death
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Every day in the United States, 17 to 19 people will die. They die waiting. More than 100,000 people — 750 of them in South Carolina — are waiting for an organ to be available for transplant. ...
A smelly situation
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For far too long, South Carolina has been considered by many as the nation's dumping ground for hazardous waste. In recent years, it has gained the same reputation in regards to just plain old e...
LETTERS
Animal Rescue thanks supporters for help
by Eugene Cottrell
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Editor: The Greater Pee Dee Animal Rescue has been active in support numerous dogs and cats of the Pee Dee area. We have provided food, shelter, and untold number of trips to various veterinarians...
Politicians not representing us
by Bob Harvey Sumter
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Editor: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me!” Isn’t that how we feel now with the current leadership in Washington? Our elected officials are supposed to represent the people. ...
Who would have thunk it?
by Paul Godwin
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Does America have China over a barrel? Let’s see...There are 1 billion more people than there are in these United States. We owe the Chinese a very large amount of money. If you don’t believe th...
Officers are not above the law
by The Robinson Family
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Editor: First of all we would like to give credit to Steve Sowell for his courage. We would like to let people know what we have learned through countless hours of research. Law Enforcement offici...
Help those in need in Haiti
by Elizabeth Ravenel Harrigan
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Editor: The citizens of the state of South Carolina have a unique opportunity to “make a difference” in the lives of thousands of our neighbors in Haiti! What these people need right now and in th...
Looking for 82nd Airborne Division veterans
by Shirley R. Gossett
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Editor: We are trying to locate the many veterans that have passed through the 82nd Airborne Division in the past 66 years. The 82nd Airborne Division has served in Afghanistan and Iraq for the pa...
MORE OPINIONS
The secret to a happy marriage
by Gary Horton
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When I was a college student, I was a member of a small church in a small farming town in the upstate of South Carolina. The town had a population of six hundred, more or less, and on any given Sun...
Living in King’s dream
by Wallace Funderburk Jr.
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The late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta GA. In 1960 he became the pastor of Ebenezer Church in Atlanta, GA. Also, this was the same year Lunch Counter sit-ins b...
Matters of the heart
by Gary Horton
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Recently, my brother had a heart attack scare. He’s a textbook example of a heart attack waiting to happen. He’s a heavy smoker. He’s overweight. He’s sedentary and his business has him under enorm...
Tough decision to come but there is hope in coming legislation
by Ted M. Vick
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With the state facing record high unemployment rates and a budget hole of half a billion dollars, the 118th General Assembly has a full plate of work during this second session, which began January...
Seed Catalogs
by Gary Horton
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During the recent cold snap, my first seed catalog of the year came in the mail. I drooled over the colored pictures of fresh vegetables and blissful suntanned gardeners. It really got my imaginati...
Cats and other noble creatures
by Gary Horton
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Fortunately, no one will ever accuse me of being a cat lady, because, I’m not a lady. I’m a man. However, it is true I live with more than the legal limit of cats. And I can say that living with ca...
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