Opinions

Agri-Business: Greenhouse Campus a Game Changer for State's Farming

Over the next two years, several hundred acres of land near Early Branch, South Carolina will be transformed into greenhouses for farming. Using recycled rainwater and high-tech climate controls, farming companies will grow tomatoes, leafy greens, berries and other crops safely and sustainably. ...

South Carolina Needs the Community Development Tax Credit

The COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging the health, social fabric and economies of South Carolina communities. The virus is having a disproportionate effect on communities of color due to the widening racial gap in health and economic disparities. Community Development organizations across South...

The Return at The Statehouse

Rep. Stewart Jones, R-Laurens, will be speaker at Saturday event - Columbia. “OverWatch USA”, a Christian activist organization promoting the restoration of America’s foundations and “South Carolina – We, the People”, a faith based grassroots coalition of South Carolinians who care about...

The Extremists are wrong about US

PAINT IS NOT BULLETS -- President Trump Far-Right Extremists and Far-Left Extremists are shooting each other at an alarming rate in the United States of America. In doing so, they are giving “aid and comfort to the enemy” at a time when our nation has much more pressing matters at hand....

7 Ways to Speak up and Influence the Culture

The Left has consistently pushed their ways forward on our culture for years. They have worked to monopolize the airwaves and institutions of higher learning, using fear tactics to make people afraid to disagree. Suddenly, many good, average Americans realize their country is being systematically...

Publisher: Jesus is bigger than our politics

He controls the course of world events; he removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars. – Daniel 2:21 I hate it when politicians use the Bible to divide. I hate it when Christian leaders use politics to divide. Jesus Christ sacrificed himself...

OUR VIEW: A Judicious Partnership

OUR VIEW: A Judicious Partnership The City of Laurens is to be commended for allowing Laurens County to use The Ridge. The city’s indoor recreation center is the Laurens County Magistrate’s Court, allowing the judges to deal with cases backlogged because of COVID-19. You may find it strange to...

I Wonder

I wonder what would happen if We all stopped worrying about If the color of the hat was Red or Blue What if we just started agreeing with What’s right No matter the hat color I wonder what would happen then See the problem is not That we don’t see The issues at hand The problem is People...

Very Black and Proud

That’s what his t-shirt said in large letters – a man I saw when I stopped at a Quick Trip gas station in Charlotte. I thought, “What would he and many others think if I stepped out of my car with a shirt that said VERY WHITE AND PROUD?” Or if I started a magazine called Ivory, a White Scholarship...

Which question to ask?

Something to talk about. Bob Dylan, the singer/song writer of the 1960’s wrote a song asking nine questions. His explanation for the answers to those questions was “Blowin in the Wind.” A beautiful, thought provoking song, especially when sung by PP & M (millennials figure that one out). ...