Off Guard

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. By Linda Nidiffer We have all been caught off guard; haven’t we?  The gamut runs from, “Oh, I should have said […]

The Subtle Art

The Subtle Art

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. Blandy Pridgen The older I grow the more I love poetry, certainly not all of it but much more than when […]

State Funding Priorities 2022

State Funding Priorities 2022

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. Robert Scott Our South Carolina state legislature is now back in session, and due to COVID-19 funding support to states from […]

Broken Contract

By Linda Nidiffer All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. I am not a lawyer.  I have never played one on T.V.  I have as a part-time high school […]

Gender Prejudice and Elected Officials

Gender Prejudice and Elected Officials

By Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. As a society, we always need to be on guard against prejudice regarding “the other,” people who are different from “us” […]

The Noisy Bible and Psalm 148

Sigrid Fowler All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. ​I’m not sure I understand it, but the Bible, it seems, is full of loud sounds. On the simplest […]

Religious or Spiritual or What?

Religious or Spiritual or What?

By Blaney Pridgen All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. In previous contributions to the Advertiser, I have made brief reference to the popular distinction of one being spiritual-but-not-religious. […]

Special to the Advertiser

Special to the Advertiser

From The Edgefield Advertiser print edition, January 5, 2022. All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. Love and Loss at Christmastime The bliss of Christmas is fading.  The […]

The Ancient of Days

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. By Sigrid Fowler ​The opposite of new is old, another thought that comes to mind as we sing “Auld Lang Syn” on January 1. Daniel has a vision of “one like […]

January 6th

January 6th

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. Robert Scott January 6th was last week, and the media (especially cable TV) had what the New York Times described as “saturation […]

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