By 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. According to Michael Glanzberg and Edward N. Zalta, respectively writer and editor of “Truth,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall […]
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. My wife and I recently travelled on holiday. We passed through North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee over […]
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. The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis a month ago was the rock thrown into the pond that […]
By 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. Why do lives matter—black lives, blue lives, unborn lives? Why does a seriously disabled life matter or […]
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. I never much cared for the theological theory of original sin, that somehow we are born deeply ingrained […]
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. Those of us in Edgefield County can see what’s happening in Richmond, in Columbia, in Atlanta, and elsewhere. […]
By Sigrid Fowler, MDiv. 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. Black lives don’t just matter . . . often, they inspire. The four I’m thinking about […]
“Republican Nomination for Sheriff” 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. The people of Edgefield County have a choice to make in the upcoming primary. The nomination of […]
| Opinion J. DREW LANHAM ON 5/29/20 AT 10:31 AM EDT Used with permission of www.Newsweek.com Copyright© 2020. All rights reserved. I fell in love with birds as a boy, when gravity convinced me that I would never fly. Birds could, and I fell hard for them, spending most of my spare moments watching and wishing. […]
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. A crisis has a way of focusing the mind. Or at least, it should. All our minds seem […]