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. I love newspapers and read as many as I can reach – on paper or on the internet. […]
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. Resolution: a firm decision to do or not to do something; a formal expression of opinion of intention […]
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 biggest news in Congress has been impeaching President Trump. The second biggest news – entirely overshadowed by […]
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. From the poet, Wendell Berry: “The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape […]
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. South Carolinians as well as Southerners in general who are old enough to remember Martin Luther King, Jr.’s […]
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. In thinking about an after-Thanksgiving OpEd for 2019, I ran across one The Edgefield Advertiserran a year ago. The […]
From the Mayor’s Desk Dear Edgefield: As the Holidays quickly approach, I would like to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas! We are truly blessed to live in such a wonderful community. Our town is decorated beautifully again this year and we have a full agenda of upcoming activities scheduled […]
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. Thanksgiving is about tradition: about families, about remembering times past and looking forward to the future. It is […]
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. Readers of this column may remember OpEds from around two years ago regarding the vanished town of Hamburg, […]
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. “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by […]