The Voting Rights Advancement Act

The Voting Rights Advancement Act

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 […]

A Franciscan Benediction

A Franciscan Benediction

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 […]

Letter to the Editor

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 […]

We All Give Thanks

We All Give Thanks

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 […]

Edgefield, North Augusta, and Hamburg

Edgefield, North Augusta, and 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.  Readers of this column may remember OpEds from around two years ago regarding the vanished town of Hamburg, […]

The Equal Rights Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment

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 […]

James Mattis, Abraham Lincoln, and Donald Trump

James Mattis, Abraham Lincoln, and Donald Trump

By: Robert Scot 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.  Quoting one person who is quoting another is always risky; either or both may be misquoted, and there […]

Religious Liberty and Workplace Discrimination

Religious Liberty and Workplace Discrimination

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 impeachment inquiry regarding President Trump and perhaps others in his administration has the attention of all Americans […]

The Trump Administration and Refugees

The Trump Administration and Refugees

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 This past week has been filled with national news about the possible, indeed probable, impeachment of President Trump. […]

Real News and Real People

Real News and Real People

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 Whether you get your news from the internet, from television, or the reliable, old-fashioned way – from newspapers […]

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