Celebrate Carolina Day Dear Editor: On Friday, June 28, 2019, South Carolinians will celebrate the 242nd Carolina Day, commemorating the Battle of Sullivan’s Island. On June 28, 1776, an assault by combined British naval and other military forces attempted to seize Charles Town, at the time, the fourth largest city in British North America, but […]
By: Scott Cooper 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. Last week I referred to my 2016 four-week series on Fatherhood, which culminated the Wednesday before Independence Day. […]
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 TheAdvertiser. We Americans are the fortunate heirs of geography and of heroism. Between the two, we have been spared the […]
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 TheAdvertiser. Not many people know that Furman University had its birth here in Edgefield in 1825, relocating two times in […]
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 TheAdvertiser. Memorial Day was originally established to honor those who died on both sides in the Civil War, and it […]
By: Scott Cooper 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 TheAdvertiser. This past weekend my Alma Mater Taylor University was in the news, as Vice President Mike Pence was the […]
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 TheAdvertiser. In 1994, the federal government passed a series of “tough on crime” bills. Drug abuse is a medical condition […]
By: Scott Cooper 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 TheAdvertiser. Three American Values, inscribed on every one of our American Coins: E Pluribus Unum, Liberty and In God We […]
By: Scott Cooper 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 TheAdvertiser. April 24th, 2019 My March 29th, 2018 editorial to the Edgefield Advertiser was about Notre-Dame, how it was […]
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 TheAdvertiser. The American Revolution inspired many nations to rebel against tyrannical governments, including our country’s oldest allies, the people of […]