The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The Edgefield Advertiser. By Cal Turner Jr. When I was 11 years old, I sat on my uncle’s front porch one lovely summer Sunday evening, absently gazing at our church across the street. In that moment, the […]
The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The Edgefield Advertiser. By Scott Cooper If you have been following my writing, you know I like to write about things which unify. Things which effect all of us equally, regardless of race, creed, nationality, or […]
The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The Edgefield Advertiser. By Robert Scott I had the pleasure of meeting former President George Herbert Walker Bush twice while in the Navy, once when as President he and the First Lady were paying a state visit to […]
The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The Edgefield Advertiser. Community Friends, Partners, and Neighbors; CHOICES A- LIFETIME DEVELOPMENT, Inc. is a 501c3 organization that aims to support and enrich the lives of youth of the Augusta River Region formally known as the CSRA. It […]
A Franciscan Benediction by Robert Scott Thanksgiving, 2018, is over, and the season of Advent is upon us. In liturgical churches including the Episcopal Church, Advent is more than just looking forward to Christmas; it is an opportunity for reflection, for considering what life is all about, about what is the wheat in our daily […]
By Robert Scott This week’s election news regarding the shift in control of the House of Representatives from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party was overshadowed by still more gun violence, first with a mass shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and second with a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California. Following a campus shooting here […]
By Robert Scott The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The Edgefield Advertiser. Once again we are witnessing in our country the age-old argument about immigration. We need to guard our country from outside, alien people without our American ideals, because they threaten the […]
By Robert Scott Are you satisfied with the elected leaders we have today? Do you consider that the Congress we have now, the Statehouse leadership we have now, the county and city governments we have now, are doing the job we want them to do, in a manner we can and should be proud of? […]
By Robert Scott The Trump call to “Make America Great Again” owes a lot to the Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes (1901-1967), most likely without knowing that it does. Langston Hughes was as close to being “ethnically American” as it is possible to be, with a genealogy that included English, French, African, native American, and […]
By Scott Cooper My editorial last week began by highlighting the study of geography, both macro-geography and micro-geography. I also shared how until I began outlining a long-range plan in agriculture, there were parts of our own family farm I did not know about, even though I had visited it for over four decades. That […]