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Category Archives: Opinions

What seniors worry about

It’s very helpful to have friends and acquaintances scattered across the country when I need to do another informal poll. This time my questions to them concerned what seniors worry about.

I got them started with a list of suggestions on a page, to be ranked in order, with a blank place under each one for comments, and space below for

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The need for reliable electricity

If you get nervous when your vehicle’s gas light comes on, you know how the leaders of South Carolina’s electric cooperatives feel amid our state’s looming energy crisis.

If only it were as easy to refuel our supply of electricity as it is to pull into a gas station.

Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of people in the Carolinas felt like they were stranded on

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When are we too old for ladders?

Months ago I’d made my resolutions list for 2024, carefully picking options that I could surely accomplish this year. I chose things like adopting a kitten pal for my cat, selling my father’s coin collection, and hiring my handyman neighbor to paint the bathroom.

Thus far it’s the bathroom painting that is

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A spiritual sign or natural occurrence?

A few readers have asked me lately about my thoughts on the coming eclipse.

I’m sure that almost everyone has heard by now about the total solar eclipse on April 8. It will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. A total solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the sun. The

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The OIG in our corner

You hate to learn of it, but per a Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, a former veteran who worked at a VA hospital was found guilty of stealing money out of patient accounts. It came about when the sister of a deceased veteran checked her brother’s account

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Christ is risen, and what it means for everyone

Throughout history, no one has made a greater impact than Jesus Christ.

So who is this person called Jesus? He was not just a man; He was God. It’s widely known that Jesus was born of a virgin 2,000 years ago, but He existed long before that. As the Son of God and second person of the Trinity, Jesus is the Alpha and

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The nature and purpose of religion

“Unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” — John 3:3

The sun is the source of life on Earth. Without this solar center of light and energy, the Earth would be dark and lifeless. If we reflect, we see that the true creator of life on Earth is God and that the sun represents the intermediary between His will

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Staying safe

I never thought this kind of thing would happen where I live: A woman was kidnapped in front of a store, in broad daylight, by a man carrying a gun.

It’s hard to even type those words, so shocked am I to learn of it.

To cut to the chase, the woman is thankfully fine, although no doubt rattled and upset. After being forced to drive the kidnapper to another location, she was able

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Help for financial stresses

If your debts are so bad the stress of it is making you physically ill, you’re not alone. And if the weight of it all is stressing you mentally, you’re not alone there either. The past several years, with the economy and Covid and everything else, have made many of us wonder if there’s hope.

But yes … there is hope. The Department of

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Oppenheimer in the spotlight, but did you know about Upstate’s own great physicist?

Oppenheimer!

Nearly 80 years after he led the scientific team that jolted World War II to a cataclysmic conclusion, his name is in the news again because of a movie about him that cleaned up at the Oscars last week.

But J. Robert Oppenheimer wasn’t the only great physicist of that era whose monumental contributions continue to shape our future.

We had our own “Oppenheimer” right here in the

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