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Morgan: Families and success in school
We are officially one week away from the first day of school for students! One of the many blessings of working in education is you get to start fresh every year. (This is true for both students and the adults who work with them.)
Cahn: A typhoon’s devastation
Many people in Kershaw County remember Hurricane Hugo. Hugo came ashore in the Lowcountry as a Category 4 Hurricane with its highest recorded wind gust of 120 mph. Hugo worked its way inland, reaching Kershaw County with 100 mph winds and torrential rains.
Parker: Conception deception
WASHINGTON -- It took three videos showing Planned Parenthood doctors and executives discussing the culling and retailing of aborted baby parts, but Hillary Clinton finally managed to say that she found the videos "disturbing."
Scully: Happy trails
Most people want recreational walking and hiking trails in the city and county. Many are not aware of the 2013 Greenways Plan (Kershaw County Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Greenways Plan) which envisions a county-wide network of safe, well-planned walking and biking trails for the whole family, trails to eventually connect with the statewide, 425-mile Palmetto Trail.
Beckham: A first class program
It was a perfect fall Friday night in October of 1962 and Zemp Stadium was packed as fans eagerly waited for the contest between the two best programs in the state. Unfortunately the fans had to sit through the first half of a football game between two less than mediocre teams before seeing the Brooklyn-Cayce and Camden bands perform. B-C and Camden would soon clash in the state's band championship for the first place trophy, but an ugly incident at the end of the first half caused the football coach to be fired that night.
Parker: Pre-debate excitement soars
WASHINGTON -- No doubt you have butterflies just thinking about Thursday's first GOP debate.
Phillips: Can you see the future?
There are so many aspects of our lives we have practically no control over. It makes us feel better to think we're in control, but the truth is we very seldom are. Even when we do have some measure of control over our fate, there are other factors and forces which can have just as great, or even more, influence on us.
Rich: When Mama planned on dying
For at least 20 years, maybe 25, Mama planned her home-going to heaven. Not a week -- and sometimes not a day -- went by when she did not use her impending date with mortality in some way.
Teal: Historical research pitfalls
When researching almost any topic, no matter how mundane or limited in scope, one faces the problem of determining the accuracy of information he finds in historical sources. This column will explore some of the more common problems and pitfalls one may encounter.
Cahn: This column may already be obsolete
There's an old joke claiming a new computer is obsolete by the time you buy it.
Parker: Obama’s truth out of Africa
WASHINGTON -- It is good to be President Barack Obama these days.
Parker: Before we lose our minds
WASHINGTON -- Current quibbling over what Jeb Bush meant when he said it's time to phase out and replace Medicare -- as opposed to "attacking the seniors," as one woman at a recent event bellowed out -- will soon seem quaint against the realities of our future.
Phillips: The best medicine
The world, and life in general, is filled with sadness, despair, hopelessness, hatred, evil, negativity and sorrow of all kinds. Sorry to be such a downer, but it's simply a fact. There's a lot of bad feelings, attitudes and emotions we all face every day, from others and even from within ourselves.
Noble: Doing the near impossible -- quickly
What's your favorite pet: dog or cat? What do you prefer on your hot dog: mustard or ketchup? Who do you like for president: Hillary or Jeb?
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Column: An end to the evil of separation
On the surface, President Trump blinked.
Column: The old courthouse
A road trip recently swung me down the back roads of Georgia and took me through a little town called Homer. I wouldn't have ...
Column: He never wrote the book
Thank heavens Lyman C. Draper stayed away from Camden when he visited South Carolina in 1871! He got close, though, as close as Stateburg. I ...
Column: Life without fathers
There's something about being a writer that makes people confide in you. Why tell a writer, who uses life as raw material, your deepest ...
Column: Quiet heroes, silent icons
Father's Day was this past Sunday. I hope dads everywhere got a little love -- lord knows, they deserve it.
Column: Aunt Ozelle and the great magnolia
Frequently these days, my sister and I are brought together for a funeral or funeral home visitation of yet another family member, mostly those from ...
Column: Inhumanity rules the border
WASHINGTON -- Put yourself in the room with immigration officials and try to imagine exactly which argument would convince you that separating children from their migrating ...
Column: Nobody lied; it was worse
Two weeks ago, I wrote about a small schools report given to the Kershaw County Board of School Trustees' finance committee showing it will take ...
Column: Learning from your Dad
As we approach Father's Day, I was thinking about how well great Dads listen. In fact, how well one listens can be life changing ...
Column: Art of the deal -- nukes for condos
WASHINGTON -- Well, it happened: The president and the dictator met, shook hands, looked each other in the eye, smiled for the cameras -- and lied through ...
Column: Final thoughts
One of the groups I have met with on a regular basis throughout my tenure is Student Cabinet, which is comprised of student class presidents ...
Column: A few observations
Today is an election day. For what it's worth, I have already voted. That means I feel free to screech, caterwaul and criticize to ...
Column: My dear Charles
WASHINGTON -- Charles Krauthammer, a man who has beaten unbelievable odds and overcome obstacles that would defeat most mortals, has finally encountered one foe over which ...
Column: Let them torch the Chinese flag, instead
My father died in 1970 at the age of 58. He was a veteran of both World War II and Korea.
Column: The beauty of old bridges
File this column under "Progress." I guess. I remain a skeptic of much that is new and better and that includes the new bridges going ...
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