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When are we going to trust our fellow Americans again? When are we going to allow qualified individuals with responsibility to make decisions without consulting detailed rulebooks and formal procedures?
Those are questions New York lawyer and …
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BY MICHAEL BARONE |
4/17/24 06:00 AM
4/10/24 06:00 AM
What were they thinking? Did President Joe Biden and the folks who put together his immigration policy imagine the voting public would celebrate policies that resulted in a record-high number of migration encounters - more than three-quarters of a …
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BY MICHAEL BARONE |
4/10/24 06:00 AM
We are quickly approaching testing season for students across the state. This season is a time of stress for most involved in education. For those that are unaware, the SCReady is a test that measures student grade-level performance based on the …
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By Tabitha Haskins-Merkel, M.Ed
Sumter School District |
4/7/24 06:00 AM
4/6/24 06:00 AM
In response to Sen. Johnson's press release on the 1% school debt tax, I think it's important to remember that a lot of talk is always given, but the actions to back it up are always lacking. To prove that, I just have some follow-up questions and …
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4/3/24 06:00 AM
Our devotion for today asks this question, "Lord, Have You Forgotten Me?" Our text is Psalm 13:1, where we read, "How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?" (KJV)
Have you ever experienced …
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By JOEY DURHAM |
4/3/24 06:00 AM
Approximately 20 years ago, legislation was passed to impose a 1% school district tax for Clarendon County public schools. Several other counties also have this school district tax, counties with very little tax base and sources of revenue like …
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By SEN. KEVIN JOHNSON
District 36, D-Manning | 3/30/24 06:00 AM
District 36, D-Manning | 3/30/24 06:00 AM
3/30/24 06:00 AM
3/27/24 06:00 AM
Most humanistic settings require a certain posture from the participants. A boxer enters the ring with his fist clenched and somewhere near his chin.
A baseball player places a glove on the non-throwing hand and leaves the dominant hand free to …
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By SAM LIVINGSTON |
3/27/24 06:00 AM
Today's devotion is centered on celebrating the blessing of Resurrection Sunday that is coming up this week. My thought is found in Romans 6:8-11, as we see the words contained therein, "But Alive unto God." This passage reads like this, "Now if we …
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By JOEY DURHAM |
3/27/24 06:00 AM
3/20/24 06:00 AM
The Super Tuesday results ensured the renominations of former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, barring some unanticipated adverse health events. So, who's going to win in November?
Polls give us clues. Trump continues to have the …
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BY MICHAEL BARONE |
3/20/24 06:00 AM
Our devotion brings this thought, "Never Serve Sin," and my text is found in Romans 6:5-7, where we see, "For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our …
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3/20/24 06:00 AM
One day this week - maybe today, maybe Wednesday - we likely will hear South Carolina House leaders congratulating themselves for approving a state budget that gives an even more significant raise to teachers than the ones we've seen the past few …
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BY MICHAEL BARONE |
3/17/24 06:00 AM
The devotion today is titled, "Hope is only in the Lord," and my text is Psalm 146:5. "Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God." (KJV)
There is a hymn that we sing at the church, and it goes like …
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3/17/24 06:00 AM
3/16/24 06:00 AM
3/13/24 06:00 AM
The official end of winter is weeks away, but signs of spring are everywhere as February turns to March.
As much as March has been known for unusual weather, conventional wisdom has it that if Old Man Winter doesn't hit hard by mid-month, the …
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By THE TIMES AND DEMOCRAT |
3/13/24 06:00 AM
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