Help can't wait when emergencies strike - not for the family displaced by a disaster, the patient in need of lifesaving blood or the deployed service member alerted to a family crisis at home. Every day, when our neighbors cope with emergencies … more

Pick a topic: Southern border, Ukraine, nuclear war, Israel-Gaza, NATO, Biden, Trump, woke, critical race theory, the press, inflation, the Fed, public and private education, national debt, collapse of mainline churches, defunding police, … more

This is Holy Week, so I am giving tribute to my Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. You can find His story in the Bible in the latter chapters of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. His story is referred to in many other parts of the Bible as well. On … more

Our President Biden, in his State of the Union address, spoke many times about people and corporations need to pay their "fair share" in taxes. I am confused as to what "fair share" means. Who makes the decision what fair share is? Washington? Poor … more

I am responding to an article written on March 6, 2024, "McElveen will not seek reelection for 4th term in S.C. State." Sen. Thomas McElveen is an unbelievable, gracious, kind and outstanding statesman. He will go down in history as one of the best … more

If Trump is the GOP candidate and loses to Biden and Biden is found too incompetent, then Kamala Harris would be our president. What a brilliant plan our S.C. GOP leaders have. If Nikki Haley is the GOP candidate, there is no risk of that happening. … more

On Dec. 25, 1950, the first African American from Kingstree, South Carolina, who graduated from Edmunds High School and The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) was born. More specifically, she earned her bachelor's degree there, becoming an … more

It's time to forget party and elect the most qualified person to be president of the United Sates: Nikki Haley! After hearing her awesome speech on Monday, I am more convinced than ever that she is a brilliant Christian leader who is able to bridge … more

Solutions? How about a certain level of civility ... from both parties? Mr. O'Neil, I'm not sure if you actually read the letters to this paper or not, but heads up, in each letter I send I make sure people exactly like you know my political … more

This is response to "Letter writers offer no solutions to country's problems" in Saturday's March 3 The Item. I wasn't going to respond because how do you respond to ignorance, meaning "lack of knowledge or information." Some people will never … more