Great evil and what happens to the children
It is Saturday, and we have, at long last, rain; a lawn that is once again green; and I must admit this gives me some contentment.
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Voices
Opinion pieces, commentary, editorials, and columns that reflect community perspectives from Beaufort’s writers, thought leaders, and residents. This category provides a platform for voices shaping local discussion on issues, values, culture, civic life, and public debate in Beaufort and the broader Lowcountry.
Carol’s not so-grand adventure
Let me start off by saying that I debated long and hard whether or not to write this particular column because it involves my pride as well as my judgment.
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The Weight of Public Leadership
Communities do not quietly move past situations involving children, trauma, and unanswered questions simply because official statements were issued months earlier. People remember how leadership responds when it matters most. Years from now, long after meetings end and officials move on, those signatures will still exist as part of Beaufort’s history. And one day, that little girl may read them for herself. That is the weight of public leadership. Those five signatures are not trivial.
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No bipartisan views in this paper
I recently moved to beautiful Beaufort, S.C., from Pittsburgh, Pa., in November 2025. While I’ve enjoyed settling into the area, I’ve been disappointed by the lack of balance in this paper’s Voices content.
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re: Beaufort plastic ordinance
My more pressing concern is that our Recycling Centers only take Plastics No. 1 and No. 2, only bottles, jugs and jars. As you know, we are not allowed to recycle the No. 1 plastic food containers that a huge amount of the food we purchase is packaged in.
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Be cautious bringing AI into practice of law
As George Washington University turns out graduates who are fluent in the application of Artificial Intelligence, GW should be cautious when considering whether AI should enter into the actual judging part of this ancient, Magna Carta-inspired process.
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They are who we thought they were
By Terry Manning “Everybody cheats.“ When my classmate said that, I felt my pulse quicken. My earlobes warmed as heat escaped the collar of my shirt. “Not everybody,” I said.
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The Serpent’s Tooth
As I was looking up another word for a Voices article, I noticed the Word of the Day for Mother’s Day in the Cambridge Online Dictionary was “ghosting,” that is, a way of ending a relationship with someone suddenly by stopping all communication with them.
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Guiding our nation through moral complexity
I wish I could say that I had put together the title of this piece, but I didn’t. I was reading a short summary of a meeting between President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Abe, and these were the words used to describe a private moment as the two leaders stood before the marble columns of the Lincoln Memorial in April of 2015.
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The camp tractor’s contamination release valve
A few quick facts about the camp tractor. First, it looks like a tractor. The exhaust pipe extends up through the engine cowling, a pipe that can be covered by a #303 can (16-17 oz.), these days commonly replaced with a 15-oz. can, or a #2 can (20 oz.), both of which are available without charge at any recycling location.
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