Consequences to expanding SC 170
As residents of the Lowcountry, we all understand that growth is coming. The question is not whether we improve S.C. 170, but how we do so responsibly.
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Iran
Iran’s “Great Satan” strikes back
Whether or not Iran has enough weapons-grade uranium to imminently attack is not the question. Is a small cancer tumor an imminent threat to a person’s health, or should the medical team wait until it is big enough to actually kill the patient? As it has proven for almost half a century, the Iranian regime is a cancer on the world, and the United States finally has a President with the resolve to excise it.
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More than 1,000 show up in Beaufort for ‘No Kings Day’
Around 1,200 people turned out at noon for the “No Kings Day” protest in Beaufort on Saturday, March 28, carrying signs and many dressing in themed attire to protest the actions of President Donald Trump and his administration.
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Four deaths and a funeral
This week, I have been struck by the contrast between one death in the United States and three deaths in Iran.
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Mathews promotes small-mindedness
In a recent The Island News op-ed called “A time and a place for everything,” author Louise Mathews wrote that she objects to athletes who speak out about LGBTQA+ “rights.”
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Dabbling in confrontation — But at whose expense?
Exactly when did our sense of angst begin to escalate on a daily basis? Was it one specific happening, or maybe a group of incidents that said to us, overtly or subtly, “This isn’t life as we know it or want it.”
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Hell hath no fury
Over the last two weeks, one of the more meaningful moments of the war on Iran was the celebration of the Iranian people when they learned of the death of the longtime tyrant, Ayatollah Khamenei. I was particularly impressed by the women who jubilantly burned their hijabs.
Beaufort women caught in Israel during missile strikes
Vonna Allen had stepped outside her hotel overlooking the Sea of Galilee to write a letter of prayer to Israel. The women traveling with her had been asked to write prayers and messages of encouragement to the country. Allen carried her paper to a quiet hill near the hotel outside Capernaum, looking across the water as she began to write. Then she heard explosions. “Boom! Boom!”
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A hypothetical for your consideration
I want to toss out a question to all my dear readers. Please, give it some thought before you formulate your answer.
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Legality be damned
Under this administration we now have a Department of War rather than a Department of Defense. Let that settle into your brain. To me, it speaks volumes. To those of you who support this, I have one suggestion — a vacation in Ukraine.
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