A Petition being Circulated

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser.  A petition, by EC citizens, is being circulated throughout the County seeking to reverse a last-minute change to the Comprehensive Plan by County Council. Citizens now see the serious impact those changes […]

Praying the Right Way

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser.              Perhaps you agree that in times like these the best thing we can do is pray. Someone in the future […]

Politics and Keeping Your Word

Politics and Keeping Your Word

By Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser.  This week, the United States lost a giant: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose height was just over five feet, but whose stature […]

The General and the Particulars

The General and the Particulars

By Blaney Pridgen All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser.  Older memories can be more vivid than the relatively recent ones.  Why is that?  Maybe we haven’t dealt with […]

Falling

Falling

By Blaney Pridgen All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser.  Sometimes you just don’t want to think about serious stuff.  Fall is one of those times for me. […]

Politics and COVID-19

Politics and COVID-19

By Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser.  I was looking through the columns I’ve written for The Edgefield Advertiser over the past year and ran across one […]

Sound and Hearing

By Sigrid Hanson All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser.              If silence is a topic of biblical concern, so is sound. First to last, the Bible is […]

Sound and Hearing

By Sigrid Fowler All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser.              If silence is a topic of biblical concern, so is sound. First to last, the Bible is […]

Stirrings

Stirrings

Blaney Pridgen All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser.  My wife and I recently visited the Gettysburg National Military Park and Amish country in Pennsylvania.  I did not […]

Vote Early, Vote Often?

Vote Early, Vote Often?

Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser.  When I was living in Edgefield County and inching toward the magic age when I could vote, one of the alleged […]

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