So it seems that my kids may not be in enough after school activities Every new sports season I offer to sign the kids up. More often than not, they respond with a no. They each have played sports or taken some sort of music lessons, and seemed to ... 

Wow! What a startling chain of events that continues to plague the Obama Administration as one scandal after another raises its ugly head. One must wonder where it will all lead. As I have watched events unfold, my thoughts have vacillated between t ... 

“Keep Those Cards and Letters Coming In” was the title of a song performed by Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn in 1965.  Dean Martin also used this phrase on his television variety show in the 60s. Before that, early radio used the phras ... 

“He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.” Job 5:19 How wonderful to greet the day Whether in sunshine or in rain To know we have another chance To live a life of gain Maybe things are not qu ... 

It was to be an impromptu get-together. I hadn’t seen my friend, Jessica, since Katie’s wedding in October, though she lives a mere ten houses away. Isn’t that just the way it is? I see a friend from Atlanta more often than I see Je ... 

By Sel Hemingway We at Georgetown County were surprised recently by remarks from some City of Georgetown officials to the effect that the county has been unwilling to make improvements at East Bay Park. The county and the city have long had, and co ... 

A hundred years ago, anyone who might have predicted in 1913 the monumental, man-made catastrophes that would occur in the rest of the 20th century would have been considered warped, if not completely mentally deranged. Who would have believed that ... 

Well, you may not be able to believe it but for once in my life I have been able to keep my mouth shut. We are down to the last forty days or so, and I have yet to tick anybody off. Which if I say so my self, that’s a record. For the last three ... 

By Oliver North WASHINGTON — We all know about the notorious Obama “kill list.” CIA Director John Brennan proudly told us about that last year when he described how the O-Team decides which Americans should be executed by Hellfire ... 

By Al Foderaro During their teen years children are being asked to start making some very important decisions about choosing career clusters and career majors. As a result of having to make these choices, many students can be identified as being &ld ... 

When I was a kid we sat down at the table every night as a family and ate dinner together. For the life of me, I cannot recall a single conversation we had at the dinner table, but I can remember what time dinner was served, 6:15. I also cannot reca ... 

Much of US history involves dealing with South Carolina and South Carolinians. With the election of disgraced Mark Sanford to the U.S. House of Representatives, the saga continues. Sanford, because of his marital infidelities and lies concerning his ... 

Editor's Note: We are printing this letter from Lynn Mueller as written, even though we believe that it contains factual errors. We encourage letters to the editor, but we believe that writers have a responsibility to be accurate. We offer comments ... 

The other night about one in the morning, when like most people I should have been sound asleep, my mind was running through the beginnings of a column. I do that a lot, for some reason that seems to be the time I come up with most of my columns. Oh, ... 

By Barbara Zia and Ashley Landess Less than two weeks ago, we joined with other South Carolina groups to expose an effort by House leaders to sabotage ethics reform and evade disclosure and independent scrutiny. House leaders' plan to decriminali ... 

By Rep. Stephen L. Goldfinch The week of the infamous "Cross-Over" is over. Cross-Over, May 1st, is the day when all bills in the SC House of Representatives (and the SC Senate) must be passed and sent to the other body in order for it to become ... 

Scandal is reported everywhere these days ... you’re exposed to it every time you turn on your television, pick up a newspaper or magazine, or  log onto your Facebook account. Sometimes people long for “the good ol’ days” ... 

“For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.”   Acts 2:39 Let us be thankful for another day.  It is amazing how God guides our lives in the sma ... 

Summer time brings all kinds of fun things. Beach days and cook outs. Long, lovely, lazy days. And it all brings a shortage of clothes. I don’t mean we don’t have enough. I mean some of the summer clothes are really, really short. As in, ... 

As president of these United States, Barack Obama has proved to be an outstanding “Community Organizer.” But what we really need is a leader of ALL Americans — not just an isolated community. The principal life experience of the c ... 

215 Years Ago ... The Georgetown Gazette began publication. That newspaper is the direct ancestor of the Georgetown Times, which you hold in your hands today. As best we can tell, today is our birthday. The front page of today’s paper has a re ... 

I received the nicest email from Georgetown native Frances Joyner Gorsuch. She and I were at Winyah High School together. She sent me a letter she found on the Georgetown County Digital Library website (GCDL), and it made me cry. It made her cry, it ... 

“Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” Psalm 29:2 Hopefully you have had a wonderful week with good things happening one right after another; if this has not been the case for you, ... 

By Richard Eckstrom   If you’re the person who keeps up with bills and balances your family checkbook, you can definitely relate to the role of a comptroller general. That’s my title, state comptroller general. Many folks in state g ... 

By Senator Ray Cleary SC Senate District 34 I believe that less government is the best government and that my job as a State Senator is to represent the best interests of the people who live and work in my district. That means keeping taxes as low a ...