Before soliciting contributions, it is the modicum of courtesy to at least offer perspective donors a bite to eat, perhaps a few cocktails and maybe some light entertainment before passing the collection plate. Indeed, the amount of the contribution may be directly proportional to the number of cocktails, and most of your more lucrative charities […]
Talking Trash
March 8, 2013 By
Laws with catchy monikers arouse a natural sense of suspicion. It is unlikely that the Patriot Act would have curried much favor with the American patriots of the 1770s, for example; and who can tell how many children have been left behind by the No Child Left Behind law. Thus, when the Business Freedom to […]
Who Are These Guys?
March 1, 2013 By
Reputations aren’t made in a fortnight, nor are they reformed in a matter of mere months; but the Fairfield County School Board has done about as much as is humanly possible to mend their public perception in a relatively short amount of time. Under the leadership of a new Board Chairwoman, Fairfield’s Gang of Seven […]
If Not Yes, When? If Not Now, Why Not?
February 22, 2013 By
It is absolutely, unequivocally, 100 percent true that one cannot make absolutely everyone, unequivocally, 100 percent happy 100 percent of the time. Still, it is surprising what some people will say ‘No’ to; as if No is in their nature always a better option than Yes, or even Maybe. Take our governor’s stand against accepting […]
Death by Committee
February 15, 2013 By
The government that governs best may indeed govern least, as the old adage goes; but the government that truly serves the people governs in the open, in plain view, in the brilliant light of public scrutiny. The days of secret handshakes and back room deals are, more and more, becoming relegated to the past, a […]
Damned if You DEW
February 8, 2013 By
This week’s report that the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) was closing 17 offices around the state – including their Winnsboro office at 414 A S. Congress St. – sent shock waves through a community whose unemployment rate continues to hover around 10.7 percent, well above the state average of 8.4 percent. The […]
The Last, Last Chance
February 1, 2013 By
The Town of Winnsboro is fortunate to have a physician serving as mayor; but not even the most gifted of healer can cure every ailment, and for the patient the Town has wired up in ICU right now, it may be time to consider bringing in Hospice. This patient – the Mt. Zion Institute building […]
Risk Management
January 25, 2013 By
Our society, like a great machine, is composed of many intricate, delicate moving parts, all of which must continue to spin in their designated orbits in order for the whole to function properly. No part, however small or subtle, is insignificant. There lies at the foundation of our machine a veritable army of men and […]
Time Heals All Wounds
January 18, 2013 By
America is the land of second chances. The notion lies at the very foundation of our country. From the time the first settlers set foot on our Eastern shores to the present day, America has stood out as a beacon of hope to people from all walks of life, from all over the world, as […]
Closing the Barn Door
January 11, 2013 By
No amount of words, however lofty or eloquent, can properly eulogize the tragic loss of life that took place in Newtown, Conn., last month. The tragedy will forever be a stain upon that otherwise quiet and humble community; a terrible memory that can never be erased. And while politicians may deliberate and pontificators may pontificate […]
