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Opinion

Super Smell Woman’s nose knows

National Columnists

Superman is able to see through walls. Spider-Man can detect things with his Spidey-sense. Me? I can smell something in the next county. Yes, it’s true. I am Super Smell Woman (not to be confused with the significantly less appealing Super Smelly Woman). I can detect unseen mold under a ...

Is another era of political violence upon us?

National Columnists

In his life’s work, Charlie Kirk, the rising star in conservative politics, did not give me, or millions of Americans like me in the political center or left, a great deal of optimism about the direction of our nation’s partisan politics. But his brutal assassination, captured in horrific ...

NRA stands up for trans rights to guns

National Columnists

Given the tsunami of news demanding your attention you might have missed an interesting trial balloon launched by the Department of Justice last week. Officials briefed reporters on preliminary discussions among the department’s top brass to ban transgender people from buying guns. This was ...

Saving tree changes S.C. community

National Columnists

When Samantha Siegel’s best friend took her to see an old live oak tree on Johns Island in South Carolina, she had no idea it was about to change her life. They went to see a tree estimated to be 300-400 years old and known as the “Angel Tree.” It’s 65 feet tall, and it shades ...

Proper nurture increases hope for children

National Columnists

An age-old conundrum regarding raising children is the issue of nature versus nurture. That is, do genes determine a child’s success in life, or is it the environment in which that child is raised? Or, even more fundamentally, is intelligence genetic, or can education increase IQ? James ...

All voting methods must be protected

Letters to the Editor

Rep. Lisa Finley-Deville, Mandaree As a representative of the people that elected me, it’s a serious concern when I hear talk about taking away options for people to vote. This national conversation around eliminating mail-in ballots and voting machines is a direct challenge to the ...