- Better Government and Better People: John C. Calhoun and the Most Powerful Cause of Moral Character
- SC’s Largest Multi-Candidate Primary Event Brings Republicans Across the Ballot Under One Roof
- The SC Freedom Caucus Becomes a Target in District 10
- The Greenville GOP’s Candidate Kiss of Death Strikes Again
- Greenville Grassroots 2026 Republican Voter Guide
- At First Monday, Timmons and Simpson Connect Washington Reform with South Carolina Soil
- Norman Picks Morgan for “Strong, Bold, Conservative Ticket”
- The Caspian Sea—Iranian Backdoor to Russia
- Reddy and Wilson Pile on Norman as 3rd Televised GOP Debate Turns Personal
- Joey Hudson Receives South Carolina’s Order of the Palmetto at Freedom Farm Fest
- Briefing on Persian Gulf and Red Sea Nations
- Finding Truth in a Blizzard of Propaganda
- Ranked Choice Voting: Reform or Recipe for Confusion?
- Briefing on Persian Gulf and Red Sea Nations
- Evert's Electables
Editorials
Wade Hampton: Southern Gentleman
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- By Bob Dill - Founder of The Times Examiner
The Life and Times of Gen. Wade Hampton, His Upstate Roots, Military Record and Political Impact on South Carolina History
When we think of historic figures who have had an impact on South Carolina history, we may thing of John C. Calhoun, “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman, J. Strom Thurmond, House Speaker David Wilkins or Rev. Jesse Jackson.
The single individual who has had the greatest impact on South Carolina History, in my view, was a man with Upstate roots, whose grandparents, uncles and aunts were massacred by Indians while living in a log cabin on the Tyger River near what is now Greer, South Carolina.
He is honored with a large statue on the grounds of the state capitol. A highway and school are named for him in Greenville County, yet the truth of his historic impact on the state has been mostly hidden from students in recent years.
The Costs of Biden's Big Government
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- By Star Parker
It is one of the unfortunate ironies coming out of the Biden administration that, with all the obsession about so-called equity, policies they are putting forth will only hurt the very low-income Americans they pretend to want to help.
The Biden administration is growing government at a record pace.
If what they want is opportunity for every American, government policy should aim to encourage economic growth. Bigger, more intrusive government achieves the opposite. It stifles economic growth.
The Biden administration submitted its first 10-year budget to Congress last month.
Hampton’s Campaign for Governor, The Revolution of 1876 – Part 9
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- By Bob Dill - Publisher of The Times Examiner
From an historical perspective, it is interesting to note that the events culminating with the election of Wade Hampton, III Governor of South Carolina, came exactly 100 years after the American Revolution, and has been termed by some historians, the Second American Revolution. impacting the whole of the republic and reshaping the two-party political system for decades to come.
The Upstate and Greenville County, especially Upper Greenville County had an impressive role in kicking off the campaign with the most impressive rally of the entire campaign when their hero and hope for the future arrived at the railroad station and held a rally on the campus of Furman University.
Political Battle Between Good and Evil
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- By Publisher Bob Dill
The political battles in the United States have become increasingly clear and well defined. They are now bitter contest between good and evil. The political left that controls public and higher education and much of the media is defining good and evil. Good is now called evil and evil, good.
IG Report Expected to Turn Swamp on its Head
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- By Publisher Bob Dill
Within the next few days or weeks, the Department of Justice Inspector General is expected to release his report that has been in the making for more than two years. The in-depth report on the details of the Obama Administration and Hillary Clinton’s attempts to use the resources of the Federal Government to overturn the Presidency of Donald Trump will be stressed.
Democrat Strategy for 2020
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- By Publisher Bob Dill
Democrats have a simple strategy for destroying President Trump in the 2020 presidential election. They are laying the ground work for the campaign as this piece is being written. Their success depends on the ignorance, stupidity and misinformation of a majority of the electorate.
I’m Back
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- By Publisher Bob Dill
For too long I have taken leave from this column to deal with personal and family health problems.
During that time, with James Spurck doing most of the work, we transformed from print to digital newspaper. We closed out and moved from the offices on Pine Knoll Drive and opened smaller offices at 1 Chick Springs Road, a little closer to downtown Greenville with the assistance of Willis Meadows, Insurance Executive and member of Greenville County Council.
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