- County Council Resolution Opposing the proposed Travelers Rest Annexation for ‘The Inn at Altamont’
- Paris Mountain Hotel Developer Wants to Circumvent Greenville County’s Land Use Protection Laws
- USAID Funded Beginning of Ukraine War in 2014
- Proposed Hotel Complex on Paris Mountain
- Nice hotel, but the Wrong Place and the Wrong Way of Doing Things
- Why Conservative Republicans Aren’t Participating in the Greenville ReOrg
- PARIS MOUNTAIN HOTEL: The Divine Group's Traffic Study, Water Jurisdiction and Protected Species Impact Reports Dissected
- Greenville Housing Fund Representatives Address Affordable Housing at First Monday
- To Go in Peace and Be Left Alone
- South Carolina's Hootie and the Blowfish Darius Rucker
- Record Number of Organizations Recognized for Excellence as Certified Best Christian Workplaces in 2024
- Birth-Right Citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment
- Trump’s Terrific Agenda Impaired by Mistaken Ukraine Info
- Confederate Navy Commerce Raiders
- We Must Be Living In “The Twilight Zone” - Part 1
A Fascist Right -- or a Hysterical Left?
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- By Pat Buchanan
If Trump's supporters are truly "a basket of deplorables ... racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic" and "irredeemable," as Hillary Clinton described them to an LGBT crowd, is not shunning and shaming the proper way to deal with them?
So a growing slice of the American left has come to believe.
Friday, gay waiters at the Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia, appalled that White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was being served, had the chef call the owner. All decided to ask Sanders' party to leave.
Trump's Clarifying Effect
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- By David Limbaugh
Witnessing the political left's increasing irrationality and aggressiveness is, in the obvious sense, discouraging, but on the bright side, it's immensely clarifying.
People with selective memories may be unaware, but the left's extremism and fascism are nothing new. Donald Trump is not the root cause of its angst, nor is he the first Republican president on the receiving end of such unhinged hatred.
Never forget the Democrats' character assassination of such honorable judicial appointees as Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. Go back and watch some of Ted Kennedy's (and Joe Biden's) outrageous speeches condemning such nominees.
The Left Has Come Unhinged
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- By David Thompson
The left, by which I mean those who call themselves ‘progressives,’ have lately stepped over the line and come completely unhinged. The benign sounding ‘Purple Revolution,’ has taken on a more sinister and darker hue. What we have here is the development of a case study in how one can make depression your attitude of choice. Progressives simply cannot, and indeed, they refuse to even try to get over losing the 2016 election for President.
We have for some time suffered the antics of the useful idiots of the left, those incapable of thinking for themselves, who never rise above the emotional level of life. Do not ever mistake emotions as a better mechanism for decision making than thinking. Emotions are the first reactions to events after which one can then engage the brain and start thinking. Progressives make no attempt to go beyond the emotional level; they refuse any suggestion that thinking might improve their experience in daily living.
Welcome to the timesexaminer.com
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- By Bob Dill, Publisher
The Times Examiner will convert to a digital online format, effective June 28, 2018. The print version will no longer be available through news racks or the US Postal Service
We want to welcome you to join the new digital Times Examiner. Most of our current subscribers are converting to the new digital version that is less costly and provides the same content as before with additions.
Beginning the first week of July 2018, The Times Examiner (timesexaminer.com) will be available to paid subscribers. Advertisements, select articles and various syndicated columns will be available to non-subscribers.
Subscribers will have the ability to comment on online content of published material.
Beginning in August, sales of personalized items through classified ads will be available to subscribers without additional charge. The classified ads may be viewed by all online visitors to the web-site.
The cost to subscribers will be $25 annually, with a $5 discount for the first year and timely renewals.
If you have any questions regarding subscriptions or procedures please contact Editor James Spurck.
Swearing In Post 214 Officers
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- By Stuart McClure
Quantrill and His Missouri Partisan Rangers
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- By Mike Scruggs
The Politically Incorrect Truth
There are few better examples of historical distortion in war and its subsequent politics than the demonization of William Clarke Quantrill and his Missouri Partisan Rangers. Nations often demonize their enemies to wage war. In the case of Quantrill, the distortions of war propaganda have persisted and even increased to justify modern political fashions.
Quantrill and other Partisans were depicted as psychopathic killers. Every Partisan victory was described as a massacre. Every vile practice and atrocious deed of Kansas Jayhawkers and Redlegs were turned around and attributed to Missouri “bushwhackers” and “border ruffians.” This did not end with the War or Reconstruction era. Much of this same propaganda still pervades the politically correct versions of Kansas and Missouri history.
Bob Jones University Approved for Army and Air Force ROTC
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- By Press Release
Bob Jones University President Steve Pettit today announced that, beginning with the fall 2018 semester, BJU students will have the opportunity to apply for enrollment in Air Force or Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
Earlier this month, BJU entered a crosstown partnership agreement with Air Force ROTC Detachment 770 hosted by Clemson University, making that ROTC program available to qualified BJU students. BJU joins Southern Wesleyan University, Tri-County Technical College and Anderson University, becoming the fourth crosstown partner in Clemson’s program.
NGU President Named Acton Fellow
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Tigerville, SC – North Greenville University’s President Gene C. Fant, Jr., was recently named a 2018 Presidential Fellow by the Acton Institute, a prominent think-tank for faith, economic and community development.
Founded in 1980, the Acton Institute explores the overlaps between economic liberty and religious liberty. At its annual meeting, called “Acton University,” the institute gathers academic leaders, clergy and business leaders who explore opportunities to cultivate religious, economic and political liberty in local communities around the world. Over 1000 leaders and influencers from over eighty nations attended this year’s meeting.
45th Annual American Legion Nathan M. Wolfe Law Enforcement Cadet Academy Graduation
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- By Gilbert Scales, American Legion Dept. of SC
Unconditional Surrender
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- By Terry M. Thacker
The next morning, after my visit to Hopkinsville, Kentucky and the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area the day before, I left the hotel in Oak Grove, Kentucky, crossed the state line into Tennessee and gassed up at a nearby Kroger. I then headed west on US 79. For miles on the right-hand side was nothing but vegetation and fencing as I passed Fort Campbell.
After driving through the small town of Dover, I pulled into my first stop of the day, the Fort Donelson National Battlefield, only to find the visitor center closed for renovation.
I ended up going to the nearby Stewart County Visitor Center, which was serving as a temporary host to the Fort Donaldson Visitor Center. I watched a short video about the battle and perused a few exhibits.
Award Presented at Post 214
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- By Stuart McClure
Thanks to Our Readers
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- By Bob Dill, Publisher
We are excited about going digital with The Times Examiner. At the same time, we are sad about losing our readers who do not have computers and don’t want computers. Hopefully many of them will find friends or relatives with computers and printers who will print our important columns or articles for them. Many of them have shared their papers with friends and relatives over much of the almost 25 years we have been publishing. Now is time to return the favors.
As We View Things
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- By Don Lowry
“[We are] hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair;” (2Co 4:8 NKJV)
“...We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” (2Co 3:18 NKJV)
“Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.” (Re 3:11 NKJV)
I write this column with a measure of sadness as it represents the ending of an era that began 25 years ago with the vision of Editor Bob Dill in founding and publishing of a local paper, which values the community, stands for conservative principles and has no shame in honoring God. It has been my privilege to write a column for this publication for almost all of its published existence. I wish to thank Bob and all his staff who have done a great service to our community in the publishing of The Times Examiner.
It’s Time for Us To Part – It’s Time to Say “Farewell.” My Final Hard Copy Column for this Great Journal of Truth
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- By W.H. Lamb
When, in the course of human events, one person is privileged to share another person’s dreams and goals, that person should count himself or herself very fortunate, for dreams and goals are the stuff of progress, the fuel of all human achievements and, the basic ingredients of what separates humankind from the lower species. Dreams and goals are the proven “building blocks” of all human liberty and have been ever since the first person raised his gaze from the fearful boots (or sandals) of some “strong man” or “tyrant” in the ancient past and, looked upwards toward the heavens and proclaimed that his (or her) freedom to be, to resist, to dare to “vision,” to set goals, to plan for a better future, was just as important – nay – was MORE important than the goals, or plans, or threatened repression of that strong man—that tyrant – or that repressive collectivist government under which he was forced to live.
Artifact Presented to Museum
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- By Tony Dunn
Runoff Election Results - Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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- By Press Release
GOVERNOR GOP
Henry McMaster: 182,838 - 54%
John Warren: 158,286 - 46%
100% Reporting
SC ATTORNEY GENERAL GOP
Alan Wilson: 211,935 - 65%
Todd Atwater: 114,298 - 35%
99% Reporting
US HOUSE DISTRICT 4 GOP
Williams Timmons: 37,014 - 54%
Lee Bright: 31,170 - 46%
100% Reporting
US HOUSE DISTRICT 4 DEM
Brandon Brown: 7,085 - 62%
Lee Turner: 4,323 - 38%
100% Reporting
LAURENS COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 GOP
Kemp Younts: 510 - 55%
Susan Thackston: 413 - 45%
100% Reporting
US HOUSE DISTRICT 2 DEM
Sean Carrigan: 5,282 - 53%
Annabelle Robertson: 4,597 - 47%
99% Reporting
SC STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 5 GOP
Neal Collins: 2,821 - 58%
Allan Quinn: 2,070 - 42%
100% Reporting
US HOUSE DISTRICT 7 DEM
Robert Williams: 7,702 - 51%
Mal Hyman: 7,282 - 49%
100% Reporting
The Un-Civil War in Missouri
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- By Mike Scruggs
Following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854—which permitted Kansas to allow or reject the institution of slavery by popular sovereignty—a destructive and sometimes bloody border war between Kansas and Missouri partisans raged for six years.
In 1860, about 80 percent of Missouri’s population was made up of first or second generation immigrants from other Southern and Border States, but only 13 percent of Missouri households owned slaves. Except for St. Louis, a city of 160,000, where new German immigrants made up a considerable portion of the population, Missouri was solidly Conservative and Democrat in its political leanings. Lincoln ran fourth in the 1860 presidential election, capturing only 10 percent of the vote.
Bright Announces Formation of Conservative Coalition
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- By Staff Report
Elected Officials, Grassroots Leaders, and Former Congressional Candidates Unite Behind Lee Bright.
Greenville, S.C. - Thursday at noon, conservative fighter Lee Bright hosted a roundtable press conference that featured prominent South Carolina conservative leaders who stated their endorsement for Bright’s congressional campaign. This coalition was comprised of elected officials, grassroots leaders and even former candidates for the Fourth Congressional District.
“I’m incredibly honored to receive the support of so many prominent conservative leaders who want to take the fight against the political establishment in DC,” Bright stated. “My campaign has earned the endorsement of conservative champions who hold elected office, as well as grassroots leaders who have fought in the trenches against Big Government interests for years. I’m truly humbled to receive support from former candidates in this race who want to see conservative leadership in Washington.”
Warren in Gubernatorial Runoff
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- By Thomas C. Hanson
McMaster Team Visits Upstate Republican Women
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- By Thomas C. Hanson
Military History Opportunities in the Upstate
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- By Heather Sheen
Recently my family and I enjoyed touring a B-17 at the Greenville Downtown Airport and visiting the adjacent Military History Center of the Carolinas (MHCC). My dad, Ray Sheen, is an Air Force veteran so military planes always interest us. We enjoy studying the 1940s time period and several of us dressed up in 1940s attire for the occasion to honor our veterans.
The B-17 on display, “Aluminum Overcast,” was one of the last B-17s produced and never actually left the United States to see combat. Its current mission is important however – it provides hands-on history for thousands of spectators who want to know about World War II aircraft.
Shuffle Off to Buffalo
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- By Terry M. Thacker
While doing some sight-seeing in southern Kentucky this past August, I decided to pay a visit to Buffalo while I was in the neighborhood.
Of course, anyone with a lick of geographical knowledge knows that Buffalo is in upstate New York, several hundred miles away from southern Kentucky.
Nevertheless, I promise you that I did indeed see Buffalo in southern Kentucky. Or maybe I should say, “buffalo,” as in the four-legged variety.
Upon leaving Hopkinsville, about which I wrote in the last installment, I drove a few miles to the nearby Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, which is located on a peninsula between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. The area used to be known as Between the Rivers until the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers were dammed to form the lakes as part of the massive Tennessee Valley Authority power generation project.
Palmetto Boys State and Girls State Inauguration at the State Capitol
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- By Gilbert Scales
The American Legion Sponsored Palmetto Boys State at Anderson University
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- By Tony Dunn
Museum Improvements
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- By Tony Dunn
A Very Important Runoff Election
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- By Bob Dill, Publisher
The runoff election set for next Tuesday pits some very different candidates against each other. The democrats have their candidates; however, they will not have a big part in this election season in the Upstate. The winners in the republican primary will likely be winners in the November 2018 general election.
The runoff in the governor’s race: McMaster’s opponent is a dynamic young businessman with a Marine Corps background, vs. a lifelong politician with a big personality and a history of being part of the “Good ol Boy” system in Columbia. The opponent, John Warren, is a newcomer and a very successful business owner and military leader with combat experience.
Diversity and Inclusion Harm
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- By Walter Williams
In conversations with most college officials, many CEOs, many politicians and race hustlers, it’s not long before the magical words “diversity” and “inclusiveness” drop from their lips. Racial minorities are the intended targets of this sociological largesse, but women are included, as well. This obsession with diversity and inclusion is in the process of leading the nation to decline in a number of areas. We’re told how it’s doing so in science, in an article by Heather Mac Donald, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, titled “How Identity Politics Is Harming the Sciences” (http://tinyurl.com/y9g8k9ne).
- Let Our People Work Out the Details
- Father's Day
- False Narratives of American History
- Greer HS Student Wins Essay Contest on 26th Amendment
- Post 214 Visits Palmetto Boy’s State
- America Always Pays
- Nurse Applauded for Her Work During WWII
- 74th Annual Palmetto Boys’ State Program
- Upstate Election Results
- Pastor Charged Confederate “Sons”
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