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Commentary on Current Events of Interest to Columbus, and the Surrounding Counties of NC

Articles in the Commentary section are opinions, not news.  We feature columns by staff members and guests, letters to the editor, and editorials from ColumbusCountyNews.com.  Dissenting opinions are always welcome and encouraged. Length should be no more than 300 words. Libelous, vulgar and defamatory language will not be published. Personal attacks and ad hominem criticisms of individuals will not be published.  Comments, compliments, criticisms, observations, testimonials, and other submissions are welcome.  Anonymous submissions will not be accepted. You must include a name, community and telephone number with any submission. The telephone number will not be published, but we will contact you to ensure that you are who you claim to be. While submissions from readers outside our county are welcome, Columbus residents or those with roots here will take precedence.  Endorsements of candidates will be published until the beginning of early voting.  ColumbusCountyNews.com reserves the right to edit submissions for grammar and consistency with libel laws and journalistic standards.

Feel free to contact Managing Editor Jefferson Weaver with any questions. You can telephone 910.914.6056, or email JeffersonWeaver@ColumbusCountyNews.com  

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Jefferson Weaver • Procyon Lotor, Campaign Speeches and the State of the Union

March 13, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • Procyon Lotor, Campaign Speeches and the State of the Union

I got my digital hands slapped the other day because of my choice of words when I identified an animal track. Some friends were sharing pictures of their camping trip, and during the night they [Read More]

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Jefferson Weaver • The soundtrack of spring

February 28, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • The soundtrack of spring

In the woods beside our house is a half-forgotten colony box for martins. It was knocked into the trees and vines during one storm or another, and restoring it to service is somewhere down around [Read More]

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Jefferson Weaver • When a Bomb is Just Another Word

February 23, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • When a Bomb is Just Another Word

When I was a kid, there were words that would get your tail torn up, and words that might, in some families, mean you were never seen again. Maybe it wasn’t quite that bad, but [Read More]

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Jefferson Weaver • Nothing Left To See

February 14, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • Nothing Left To See

On the road the other day, I glanced at an old farm I’ve watched for years, but this time there was nothing left to see. The first house on the farm was built sometime before [Read More]

Lois Weaver
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Jefferson Weaver • I Saw My Mother

February 7, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • I Saw My Mother

I saw my mother the other day, despite the fact that she went to Heaven 20 years ago. There was a pretty, intense and somewhat frazzled young mother holding hands with a handful of a [Read More]

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Jefferson Weaver • February, Most Foul

January 31, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • February, Most Foul

I hate February. It wasn’t even February yet when I had my latest reminder, although the scurvy, splintered, spindly, slimy Month of Gloom loomed ominously omnipresent across the calendar and anything else it could leak [Read More]

Mark Green
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Mark Green • Do You Have Heart?

January 25, 2024 Mark Green Comments Off on Mark Green • Do You Have Heart?

“Do you have heart?” I stood at parade rest doing my best to make heads or tails of the question when my platoon sergeant asked again.  “Do you have heart?” I’d been called to his [Read More]

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Jefferson Weaver • Where the Cardinals Dance

January 24, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • Where the Cardinals Dance

The rainbands were still blowing across the long lane to our house, more reminiscent of a late summer storm than winter. I was thinking to myself how we had dodged a bullet:  no major power [Read More]

Jamie Ham
Life in Columbus

Jamie Ham • The Coonhound and the Deputy

January 23, 2024 Jamie Ham Comments Off on Jamie Ham • The Coonhound and the Deputy

In the Winter of 2007 I was hunting a two-year-old Walker hound named Kate. She was extremely hard-headed to say the least. She was a bit trashy and would miss from time to time, but [Read More]

Life in Columbus

Jefferson Weaver • Pajamas, Bare Feet and the Wisdom of Jeremiah Johnson

January 17, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • Pajamas, Bare Feet and the Wisdom of Jeremiah Johnson

A deadbeat young mother goat and a few other needs sent us on a semi-emergency trip to town the other night. It was a Saturday, which means dress codes are not enforced at Valhallasboro,  plus [Read More]

Life in Columbus

Jefferson Weaver • Never Waste a Good Crisis

January 6, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • Never Waste a Good Crisis

Today is January 6, the anniversary of the protests, riot, insurrection of whatever you want to call it that rocked Washington DC and led to a shameful witch hunt by politically weaponized federal agencies. It’s [Read More]

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Life in Columbus

Commentary: Who Will Bell The Cat?

January 2, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Commentary: Who Will Bell The Cat?

Note: this commentary is a partial transcript from the Columbus Connection with Managing Editor Jefferson Weaver. The Connection is broadcast every Saturday at 10 a.m. on WTXY and is available on Spotify. There’s an old [Read More]

Life in Columbus

Jefferson Weaver • The Glider and the Firepit

January 2, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • The Glider and the Firepit

I was skeptical that the wood would be too damp, but since it was New Year’s Eve, I needed a fire. It took a few minutes, but the leaves, pine straw and a suggestion of [Read More]

Sheriff Bill Rogers new
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Year-end Message from Sheriff Bill Rogers

December 27, 2023 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Year-end Message from Sheriff Bill Rogers

Dear members of the public, As the Sheriff of Columbus County, I wanted to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude for your unwavering support and dedication to the Sheriff’s Office throughout the year. [Read More]

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Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

December 22, 2023 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has [Read More]

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Jefferson Weaver • Yes, Virginia, We’re All Santa Claus

December 22, 2023 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • Yes, Virginia, We’re All Santa Claus

Editor’s note– despite the fact that we are a digital newspaper, among the Christmas traditions we observe at Columbuscountynews.com is to share the full text of the original Francis Church editorial. You can find it [Read More]

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