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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 Libelous, vulgar and defamatory language will not be published. Personal attacks and ad hominem criticisms of individuals will not be published.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 The telephone number will not be published, but we will contact you to ensure that you are who you claim to be.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 • The Best Part of Running Away

May 16, 2023 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • The Best Part of Running Away

It had been a particularly frustrating week piled on top of another similarly pestiferous seven days. I did beat the sun to the draw on that lovely spring Saturday morning, but the coming days didn’t [Read More]

Jefferson Weaver
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Jefferson Weaver • A Good Baptist Mule

October 12, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • A Good Baptist Mule

Since I got wrapped halfway around a tree whilst canoeing out of our house during Hurricane Matthew, my back has never quite been the same. Sometimes it’s even less the same than others, if you [Read More]

Jefferson Weaver
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Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver

October 9, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver

This week Jefferson has no guest in the studio. This week Jefferson has commentary on various local topics including the Columbus County Sheriff’s Race. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affairs program [Read More]

Jefferson Weaver
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Jefferson Weaver • A Hound’s Got to Run

October 4, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • A Hound’s Got to Run

They know, just as surely as if they had a calendar.  Their tails wag more; some bounce at the sight of any truck. Others bay constantly, even more than a normal hound whose life revolves [Read More]

Buddy Myers
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Yellow Ribbons for Everyone’s Child

September 30, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Yellow Ribbons for Everyone’s Child

The weather front came in the night, dropping temperatures thirty degrees in a matter of hours, announcing the onset of real fall weather with a curtain of blowing, cold rain. It was the type of [Read More]

Jefferson Weaver
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Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver

September 17, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver

This week on The Columbus Connection Jefferson has no in-studio guest. Instead, this week Jefferson gives his thoughts and opinions on various topics. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affairs program produced [Read More]

A man with a long beard
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Jefferson Weaver • We need what we had

September 13, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • We need what we had

We always remember Sept. 11, 2001, as well we should. I just wish we could remember Sept. 12 of the same year. While firefighters, EMS, search teams, police officers and volunteers were pawing their way [Read More]

A man with a long beard
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Jefferson Weaver • Cobrachickens, Donkeys and Devil-goats

September 7, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • Cobrachickens, Donkeys and Devil-goats

Bobby came to us in the middle of summer, after a sweet young lady with a big heart found him and a very business-like beagle on an area highway. The beagle was quickly rehomed, since [Read More]

Jefferson Weaver
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 Jefferson Weaver • The Month of the Golden Promise

August 31, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on  Jefferson Weaver • The Month of the Golden Promise

The harvester was cutting valleys through corn that had reached epic heights, despite a dry summer. Dust rose yellow-red in the sunset, as a tractor with a bushhog busily cut the ends of the stalks [Read More]

Jefferson Weaver
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Jefferson Weaver • Lines on the Wall

August 24, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • Lines on the Wall

Paint covers some of the marks. Others are barely visible behind moss, mold and dust. In some cases, the lines where the waters rose are worn like battle scars, reminders of the times the water [Read More]

Jefferson Weaver
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Jefferson Weaver • While the Wolves Run Free

August 17, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • While the Wolves Run Free

I am angry, and you should be, too. In the past few weeks, seven law enforcement officers in North Carolina have been shot. Two were killed, including Deputy Ned Byrd. Early Friday, Byrd was on [Read More]

Jefferson Weaver
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Jefferson Weaver • I Hate August

August 11, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • I Hate August

I hate August. Not my dear friend and brother in Christ by the same name. Thankfully, that August was born in July. For him I have nothing but fraternal love and respect.The month, however, is [Read More]

Crystal Faircloth
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Crystal Faircloth • No June Cleaver

August 8, 2022 Crystal Faircloth Comments Off on Crystal Faircloth • No June Cleaver

Normally, my column carries some biblically-inspired message, but a Second Amendment issue here in Columbus County has caught my attention.  Let me be clear from the beginning. We don’t live in a 1950s sitcom, and [Read More]

Jefferson Weaver
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Jefferson Weaver • It’s Not an “It”

August 2, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • It’s Not an “It”

The recent Supreme Court decision on Roe vs. Wade handed the responsibility for abortion law back to the states, where it should have been in the first case. Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution is there a [Read More]

Crystal Faircloth
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Crystal Faircloth • Say Goodbye to the Old Man

July 26, 2022 Crystal Faircloth Comments Off on Crystal Faircloth • Say Goodbye to the Old Man

I use to be one of those people who judged. I had an opinion for every circumstance and every fault that a person may have. I was a teenager who was young and foolish, who [Read More]

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Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver

July 22, 2022 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver

This week Jefferson talks with Lisa Yemma of Yemma Farm. They talk about pollination and other garden related topics. You can listen in the player below. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affairs [Read More]

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