Commentary on Current Events of Interest to Columbus, and the Surrounding Counties of NC
Dear Mother, I am sure you will be surprised to see this letter, considering the last time we saw each other was during the Great Conflagration. I was relieved to...
A few days ago, a date passed by that many folks didn’t think about. It was the third anniversary of the suicide bombing at Abbey Gate, Hamid Karzai Airport in...
By Kayla Henson Columbus County Partnership for Children Governor Roy Cooper proclaims September as Smart Start Month. This proclamation acknowledges the Smart Start Network’s commitment for ove...
I managed to wrap the last fastener on the wire just as the first drops of rain sent up geysers of dust in the bone-dry pasture. It doesn’t seem like...
By Meleah Collier Cooperative Extension Organizing your family’s schedule, activities and budget every week can be a daunting task. When it comes to planning for your food budget, it is...
Sometime in the next few days, the ritual will begin. The worn, comfortable and nearly threadbare surplus pants and the facing camouflage shirt are already clean. I likely will note...
At least two of my ancestors were truly insane. We don’t like that term nowadays, of course, but even 100 years ago it was commonly applied to people who had...
In June of 1215, King John of England and a rebellious group of barons signed a document called the Magna Carte Libertatum. We generally call it the Magna Carta. For...
This editorial commentary by Jefferson Weaver was featured on the Columbus Connection on Aug. 10. You can “Catch the Connection” on Spotify, Coolbeach1053.com, and WTXY 103.9 FM. Dissentin...
On this Edition of The Columbus Connection, Jefferson has commentary on the City of Whiteville, the Historic Columbus County Courthouse, and Local Dam Busters, If you would like to be...
I hate August. Every year, it slithers in like a disease-carrying slug, leaving a sneaking slimy trail of sweat, sorrow, sadness, stink, suppuration and suffering that no amount of scrubbing...
In feudal Japan, a period lasting around 700 years, a samurai warrior who found himself without master, family or cause was called ronin. The term could equally apply to an...
Tucked away in a plastic bag buried in a box of odd memories, I have a small, flat piece of stone. It’s very crumbly and jagged, so the bag is...
On a cold winter’s day, with a nor’easter howling in from the Atlantic, I thought I would be stabbed by Santa Claus. He wasn’t really Santa, of course. He was...
In the days after the signing the document that would give birth to our country as a nation, riders headed out with copies to share throughout the colonies. Some areas...
The things I take for granted are things they never knew. I am writing these words in a comfortable, air conditioned office, despite the thermometer soaring to sinful levels. I...