Opinion, letters, editorials from Hilton Head & Beaufort, SC

Opinion

Try to forget the music for a moment.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Telling whole truth makes a difference

"What difference does it make?"
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Raffle choice shows bad judgment by board

When I saw the headline about the Greater Bluffton Republican Club's raffle of an AR-15 rifle and two 30- round magazines, my first reaction was, what idiots.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Don't let Democrats steal away 2014 election

It is now fairly well known that President Barack Obama's next political objective is to win back the U.S. House in November 2014 in order for him to complete his transformation of America.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Graham inconsistent in campaign for truth

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is concerned that President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have misled or lied to the public about their actions and decisions concerning the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazai, Libya.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

No good reason to fear common core standards

In response to a recent letter writer: How can an initiative led by the National Governors Association and Education Commissioners to improve the education of our children nationwide be a bad thing?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Even some Democrats see administration's folly

Halleluiah. No less than Dennis Kucinich, that staunch Democrat, is abashed at the behavior of the crooked actions of the Obama administration.

OPINION COLUMNISTS

Pakistan's fragile democracy shows new strength

The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, May 16:
OPINION COLUMNISTS

Mary Sanchez: Responsibility for Asian sweatshop safety lies with us, too

Another apparel factory has collapsed in a poor Asian country, killing three workers, and I fear I'm partly to blame.
OPINION COLUMNISTS

Excitement or extortion? A guide to gifting

It's random present-giving season or, as Chaucer put it, "'Tis spring, when small birds make melodies and invitations to sendeth gifties doth impregnate already swollen mailboxes."
OPINION COLUMNISTS

Christine Flowers: Circling the presidential-protection wagons

Recently, in response to the hat trick of scandals the White House has scored over the past few days, some liberal commentators have tried to distance President Obama from at least two of them.