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

Opinion

And do it every five years; it's the most efficient way to ensure drivers get the eye exam needed for safe driving.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

People at top should be held accountable

I've had it. Secretaries of state, cabinet officers and presidents cannot duck responsibility (for Internal Revenue Service targeting, failures in Benghazi, seizing of reporters' phone records) simply by claiming, "I wasn't aware ..." or "I wasn't involved ..."
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Good reason behind actions by residents

I would like to voice an opinion against a few letters I have seen.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Take this opportunity to thank first responders

May 19-25 is National Emergency Services Week. This week provides a wonderful opportunity for Hilton Head Hospital and Coastal Carolina Hospital to recognize the extraordinary men and women who serve our community as first responders. These individuals dedicate their lives to providing compassionate...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Don't let one party dominate discourse

Now that South Carolina has perfected its practice of gerrymandering all its congressional and state legislative districts, we may as well live in a dictatorship.

OPINION COLUMNISTS

John Kass: Tornadoes sound like eerie silence ï¿½ then evil

Does a killer tornado really sound like a freight train?
OPINION COLUMNISTS

Life and death in Tornado Alley

The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday, May 22:
OPINION COLUMNISTS

Right now, focus is where it should be: on the victims

The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday, May 22:
OPINION COLUMNISTS

The can-do spirit rises after Oklahoma tornado

The following editorial appeared in the Kansas City Star on Wednesday, May 22:
OPINION COLUMNISTS

Glenn Garvin: Welcome to 'unwelcome' speech on campus

I know it was hard to hear anything last week over the cacophony of the White House roof falling over Benghazi, the IRS and spying on reporters. But still, I was surprised there wasn't more fuss about the Obama administration's war on Shakespeare.
OPINION COLUMNISTS

Immigration: A wider better welcome mat

As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the best scientific education that my talents and ...