Category: Opinion

I love life!” chirped a rain-drenched, tired, hungry contestant on “Survivor” season 31. He and his fellow competitors were suffering all sorts of bad conditions, a barrage of heavy storms, very little food (unless one counts...

Even though we are in the first year of a two-year legislative session, the past few weeks before session adjournment typically includes a flurry of activity, primarily of bills that have already passed one of the chambers.  ...

To the Editor: Happiness, certainly a desirable trait, is a product of developing friendships, so say the experts. Yet, as a society, we come up short in recent history in achieving and living this happiness trait. In 2021, an...

Recognizing, encouraging creativity in others With this feature, we seek to capture a glimpse of what you and your neighbors have to say about a variety of topics, issues, events – and just plain fun questions.  You might see us...

Baseball games are speeding up. Golfers are being encouraged to speed up. Kids are being put in accelerated classes to speed up their education. Traffic on many highways, here and elsewhere, is speeding up and crashes are...

The Town of Bluffton believes in and appreciates input from our residents. We feel strongly that our town makes the best decisions when getting feedback from our citizens.  It is also important to get info out about the many...

To the Editor: Did you know that there can’t be birds without bugs, the little things that run the world? These are precarious weeks when our land birds are raising babies in their nests, and we can ease their efforts to find...

Best bargains often come from local thrift stores With this feature, we seek to capture a glimpse of what you and your neighbors have to say about a variety of topics, issues, events – and just plain fun questions.  You might...

The lead story in my New York Times e-newsletter on Easter Sunday was focused on tipping (as in tipping your server in a restaurant). Because the story had nothing to do with bunnies or church or a golf tournament, I...

The azaleas are only one of the reminders of how special spring is in the Lowcountry. The beauty and majesty of our community is unmatched, and we are incredibly fortunate to live in this part of the world.  This spring has been...

To the Editor: For the past 12 years the Bluffton Area Community Association has contributed to our community fun with healthy and family-youth events because we love bringing people together. This year’s Annual Community Easter...

Calling on superpowers to make life better for everyone With this feature, we seek to capture a glimpse of what you and your neighbors have to say about a variety of topics, issues, events – and just plain fun questions.  You...

Have you ever considered just how smart you are? Do you know that just by virtue of being human, you have an amazing cognitive superpower? We all have it – humans, I mean. We have the innate ability to be friendly. It has been...

Spring is in the air and our high school seniors are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. So, this article is a small update on the students in our town and county.  It is heartwarming to see how much energy is spent on...

To the Editor: In regards to repealing the Blaine Amendment, Mr. Weston Newton (editorial, March 14 issue of Bluffton Sun) doesn’t mention that the money diverted to non-public religious schools will further deprive funding...