Opinions

The Lando Volunteer Fire Department turned 50 this year. Sadly, that milestone might mark the decline of the department if more young volunteers can't be found to fight fires.

South Carolina veterans who might have thought their claims for benefits and other documents disappeared into a black hole when they were sent to Veterans Affairs offices weren't far from wrong.

Results of a recent study about the ability of two common vitamins to prevent heart disease should tell us something fundamental about the way we approach health care -- and how the accepted wisdom often turns out to be wrong.

If South Carolina wants to continue its "lock 'em up" policy for prison inmates, it will have to find a way to pay for it. Otherwise, lawmakers might have to consider early release for some prisoners.

The late John Justice no doubt would have been proud to have a significant federal program named after him.