Mt. Pleasant News

To ask the average American what is at the top of women?s rights issues in the world today, they might jump to discussions of pay inequality, employment gaps or women?s right to choose. In America, that?s what many feminists like to discuss as some of the greatest issues facing the world today in terms of women?s rights.I am a woman. And as a woman, I have questioned for many years whether those assumptions are ...

DEAR ABBY: I had my lover of 11 years arrested for domestic violence. He had me isolated from the world, and I felt lonely and fragile.No one should ever have to be battered physically, psychologically and verbally by anyone. I pray others read this and will do the right thing - which is to press charges if necessary and leave. -STARTING COUNSELING SOON IN L.A.DEAR STARTING: I'm glad you found the strength to ...

To the editor:I read with interest in tonight?s Mt. Pleasant News, in the column ?Today in Mt. Pleasant News? the observation that on June 17, 1982, it had been 100 years since the 1882 storm on that date that did extensive damage in Henry County. It reminded me of my father?s account that he wrote up in his diary on the 50th anniversary of that occurrence, June 17, 1932. He mentions Hwy. 161, later renamed Hwy. ...

In addition to diplomas, receptions, hugs, well wishes, some graduations also include heartwarming stories of success ? success in overcoming adversity.A few years ago, while living in western Iowa, I became friends of a family through one of my daughters.The parents were divorced, but the mother and her two children (a son and a daughter) lived a few blocks from me. The mother owned a flower shop across the ...

DEAR ABBY: I?m a widow and have been seeing someone for two years. He often stays at my home. He treats me well, but we have different tastes in furnishings. He brings me trinkets and tacky accessories from his home that I do not display. My spare bedroom closet is filled with these unwanted items. He knows I can afford to buy the things I like.Recently he gave me two gifts -- both new -- neither of which I feel ...

?What church do you belong to??It?s maybe one of my most dreaded questions. I?d rather be asked where I lie within the political spectrum, because I can curtail that question like any politician worth their salt. But a question about a Holy House is hard to curtail.My most common response is that I was raised Southern Baptist. If pushed, I expand by saying that as I moved around I tested out different churches ...

Sometimes the littlest things in life can bring a whole lot of joy. That?s what Candace Payne reminded many with a simple, four-minute Facebook post that has since taken the online world by storm.Payne, better known now as ?Chewbacca Mom?, quickly became an overnight Internet sensation after posting a video of herself gleefully enjoying a shopping trip splurge in the form of a talking face mask in the likeness ...

While checking out of a local store, I asked the cashier if she had a story for me. The person said, ?No, not today, do you have a story?? I said, ?I always have a story.?The incident played over in my mind all the way home as I drove. Every follower of Christ has a story to tell; not just any story to tell but The Story. We call it the gospel Story.The Apostle Paul talks about sharing the gospel to the point ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have a 22-year-old son who has moved back home. His girlfriend of six months has done some suspicious and devious things. We have tried to overlook them, but the latest involves a car our son asked us to sell her because she was in a bind because of some stupid financial decisions she had made. We felt sorry for her, so we sold her the car for LESS than half of what we could have ...

A while back, I listed the 2015 ?Stella Awards.?There?s another annual award list, arguably more well-known than the Stella Awards. The list is the Darwin Awards. The annual list is given to persons who did the gene pool the biggest service by killing themselves in the most extraordinarily stupid ways. Most of this stuff is so outrageous, it would be impossible to fabricate it.For instance, the 2014 winner was ...

DEAR ABBY: I'm a 51-year-old gay male. I have a sweet, dear friend I'll call "Samantha" who is slightly older. The problem is, she wants more than friendship. She insists on spending time with me and calls me daily. She hugs me repeatedly when she goes to leave, and kisses my neck or cheek - whichever she can get to.Samantha has touched me in a way that makes me uncomfortable. She places herself so her body ...

Kids running around haphazardly swinging hard, metal bats, dirty white pants, and over-zealous parents. That?s right, folks, grab your sunglasses, cameras and cold water bottles ? it?s time for t-ball.Well, perhaps it?s more accurate to say it?s time for me to watch t-ball ? a lot of t-ball. This summer, my four-year-old nephew, Camden, is playing on his first-ever t-ball team with the Denmark Ball Association, ...