Maybe I’m getting crotchety in age, but my cynicism with the American political process expands daily, as Los Angeles did in the 1950s.

Well! Now she’s gone and done it again.

Willie says: I got a new gig this year. I’m the Easter Bunny’s assistant!

I feel like some of y’all owe me an apology. I have been nothing if not candid in the column during the past 17 or so months, and I think it’s about time we had a chat about reciprocation.

Tamassee DAR School has long been referred to as “the Place of the Sunlight of God.

Willie: You can usually tell who your friends were by the ones attending your funeral.

For the past year, any time the Virginia Cavaliers basketball program was mentioned, the first thought that came to most people’s minds was its embarrassing first-round loss last year to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County — the first time a No. 1 seed lost to a 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Editor: U.S. Rep Jeff Duncan said at the April 13 Oconee County GOP convention (discussing the Paris Climate Accords) “we’re going to punish the United States and allow the three largest polluters to go unchecked and unfettered polluting the planet. That’s just wrong.”

Willie says: To the person who called in about a local high school recruiting athletes, news editor Norm Cannada asks that you give him a call at (864) 882-6680 so he can get more details to have someone investigate this. Your identity will remain confidential. Thanks.

I hate when an elderly person is abused, especially by his or her own family member(s).  

Willie: I’ve read that the lottery winner came forward and won all kinds of money and that the state has $81 million.

As I write this, my mind is drawn to Easter. 

They called him the “senator from central casting.”

It didn’t capture the national attention that Tiger Woods received in his comeback to win his fifth Masters on Sunday, but several hundred athletes made their own lasting athletic memories on Friday afternoon at the Area 13 Special Olympics at Clemson University’s Rock Norman Track and Field Complex.