Today's Opinions

To the editor: I am teaching high school students the classic works of Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman, which in another lifetime I had to absorb in someone else’s classroom.

Even then, these authors were not high on my personal “hit parade.” They were the leaders of the 19th century pseudo-religion that accepted the moral teachings of Jesus but denied the divinity of Christ.

They asserted the divinity of man while renouncing historic Christianity.

To the editor: In a letter titled, “Is southern charm real?” (May 1 issue of the Beacon) a reader suggests: “If it were decided tomorrow to go back 25 years and never migrate to this beautiful area, then this area would still be picking tobacco and cotton.”

Well, you got me there! I can’t argue with that statement because I can’t find the subject of the first clause and therefore cannot follow the logic. I wasn’t picking cotton or tobacco in Brunswick County 25 years ago. I was learning basic sentence structure at Shallotte Middle School.

To the editor: The town of Shallotte is “spot annexing” areas of Shallotte Point to pay for their sewer system with no regard for the preservation of the historic value, pristine nature and way of life of this small community.

The concerned residents of “The Point” have no say in this brutal move to use their beloved community to underwrite the cost of the sewer system of a town that is miles away from them.