Category: Editorials

Happy Fourth of July

With the Fourth of July falling on a Friday this year, many of us will be enjoying a long holiday weekend for which the weather is expected to cooperate. The Fourth of July brings back fond recollections from our youth,…

Happy Juneteenth

Juneteenth, which has been a national holiday since 2021, marks the day when the Union Army entered the city of Galveston on June 19, 1865, and freed the slaves in Texas pursuant to President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which had gone…

Israel has No Choice

Israel’s decision to eliminate Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile facilities not only comes as no surprise, but should be welcomed by everyone who understands that the only threats to world peace come from the authoritarian rulers of the Axis of…

Letters to the Editor

WST story was inaccurate: There were 50 “No to 3A” picketers at recent stand-out Dear Editor, I am writing in response to an inaccurate statement published in last week’s edition of the Winthrop Sun-Transcript. In the article “Winthrop Working Together holds…