Aiken Standard History Note and Staff Credits
The Aiken Standard, founded in 1867, lists Ellen Priest as Publisher and Tim O Briant as Editor with Holly Ellington as News Editor and Audience Director. The Thought of the Day features a Louis Armstrong quote about fairness.
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Ellen Priest
Tim O’briant
Holly Ellington
Rosa Parks 60th anniversary of bus seat refusal
This reflection marks the 60th anniversary of Rosa Parks 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat triggering the 381 day Montgomery Bus Boycott. It honors Parks courage and notes progress toward equality while urging continued dialogue and action against racism.
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Rosa Parks
Montgomery
D.H. Lackey
Ala
Parks
Alabama
South
Barack Obama
America
Aiken Standard Seeks Signed Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites readers to send signed letters with the writer’s address and daytime phone for verification. Submissions must be under 500 words and are subject to editing for length, libel, and taste. Anonymous or pen-named letters will not be published.
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Aiken
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One Table committee thanks supporters for Thanksgiving meal
A letter from Kathryn Wade on behalf of the One Table Committee thanks churches individuals and the City of Aiken for providing The Alley and Newberry Street as the meal site. About 1600 meals were served to attendees and shut ins. The event relies on generosity, not tax dollars, and celebrates community fellowship.
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City of Aiken
Newberry Street
Aiken
Kathryn Wade
Crazy is as crazy does in a perilous world
Kathleen Parker argues that terrorism defies simple fixes and that fear, rhetoric, and hard borders fuel violence. She weighs mental states behind extremism, questions the logic of mass military responses, and calls for cautious, creative leadership and broader understanding to defeat an ideology that rejects freedom.
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Beirut
Paris
Mali
Jesus
Frank Herbert
Herbert
White House
Europe
Campaign on major change to fix ISIS war and economy
The speaker urges a candidate to run on sweeping reform to win the ISIS war, slash government overreach, rebalance climate and energy policy, and reduce deficits by selling public land and cutting federal bureaucracy. They condemn current policies, call for expelling Obama era orders, and push for a GOP super majority to enact a leaner, freer economy.
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USA
ISIS
Obama
EPA
Bush
House
GOP
Senate
Lois Learner
IRS
Hillary
Koskinen
Holder
FBI
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