Varied quotes from public figures span politics sports and science
A series of brief remarks from leaders and notable figures covers politics Latrell Spreewell sport accountability Ward Connerly and Ronnie Mahan alongside a New Jersey official on a Supreme Court decision and a British climate expert speaking at Kyoto.
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New Jersey
Supreme Court
David Souter
Catherine Senior
Hadley Center For Climate Prediction and Research
Kyoto
Japan
Amistad and the unfinished work of freedom in America
Leonard Pitts reflects on Steven Spielberg's Amistad as a meditation on freedom and race in the United States. He argues the film exposes how true liberty includes self-possession and dignity, warning that societal chains persist in modern injustices from poverty to systemic bias.
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Cinque
Steven Spielberg
Amistad
Nates
Video poker woes spark national attention in South Carolina
The Wall Street Journal highlights South Carolina’s video poker boom and weak taxation. Critics urge the General Assembly to legalize and tax gambling or regulate it, while addiction and lawsuits surge. The Citadel names Maj. Gen. John S. Grinalds as president amid campus challenges.
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S.C
Wall Street Journal
South Carolina
Bible Belt
Journal
Las Vegas
General Assembly
Columbia
John S. Grinalds
Military College
Grinalds
Citadel
Myrtle Beach
Sun News
Christmas in Hopelands lights up Aiken with cheer
The City of Aiken unveils the sixth Christmas in Hopelands at Hopeland Gardens from 6 to 9 p.m. nightly through Dec 23 and again from Dec 25 to 27. The display features thousands of lights, decorated venues, performances by local groups, a Rye Patch craft show, and tours of the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame, Carriage Museum, and Dollhouse. More than 70,000 visitors have enjoyed the event in five years, boosting tourism and earning national recognition for arts and humanities.
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Aiken
Parks and Recreation Department
Hopelands
Lovely City Garden
Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame
Carriage Museum
Rye Patch
Hopeland Gardens
National Recreation and Park Association
Dorothy Mullins
Aiken Standard Wel comes Letters to the Editor
Readers are invited to submit brief letters to the editor with signature, mailing address, and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. All letters may be edited. Send to Letters to the Editor, Aiken Standard, PO Box 456, Aiken SC 29802 or via editorialascescape.net.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
S.C
Editorialascescape.net
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Medford
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Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
NBA
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Golden State Warriors
PJ. Carlesimo
California
Ward Connerly
Ronnie Mahan
Alabama
Ron Carey
Washington
Reid Weingarten
Teamsters Union
Beverly Lawrence Franklin
Maj
Robert Lawrence
Steve Thompso
Scott B. Hunter
Stephen N. Ranzer
Ellen C. Priest
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Leonard Pitts
The
Miami Herald
Uagegys
Pitts
Greenville
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South Carolina General Assembly
College of Charleston
Albert Simons III
State Higher Education Commission
Clemson School of Architecture
Charleston
Post and Courier
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