Let this birth record be unbroken in the season of births
An editorial argues that high risk multiple pregnancies fueled by fertility drugs pose ethical and medical risks. It contrasts the McCaughey septuplets with eight Houston babies, noting small sizes, survival chances, and high costs. The piece urges restraint and calls for standard of care limits or regulatory oversight to prevent repeating such births.
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Houston
McCaughey
America
Iowa
Nkem Chukwu
Iyke Louis Udobi
Texas Children’s Hospital
Leonard Weisman
Nigeria
Bobbi McCaughey
Chukwu
People Magazine
San Jose
Calif
Mercury News
Washington sex scandal obsession grips US politics
The Zurich paper notes Americans push limits and see a political stake in the Clinton case as lawmakers, lawyers, professors, and commentators pursue truth while global observers worry over the president’s authority.
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Washington
White House
William Jefferson Clinton
Zurich
Switzerland
Christmas and its mythic birth tale endure in culture
A reflection on the origins and embellishments of the Christmas story. The piece traces how the Christ child became central in some traditions, notes sparse biblical details, and explains how early church actions tied Christmas to the winter solstice. It cites scholars like Schweitzer Cantor Wilson and praises Christmas as a people’s holiday.
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New York
Jesus
Christ
Albert Schweitzer
Oxford
A.N. Wilson
Norman Cantor
Cantor
God the Son
St. Francis of
Assisi
KKK
God
Santa
Christopher
Ms. Rose
Dreaming of a right Christmas
The piece critiques Christmas excess and sentimentality, urging seriousness about its meaning. It contrasts commercialism with spiritual focus, urges gratitude over decoration, and calls for collective action to live out faith. The author identifies as pastor of Aiken's First Baptist Church and invites readers to dream and work toward a meaningful Christmas.
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Christ
Jesus
Impeachment Critique Calls for Voting Out Officials
A letter from Harry Donell Holston of Windsor denounces impeachment as a joke and insult to the people. He urges voters to remove House Republicans who, he says, ignore tax dollars, troops, and public welfare while pursuing the president’s removal amid wartime.
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House of Representatives
Harry Donell Holston
Windsor
U.S. House of Representatives
Willie Clinton
Clinton
Bosnia
Sudan
Iraq
Slick Willie
Bill Boone Aiken
Impeachment debate and public reaction in Aiken letters
Readers in Aiken express strong opinions on Clinton impeachment and critique media headlines. A letter writer condemns the Bosnia war role and political distraction while another recounts a child’s innocent view of race, stressing love and inclusion.
Letters to the editor contact for Aiken Standard
Letters should be addressed to Letters to the Editor at the Aiken Standard held in postal box 456 in Aiken South Carolina 29802. Or email editorialascescape.net for submissions and comments to the newspaper.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
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