Don’t put all eggs in one basket in Enron era
The editorial warns against heavy reliance on company stock after Enron’s collapse wiping out workers’ retirement nests. It supports protective measures like limiting employee stock to about 20 percent of portfolios, criticizes blame games, and endorses forward looking investment rules while cautioning Congress to avoid hindsight bias.
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Enron
al Sharpton
Jesse Jackson
Enrons
Sharpton and Jackson
Las Vegas
Congress
Aiken Standard Staff Directory Snapshot
The Aiken Standard lists key personnel including Publisher Scott Hunter Hor Jeffrey Wallace Advertising Director Art Zappa and Managing Editor Ellen Pri with Production Director Himothy O Briant and Circulation Director Phillip Yates. Also noted are Systems Manager Deborah Dyches Customer Service Manager J David Boyd and Letitia Jefferson.
No title provided: Super Bowl drug ad drew public ire
A sprawling critique argues the Super Bowl drug money fuels terror and crime. It asserts that buying illegal narcotics funds terrorists, harms communities, and misleads on alcohol normalization. It praises the controversial ad as a bold warning against drug legalization.
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Bono
Britney Spears
America
Taliban
USA
Britney
Temp Services Echo Debate On Wages And Benefits
A reader argues that temp agencies resemble a form of slavery, noting no health or life insurance, unpaid holidays, and no raises unless hired by the company. The letter frames wage-based labor as predatory and urges benefits for temporary workers.
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Temp
Becky Fulmer
Letters to the Editor guidance for submissions
The notice requests brief letters with the writer signature mailing address and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. It states all letters may be edited and condensed and gives the Aiken Standard mailing address email and fax for submissions.
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Aiken Standard
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Swallace
Aikenstandard.com
Should we stop muzzling churches in America
Opinion essay weighing Walter B Jones HR 2357 to end 1954 tax exempt limits on pulpit politics. Argues for three options including repeal, broader enforcement, or ending exemptions, with quotes from Church leaders and references to Jefferson and Isaiah 55 8. Notes dangers of political entanglement and calls for religious bodies to keep prophetic voice or surrender subsidies.
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North Carolina
Walter B. Jones
Congress
Jones
Internal Revenue Service
Thomas Jefferon
Pew
Ing
Ed Young
Southern Baptist Convention
Young
New York ‘Times
America
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