Instant Runoff Voting praised as superior system
The piece argues IRV offers better voter representation by ranking preferences, avoiding wasted votes and enabling choices beyond the top two. It cites broad consensus on IRV as a nonpartisan issue and contrasts it with plurality rules in elections. It also references Tim Tebow and Christian testimony, linking public discourse on faith to broader political questions.
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Voter ID laws spark battle with voting rights groups
Maxine Dexter Aiken argues Gov. Haley faces DOJ scrutiny as no photo ID measures threaten disenfranchisement. She notes SC history of rights issues, cites 34 states enacting similar laws and 21 million adults without ID, mainly poor elderly blacks and students.
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Local Newspaper Staff Credits
The article lists publisher editor executive editor production director business manager managing editor and other staff roles at the Aiken Standard including Scott B Hunter Timothy O Briant Phillip Yates Terri Cheek Michael W Gibbons Letitia Jefferson and Laura Tiedman with email formats.
The 1 percent blues column recollects Levittown roots
A writer recalls growing up in Levittown Long Island and how his father bought clothes mail order. He became a 1 percenter after Harvard and a journalism career, discussing attitudes toward wealth, taxation, and Occupy Wall Street criticisms. The piece contrasts past modesty with present wealth and public scrutiny.
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Robert Hall
South Dakota
Joseph Kennedy
Jfk
Harvard
Bit OREILLY on social justice and freedom
Columnist argues that demand for redistribution attacks freedom and that prosperity is not wrong. He warns Obama against running a class warfare campaign as it would threaten individual liberty and says government cannot guarantee outcomes in a free society.
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Obama labeled as untrustworthy to veterans in political debate
A reader accuses President Obama of manipulating the public and neglecting veterans, claiming he threatened to suspend compensation and cut military pay during battles with Republicans over a jobs bill, asserting the military has been gutted.
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Obama policy sparks veteran voter backlash and Iran case
Local reader Gregory J. Topliff of Warrenville criticizes President Obama for perceived insincerity on veterans issues and foreign policy. He cites a bill favoring employer tax breaks for hiring veterans, a death sentence for an American in Iran, and perceived leniency in two Marine incidents and Black Panthers prosecutions.
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Obama Career Path Amid Claims of Corporate Law Ties
The letter argues Obama left a lucrative corporate law post for Chicago, but records show he studied at Columbia, worked briefly as a financial analyst, then moved to community organizing. He later interned at Sidney Austin, earned a law degree in 1991, ran a 1992 voter registration drive, then joined Miner, Barnhill & Gallard, taught at the University of Chicago, served five years as a full-time lawyer, and reached national politics before any claim of large-scale company takeovers.
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Debt crisis looms as US debt passes GDP
The United States debt now exceeds 100 percent of GDP with about 3.6 trillion added in two years bringing total to over 15 trillion. The Deficit Reduction Committee failed to reach a bipartisan plan, prompting calls for presidential contenders to present concrete debt relief proposals before the election.
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