Editorial Moore's surprising post move
Readers react to Tommy Moore resigning from the S C Senate and taking an executive vice president role at the Community Financial Services Association of America, the payday lending trade group. The piece questions the shift from championing workers to an industry seen as predatory and urges reform and interest caps.
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Community Financial Services Association of America
Trade Association For National Payday Lending
Opening pitch humor at Charleston RiverDogs game
An editor shares a daughter’s account of a rain delayed RiverDogs game where the opening pitch was given to Stephen Colbert. Instead of a ball he tossed a pint of Ben & Jerry’s AmeriCane Dream to Jerry Greenfield, sparking memory of Colbert’s Charleston roots and a flavor named for him.
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Ben & Jerry
Colbert
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Long-range SRS energy plan urges expanded reactors and MOX
A column by Rep. Gresham Barrett outlines four SRS projects to advance now including H Canyon and MOX related facilities, then argues for a decade-scale vision with new power reactors, on-site fuel plants, and synthetic motor fuels. It notes local impacts and invites discussions with power companies and communities. Fred Christensen cited as SRP veteran and ethanol study engineer.
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Gresham Barrett
H Canyon
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Barrett
Csra Washington
SRS
Washington
CSRA
SRP
Clemson
Savannah River
Aiken
Congress and Courts Decide Executive Privilege Validity
Contrary to White House beliefs, the decision on executive privilege rests with Congress and the courts, not the presidency. The assertion frames the legal battle as a constitutional test over executive power and accountability.
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White House
Congress
Column and Letters Highlight Law Debates and Culture
Tomorrow column by Dr. Fred Andrea urges a positive view while letters to the editor feature eight writers commenting on laws term limits and the Attican American Cultural Center.
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Fred Andrea
Atican-Amercan Cultural Center
Letters to the Editor Guidance for Aiken Standard Readers
Readers are invited to submit opinions about issues of concern. Letters should be 200 words or less and may be edited. Send to Letters to the Editor, Aiken Standard, Box 456, Aiken, SC 29802 or email. or fax to 648-6052.
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Aiken
Aiken, S.C
Aikenstandard
S.C
Energy Policy Dilemma and Very Deep Hole Waste Plan
A voiced caution on delaying action for climate risk, arguing nuclear energy as a safe, proven option with minimal reactor deaths. It critiques current waste handling, endorses deep-hole disposal tests, and suggests near-site burial with limited transport to avoid global risk.
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United States
South Carolina
Nevada
Birthday surprise at Ruby Tuesday’s in Aiken honored
Brenda Harris Langley thanks everyone at Ruby Tuesday’s in Aiken for a birthday surprise. She credits her husband Milton Harris Sr. of 23 years for organizing it and calls it one of the best surprises she has ever had.
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Milton Harris Sr
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