Rational pessimism over Dow plunge and market resilience
Investors face the term irrational exuberance once more as the Dow dips below 9000. Yet the piece argues the decline reflects weak sentiment, not a faltering economy, noting 2.7 percent Q2 growth, rising profits and wages, and ongoing industrial output. Despite corporate scandals, confidence will return as the economy remains solid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
Alan Greenspan
Greenspan
U.S
Treasury
Paul O'Neill
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Anderson
Enron
Washington
Bush
Wall Street
Dow
Senate
Congress
Aitken Standard Staff Roles and Titles Listed
The Aitken Standard credits publisher Scott B Hunter director Jeffrey B Wallace advertising director Art Zappa business manager Ellen C Priest managing editor Timothy E O Briant to auction director Phillip Yates regulation director Deborah Dyches systems manager J David Boyd customer service manager Letitia Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Yates
Deborah Dyches
J. David Boyd
Moral relativism and public anger in a shifting America
A reader argues a Zogby poll shows many college professors teach moral relativism, while Fox News polling suggests justified backlash against Michael Jackson and other public figures. The piece links this to a broader decline in moral judgments, corporate malfeasance scrutiny, and distrust of elites, urging accountability and warning that nonjudgmental attitudes fuel decay.
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National Association of Scholars
Jesse Jackson
Fox News
Jackson
Michael Jackson
Woody Allen
France
America
Allen
Wall Street
Bush Administration
Ken Lays
Bernie Ebbers
Ferdinand
Imelda Marcos
Fred
Ethel Mertz
Martha Stewart
Stewart
Martha
Bill Clinton
Guantanamo Bay
Separation of church and state warned as big lie
A letter argues separation of church and state is a lie and a pathway to totalitarianism. It cites John Adams and George Washington on religion, attacks the ACLU as a Communist front, and warns of secular government eroding Christian society.
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Tve Cano Wy Vriestt
Congress
John Adams
George Washington
Church of England
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Harry Ward
Roger Baldwin
Louis Budenz
Legislative Committee
Free Assembly
Ous
Nightingale ties to generations of American heroes rooted in Georgia
Billy Nightingale, longtime Aiken civic leader born in Brunswick and linked to Nathaniel Greene and Lighthorse Harry Lee, lived in Aiken for decades after moving from Tennessee. A Du Pont executive, Red Cross chair, and church vestry head, he died June 18 and remained a beloved local figure.
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Brunswick
William Nightingale Jr
Nightingale
Aiken
Billy” Nightingale
Old Hickory
Tenn
du Pont Company
Savannah River
du Pont
Eulalie Salley Realtors
Aiken County
Red Cross
St.Thaddeus Episcopal Church
All Saints Church
Nathaniel Greene
America
Kurns Ang
U. S
Great Britain
George Washington
Greene
South
Harry” Lee
Robert E. Lee
Francis Marion
the Swamp Fox
Thomas Sumter
Andrew Pickens
South Carolina
Fort Granby
Fort Watson
Fort Motte
Cornwallis
Fort Moore
Beech Island
Augusta
Anthony” Wayne
General Wayne
Cumberand Island
Dungeness
Caty
Mulberry Grove
Rhode Island
Eli Whitney
John Nightingale
Greenes
Phineas Nightingale
Billy Nightingale
Cumberland Island
Barbados
Lee
Georgia
Lighthorse
Harry
Washington and Lee College
Virginia
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Aitken Standard
Scott B. Hunter
Timothy E. O'Briant
Letitia Jefferson
Bill O'Reilly
Andy Windham
Wagener
Mulberry Grove Plantation
Savannah
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