Aiken Standard History Notes Founding and Key Editors
The Aiken Standard traces its 1867 founding with publisher Ellen Priest and editors Michael Smith and Holly Kemp. A Thought of the Day by Robert Burns reflects on suspense versus disappointment.
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 2016
Page
9
The Aiken Standard traces its 1867 founding with publisher Ellen Priest and editors Michael Smith and Holly Kemp. A Thought of the Day by Robert Burns reflects on suspense versus disappointment.
Aiken moves to update its comprehensive plan guiding growth for the next 10 to 20 years. Citizens are urged to participate in sessions at USC Aiken and city buildings with more meetings scheduled through July and fall review planned for 2016.
The Aiken Standard invites readers to submit signed letters with the writer’s address and a daytime phone for verification. Letters must be under 500 words and are subject to editing for length, libel, and taste. Anonymous or organized-campaign letters will not be published.
Column argues a selective entitlement to moral authority for parents and spouses who lose loved ones to war or crime. It contrasts the Jersey Girls and Pat Smith with other bereaved parents, accusing media and progressives of double standards in political advocacy and celebrity treatment.
A reader argues race issues stem from early state rights and calls for an amendment to erase racial identifiers by 2020. The piece also urges abolishing the Second Amendment and replacing it with state controlled gun policy, framing it as a defense of constitutional evolution.
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