Aiken Standard Leadership and Founding Era Details
The document lists key personnel for the Aiken Standard including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Executive Editor Timothy E. O’Briant Managing Editor Michael W. Gibbons Advertising Director Phil Yates Production Director Terri Cheek Business Manager Laura Tiedman Delivery Director Letitia Jefferson and Classified Advertising Manager Dee Taylor, noting the paper’s 1867 founding.
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Scott B. Hunter
Timothy E. O'Briant
Michael W. Gibbons
Dee, Taylor
Phil Yates
Editorial calls for state to replace No Child Left Behind
The piece applauds a U S Education Department waiver for South Carolina and argues for Mick Zais plan to rate schools with letter grades and reward teacher performance. It critiques the all or nothing accountability system and urges the state to prove it can do better than NCLB.
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Chool
U.S. Education Department
Washington
Obama
U.S
Anne Duncan
Mick Zais
Zais
Petition candidates reshape primaries and power balance
The column argues primaries favor extremists, pushing gridlock and polarization. It notes petition candidates bypass the five percent test, offering a path for moderates who deem incumbents too moderate, and suggests a political shakeup if more petition campaigns succeed across local and state races.
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Tisans
State Supreme Court
Letters to the editor criticize Obama and Romney in heated exchanges
The letter writers accuse Barack Obama of insulting entrepreneurs and claim they fund his career while contrasting with Nazi era identification cards. They also cite Mitt Romney and Rush Limbaugh and question his political agenda and Massachusetts record.
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Obama
Barack Obama
United States
Lester Welch
Spain
Welch
Sundt
France
Harry H. Woodward Jr
Aiken
Mit Romney
Rush Limbaugh
Romney
Limbaugh
Rush
John Sununu
New Hampshire
White House
Sununu
Massachusetts
Liam McGinley
Thinkers, Ballots, and the Texas GOP: A Media Flare
A column highlights fiery claims from Rush Limbaugh and Michelle Bachmann about Obama birth certificates and Muslim Brotherhood ties, then critiques Texas GOP platform opposition to critical thinking. Leonard Pitts Jr notes the partisan divide, urging adults to demand reason.
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Rush Limbaugh
Bad Guy
Bane
Mitt Romney
Bain Capital
Michelle Bachmann
Hillary Clinton
Muslim Brotherhood
Arizona
Joe Arpaio
Obama
Stephen Colbert
Comedy Central
Republican Party
Texas
Stephen King
Elam
Subcommittee
Bob Dole
George HW. Bush
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Rush Limbbaugh
Metto Texas Gop Jis
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South Carolina
Greg Ryberg Aiken
Atttacks Romney
Texas Gop
Thisden
Jesus
Florida
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
Aikenstandard.com
Jennifer Miller
Jmiller
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