Sanford's budget approach urged for priority funding
The editorial backs Gov. Sanford's early budget sessions and calls for funding essential state functions based on priorities rather than across the board cuts. It notes a looming 2004 shortfall, urges careful planning before January, and warns against crisis mode and tax increases only as needed. It argues for selecting essential services and adjusting funding accordingly.
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Mark Sanford
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Letters to the Editor policy for Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites brief signed letters with full contact details for verification. Letters may be edited and condensed and should be submitted no more than once every 30 days. Address to Letters to the Editor, mail, email, or fax as listed.
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Swallace
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Aitken Standard Publisher and Staff Directory
The Aitken Standard lists key staff across departments including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace Advertising Director Arthur T. Zappa Business Manager Ellen C. Priest Managing Editor Timothy E. O Briant Production Director Phillip Yates Circulation Director Scot Newcom Systems Manager J David Boyd Customer Service Manager Letitia Jefferson.
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Arthur T. Zappa
Ellen C. Priest
Segregation Debates Resurface in Modern Schools
A controversial opinion piece accuses liberal school boards of promoting racial segregation in Obama era classrooms. It cites Oberlin and New York City as examples where race guides hiring and new schools Focusing on black history teaching and a separate Harvey Milk School for LGBTQ students. The piece draws on George Wallace rhetoric and accuses mainstream unions of corruption while praising segregated facilities as safety measures.
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George Wallace
America
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Ohio
Tony Marshall
Marshall
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Snoop Doggy Dogg
Snoop
Phyllis Yarber Hogan
Oberlin Black Alliance For Progress
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Miss Dalton
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Laurita
National Education Association
American Federation of Teachers
Alliance For Progress
New York City
Equal
Harvey Milk School
Michael Bloomberg
William Salzman
New York Post
Harvey Milk
Wallace
Christians shaping American identity in late 19th century ruling
A letter to the editor cites Judge Bork and debates over Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States 1892. It argues that early Republic foundations asserted a Christian nation and demands that constitutional history reflect religious framing alongside secular governance.
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Supreme Court
Robert H. Bork
Gomorrah
Republic
Jesus Christ
Andrew Moyer
Church of the Holy Trinity
United States
Bush-bashing cartoons draw editorials in Aiken Standard
Reader blasts Aiken Standard cartoons as disgusting cheap shots likening them to liberal rags. The letter criticizes a Sunday July 27 cartoon by Carlson of Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel as sick humor and laments the paper’s endorsement of such content.
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New York Times
Carlson
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
The Ugly Duckling Moral On Acceptance And God
A reader essay uses Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling to discuss human bias toward outsiders. It contrasts the turkey egg misjudgment with the swan ending, urging readers to embrace differences and remember that God values each person as a unique creation rather than to squash the unusual.
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Ugly Duckling
Ali McGraw
Henry Kissinger
Ava Gardner
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Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
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Fred Andrea
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