Editorial: Defensive driving to cut SC highway deaths
The piece notes Aiken County posted its 17th traffic fatality this year, compares totals to last year and neighboring counties, and urges defensive driving. It cites high statewide deaths, peak months May and October, and dangerous hours, urging belt use, slower speeds, attention, no alcohol, and fewer distractions.
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Aiken County
Richland
Charleston
South Carolina
Wera
S.C. Highway Department
Clinton trips exposed as taxpayer funded in New York bid
The Providence Journal argues that Hillary Rodham Clinton’s expanding campaign activities across New York are effectively subsidized by federal funds. It urges Clinton to decide to run and either finance her efforts publicly or have the Democratic Party cover the costs.
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New York
Congress
Empire State
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Ilinois
Arkansas
Washington
Hillary Clinton
Rudolph Giuliani
Mrs. Clinton
United States
Senate
Politically incorrect Star Wars sparks Jar Jar backlash
A column debates claims that Jar Jar Binks embodies racial stereotypes in Star Wars The Phantom Menace and weighs the impact of race and representation across all alien characters in the franchise. It cites critics fans and Ahmed Best the actor behind Jar Jar and discusses broader questions of political correctness in sci fi cinema.
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Jar Jar Binks
Gungan
George Lucas
Jar Jar
Joe Morgenstern
the Wall Street Journal
Stepin Fetchit
Hoors
Butterfly McQueen
Rick Barrs
Los Angeles
New Times
Massa George
Los Angeles Times
Eric Harrison
Federation
Watto
Anakin Skywalker
Lucas
James Earl Jones
Darth Vader
Billy Dee Williams
Lando Calrissian
Samuel L. Jackson
High Tedi Council
Supreme Good Guy’ of the
Hollywood
Ahmed Best
Bush Dates Focus on Iowa and New Hampshire Campaign
Carl P Leubsdorf notes that George W. Bush plans early campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire, weighing federal funds, while John McCain accepts Iowa as essential. History shows bypassing these states risks the nomination, with past contests shaping momentum and surprises shaping outcomes.
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George W. Bush
Iowa
New Hampshire
Texas
Bush
Arizona
John McCain
Jimmy Carter
Edward Kennedy
George Bush
Pat Buchanan
Mr. Bush
Reagan
Sen
Bob Dole
Kansas
Bush New Hampshire
McCain
Letters on taped council meeting praise for Napier
Vera Jones of Graniteville responds to a May editorial about a county council meeting taping. She defends public recording under law, defends Councilman Phil Napier, questions editor and solicitor remarks, and urges support for Napier’s fiscally focused stance.
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Napier
Aiken County
Phil Napier
Phil
Barbara Morgan
Ronnie Young
Vera Jones
Graniteville
Reader Letter Urges Help After Daylight Bicycle Crash
A concerned mother recounts her son Robert’s May 26 bike crash at Mitchell’s Shopping Center in broad daylight. He lay on Whiskey Road for about ten minutes while traffic passed and no one stopped to assist or call emergency services. He eventually reached a nearby house for aid, then was driven to the ER by his wife.
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Robert
Mitchell
Whiskey Road
Kathryn
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Chewbacca
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