Editorial: Test scores fail to measure all successes
Europeans score higher in science and math than Americans, yet the United States remains unrivaled economically culturally and militarily. US universities attract brightest minds while American schooling emphasizes leisure student activity and flexibility, suggesting low scores may reflect different values and late bloomers rather than lacking potential.
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United States
Europe
America
Don’t rush to judgment in Clinton impeachment debate
The piece argues against rushing to impeachment over Clinton and Starr, noting the risk of political gain. It discusses Newt Gingrich and Henry Hyde’s moves toward forming a bipartisan inquiry, and questions the haste shown by Republicans while urging restraint until credible evidence exists.
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Clinton
Chicago
Old City
House
Newt Gingrich
Gingrich
Henry Hyde
R-Lll
House Judiciary Committee
Hyde
Whitewater
Kenneth Starr
Senate
Trent Lott
Starr
Age of viciousness will pass at Reagan library visit
The piece sketches Nancy Reagan hosting VIPs at the Reagan Presidential Library overlooking Simi Valley. Jonathan Brokaw Bob Bartley Peggy Noonan and others tour the replica Oval Office view the landscape and recall Reagan's optimism. It contrasts Clinton era vitriol with Reagan era civility and ends with a resident’s praise of the library view and legacy.
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Simi Valley
Calif
Nancy Reagan
Tom Brokaw
Bob Bartley
The
Wall Street Journal
Peggy Noonan
Brokaw
Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Oval Office
Washington
Clinton
Baker’s Dozen
Bartley
Noonan
Michael Dukakis
Cissy Baker
Howard Baker
Everett Dirksen
Howard Rosenberg
Alan Keyes
Christopher Matthews
Joe Correll
Stan Cloud
John Dancy
Sanders Vanocurme
Louis Quatorze
Administration Praetorians
White House
Valley
Clinton legacy plan faced with honesty and morals tests
A memo from the Office for Legacy Affairs outlines a plan to build a lasting presidential legacy. It notes past leaders like Washington Lincoln FDR Truman and JFK, cites polls on Clinton’s honesty and morals, and references public reactions to Willey and Lewinsky amid concerns over integrity and ethics.
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William Jefferson Clinton
Office For Legacy Affairs
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Abe
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
FDR
Truman
Jfk
John Kennedy
White House
Kennedy
CBS
60 Minutes
Kathleen Willey
Willey
Oval Office
Monica Lewinsky
CNN
ABC
National Organization For Women
Patricia Ireland
NBC
Today
Ireland
Vote for New Ellenton leadership and March 31 election
A resident urges New Ellenton voters to engage in town affairs, support new leadership, and participate in the March 31 election to address local issues including the sewer and community involvement. The letter also argues for publishing mug shots and descriptions to deter crime, voiced by a former Miami officer with decades of service.
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New Ellenton
Miami
Prolife Protest Letter Echoes Biblical Call to End Abortion
A reader compares abortion to Cain and Abel killings, urges voting pro life and prayer, likening fetuses to innocent lives and appealing for national repentance. The message laments abortion as murder and invokes divine wrath and remembrance of unborn children.
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Sam
Noah Webster
Cain
Abel
Letters to the Editor Address for Aiken Standard
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