Aiken Standard Founding Figures and Whitman Quote
The Aiken Standard traces its 1867 founding with Ellen Priest as Publisher and editor and Michael Smith as Executive Editor. Holly Ellington serves as News Editor. The Thought of the Day quotes Walt Whitman noting his birth on this date in 1819.
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Ellen Priest
Michael Smith
Holly Ellington
Walt Whitman
VA scheduling failures persist in wake of GAO findings
Editorial recalls long delays in veterans medical care and manipulated wait lists at VA facilities. GAO reports no progress since 2014 despite new leadership and funding promises. McDonald concedes misstatements about wait times and stresses veteran satisfaction after appointments as the key issue.
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Government Accountability Office
White House
Congress
Veterans Affairs
Robert McDonald
GAO
Disney
Washington, D.C
McDonald
Aiken Standard Seeks Signed Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites letters to the editor up to 500 words, signed with the writer's address and daytime phone for verification. Letters may be edited for length, clarity, libel, and taste. pen names and anonymous submissions are not allowed. publication is discretionary.
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Aiken
Aikenstandard.com
P.O. Box
Religion and Liberty in an Age of Secularism
Column discusses founding religious influence in the United States and contrasts it with modern secularism. It cites Jaffa’s view of the preamble, Lincoln’s Bible, the civil rights movement, and argues for limited government to protect religious Americans. Star Parker of CURE is noted with contact.
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Claremont Institute
Harry V. Jaffa
Jaffa
Supreme Judge of
United States
America
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Star Parker
Cure, the
Center For Urban Renewal and Education
Urbancure.org
Nuclear material should be processed at SRS
Clint Wolfe, an Aiken resident and former chair of the DOE Plutonium Focus Area advisory panel, argues in favor of processing Germanys spent nuclear fuel at the Savannah River Site. He claims SRS offers safer, better facilities and a skilled workforce to prevent misuse, urging Central Savannah River Area residents to support the plan.
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SRS
Germany
Savannah River
SAS
Clint Wolfe
Aiken
U.S. Department of Energy
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