Aiken Standard Staff and Founding Details
The Aiken Standard lists 1867 as its founding year and names key leadership including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Executive Editor Melissa Hanna Advertising Director Dee Taylor Business Manager Terri Cheek Circulation Manager Laura Tiedman Classified Advertising Manager Letitia Jefferson and Production Director Ronnie Butler.
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Dee Taylor
Terri Cheek
Laura Tiedman
Letitia Jefferson
Ronnie Butler
There is an abiding beauty in seeing things as they are
Vera Brittain, British author 1893 to 1970, notes an enduring beauty found by those who perceive reality and seek no reward beyond clear sight.
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Vera Brittain
Renewed focus urged for lasting budget reforms
The piece argues long term budget reform, including entitlement and tax reform, is needed beyond battles over Obamacare. It criticizes partisan posturing and negotiation delays, noting Republicans and Democrats share blame for the shutdown. It suggests bipartisan support exists in public sentiment for reform despite low odds.
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Obama
GOP
Senate
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Monumental blunder in closing national monuments
Kathleen Parker argues the shutdown’s closure of wartime memorials and the D-Day cemetery was a petty, tone deaf move harming veterans and the nation. She notes barriers at WWII memorials were removed after public outcry and laments the erosion of shared sacrifice and memory.
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Office of Management and Budget
Washington
Normandy
France
Barack Obama
H.L. Mencken
Newspapers still vital to communities across South Carolina
Bill Rogers argues National Newspaper Week highlights the enduring value of newspapers in SC. He cites readership, digital expansion, watchdog role, and notable investigations from Greenwood tuberculosis to Department of Revenue tax records, noting cost efficiency and the state’s 100-plus papers.
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Mark Twain
South Carolina
Newspaper Association of America
Greenwood
Department of Revenue
State Department of Public Safety
Times
Bill Rogers
S.C. Press Association
Independent voter critiques polarized politics over Obamacare
A letter writer labels both major parties as driven by extremes and argues the Obamacare program proves government mismanagement. He predicts a GOP demise in 2014 if the budget is not passed and urges passage of the current budget with Obamacare failing in time. He likens Washington to the Wizard of Oz, a puffing snake oil salesman.
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