Hope and hurdles in Mideast peace talks with Ross visit
Voices Envoy says room for hope as Dennis Ross visits push for Palestinian Israeli talks. PLO officials doubt progress while Israel cites slow gains, urging compromise to avoid a total deadlock that risks undermining the peace process. The piece notes broader regional chaos in Congo amid an election dispute and leadership failures.
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Dennis Ross
Israel Foreign Ministry
PLO
Bentoers
Yasser Arafat
Hamas
Ross
Mideast
Washington lacks shame and words to humiliate lawmakers
The piece laments a erosion of sharp moral language in Washington politics. It argues public disdain fades when epithets disappear and politically correct terms replace direct censures, allowing lawmakers to dodge accountability while society curses outdated labels rather than fixing behavior.
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Bounder
Eddie Haskell
Emily Post
Mother Teresa
Washington
Eliza
Bethan England
Christian Coalition
Elon
Huzzahs
Letters on Audubon Drive bike path plans stir resident concerns
A resident letter questions Audubon Drive widening and bike paths proposed with four foot lanes and painted separators. The author cites heavy traffic, habitual speeding, hazardous intersections with Powderhouse Road, potential tree loss, and lack of public meetings. He argues plans retrofit mid century subdivisions and urge resident input before final approval.
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Audubon Drive
Audubon Park
Banks Mill
Powderhouse
Powderhouse Road
South Boundary Avenue
Aiken
Hilton Head
Woodside Plantation
Aiken Standard solicits letters to the editor guidelines
The Aiken Standard invites brief letters to the editor must include the writer’s signature, mailing address, and daytime and home telephone numbers for verification. Submit to Letters to the Editor, Aiken Standard, PO Box 456, Aiken SC 29602 or email to editoriea.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
S.C
Editorie
Whosoever Will: Identity in Christ and Freedom
A pastor reflects on identity crises from a friend’s revelation of nonbiological paternity to faith as a reference point. He recalls a Louisville sermon about whosoever will, showing how faith provides a universal, freeing identity in Christ for all people.
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Daddy
Louisville
Saint Peter
Jones
Jackie Robinson
Whosoever Jones
Heaven
Amer
Jesus
King Jesus
God
Vale
Hill
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