The Aiken Chamber of Commerce’s 103rd annual gala featured a little bit of everything Friday night.
In many aspects, it’s been a rough 13 months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
One could certainly argue that the South Carolina Highway Patrol should have better things to do with its time than to set aside a special week targeting litterers along the state’s highways.
The fiery language surrounding states making changes in election laws reads a lot like some in this country want no election laws.
The attempt of the Republican right wing to exploit the cultural divisions of Americans may be cynical and unhelpful, but that does not mean the divisions are not very real.
Suddenly, or so it seems, South Carolina lawmakers want to make our state seem like it’s on the cutting edge and progressive, in step with the nation as a whole.
A potential crisis and a grave political embarrassment for the new administration have collided on the U.S. southern border. Migrant crossings, especially of unaccompanied children, have surge…
S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster in 2017 declared the misuse of opioids a statewide public health emergency. Even though COVID-19 has gotten all the focus for the past year, the opioid emergency has n…
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the pandemic reaching our area, coronavirus-related news is coming at us in rapid fashion. Much of it has been good of late.
American governments, federal and state, have made many mistakes in the Covid-19 pandemic. But the great success – the saving grace – was making a financial bet in collaboration with private A…
History should never be forgotten, no matter how painful it might be.
Yes! It is Girl Scout Cookie time. But it doesn’t matter what time of the year it is, if I’m out and about with my Girl Scout gear on, someone will always ask, “Hey, where are the Girl Scout C…
It’s no secret that Aiken County has a litter problem.
The acquittal of Donald J. Trump in his second impeachment trial raises serious questions about the stability of our democracy.
It’s no secret that COVID-19 has taken quite a toll on the economy. More than 10 million jobs have been lost in the United States alone since the pandemic began in March of last year.
One gift tucked inside the $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief and government spending bill Congress passed during Christmas week is a ban on virtually all surprise medical bills. No longer will ins…
In the last weekend of January, traffic fatalities in South Carolina were 12 more than at the same time a year ago. Already, 66 people have died on the state’s roads.
It’s an exciting time for Aiken County and its future involvement in the cybersecurity industry.
Amid all the gloom and doom to start the new year – and there has been plenty – there are some signs of good things happening around Aiken County.
Before there is a transfer of power after a contentious 2020 election, it’s safe to say that voting and voting rights will be issues again in the push toward midterm elections in 2022. In Sout…
If baseball had a Mount Rushmore for its greatest players, Hank Aaron would surely be on it.
The numbers paint a staggering picture of just how big a mess the coronavirus pandemic has become.
Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
It’s almost a daily occurrence that a popular local event gets canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
This editorial, written by Francis P. Church, first appeared in the New York Sun on Sept. 21, 1897. It runs in the Aiken Standard this year in honor of Christmas.
Today we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. As we gather around Christmas trees and dinner tables, it’s a good time to count our blessings and remember what is truly important.
With South Carolina counting down toward a highway death toll that will again be at or near 1,000 killed for the year, a report from CoPilot should come as a warning for the holidays.
When you board a commercial airliner, you know there are certain risks that go with this mode of transportation. You may be placed next to someone with a squalling infant, or behind a traveler…
In his 1979 book about the pilots who would become the first Project Mercury astronauts selected for the NASA space program, author Tom Wolfe introduced an archetype for the sort of courage an…
You’ve got packages of toilet paper stacked in your bathroom closet. And some stashed in the basement. But then you throw some more rolls into your grocery cart, while food shopping. And you’r…
Senseless and tragic.
Women have a lot to celebrate this election season. The most obvious reason, of course, is the elevation and historic rise of California Sen. Kamala Harris to vice president-elect – the first …
Today we celebrate Thanksgiving, a national holiday set aside to give thanks for our many blessings.
There are some decisions that should be so easy to make that they are considered no-brainers.
Last Monday, a still-divided America received some pandemic news that just about everyone can be happy about: An experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by drug manufacturer Pfizer and BioNTec…
The glass ceiling that Sen. Kamala Harris just broke when she became the first woman ever to be elected vice president of the United States may not be the highest in American politics, but it'…
Litter remains a problem for South Carolina’s image and for the attitude it reflects among too many South Carolinians.
Practically everyone who is eligible to vote knows that Election Day is almost upon us. Americans will head to the polls Tuesday to elect leaders from the highest office in the land to hyper-l…
It’s time to rein in Big Tech.
Maybe we missed it, but we didn’t get the memo that South Carolina and its citizens have been marked safe from the coronavirus.
The arrival of autumn usually signals a shift in seasons, which means cooler weather, leaves changing color and the return of football.
There’s no doubt that Aiken is a special place.
Americans should be saddened, if not angered, by the distressingly unhinged debate between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday night.
Sitting under a big tent behind USC Aiken’s softball field, on the ground that will one day make way for the Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative, one couldn’t help but think of the baseball f…
The news about a delay in reporting 15,000 coronavirus test results is troubling on many levels.
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The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg deprives the Supreme Court and the nation of a towering figure in the campaign to ensure equal justice under law. Her passing also creates an opportunity for P…
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