5/21/2012 9:31 PM   

Social Security Social Security and Medicare are not entitlements. Social Security was set up by the federal insurance contributions act, and the money that went into it was supposed to be a trust fund for those who paid into it. However, the politic ...

    5/20/2012 11:54 PM   

Devine's article The article that was written by Jack Devine is the most important article that's been in the paper. Everybody needs to understand what's going on with our economy. If they really study, they'd be scared to death. Investigation I am g ...

    5/19/2012 11:32 PM   

Overheard on the cell I love most of the Mike Gibbons' columns, but the one from May 16 was great. Now let's hope that of the many who probably read it, at least one person will see how annoying they are. Please go back to your car or go home and tal ...

    5/18/2012 11:52 PM   

Gangs Everyone knows that the "underlying issues that can be prevented to avert further bloodshed" in Aiken are all drug-related and that the perpetrators are members of gangs that no one has seen fit to control for the last several years. I really d ...

    5/17/2012 10:07 PM   

Disappointment I'm very disappointed in the school board. We need teachers to teach the children. Best wishes Mrs. Gubel, you will be truly missed at Oakwood Elementary. Students, parents and other teachers think you are the best. We love you and wis ...

    5/16/2012 12:00 AM   

Violence, break-ins Aiken would be a better place if all the racists would get along and the violence and break-ins would stop. Park animals I go to the park daily. It is disgusting to pick up after animals even though you're using a scoop or somet ...

    5/15/2012 11:53 PM   

Pick it up People need to take a bag and pick up the feces and not leave them in the park. A tribute to victims I would appreciate if the paper would do a short remembrance of all the murder victims in Aiken so far this year. I've lost count. I also ...

    5/14/2012 10:46 PM   

Blessings Last month on a Tuesday afternoon, I went to Reid's to pick up a few items. I was in a hurry, and, seeing this, a young man let me go ahead of him. On Wednesday morning, I discovered my wallet was not in my purse. I returned to Reid's where ...

    5/14/2012 12:12 AM   

New column Still waiting to see something in TalkBack that says our readers would like to have a column called "Aiken would be better if" and then you have 25 words. You need to acknowledge it. Don't be stubborn, don't be irate, it wasn't your idea t ...

    5/13/2012 12:00 AM   

Ineptocracy Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc'-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed are rewarded with goods a ...

    5/11/2012 9:39 PM   

Thanks, coach I want to thank soccer coach Ryan Eisenhower. He did a wonderful job. My son just adores him because he's so fair. He brings a smile to all of us. The parents all got together and wanted to say how much we appreciate him. Taste of Home ...

    5/11/2012 11:09 AM   

Derailed Sounds like the Aiken County School Board has a train off the tracks. As far as spending money and raising taxes, they don’t even know what they’re going to spend it on first. It’s like passing a bill, then figuring out wha ...

    5/9/2012 8:35 PM   

Insurance In a car accident, where the person responsible has no insurance, your insurance pays. Therefore, you have paid for their negligence in your insurance rates. When the person next to you in the hospital emergency room has no insurance, you, ...

    5/8/2012 11:08 PM   

SRR I see that people complained about SRR and retirement benefits. I don't understand how people who never faced combat get federal retirement benefits. Save water I am a retired member of the military and when we had water shortages at Fort Hood, ...

    5/7/2012 8:47 PM   

Baby names With some of these names we see in the paper, are the mother's being ignorant and can't spell? Or did they really create these names? Prayer I'm glad the National Day of Prayer service was moved from St. John's United Methodist to the H. ...

    5/6/2012 11:26 PM   

Cedar Creek In case your readers didn't know where Club Drive is, it's in Cedar Creek, where you don't have to tend to your own business because there's plenty of other people to do it for you. Good ol' boys I just want to put this out there for all ...

    5/5/2012 11:17 PM   

Only one side If you only want one side of the news, go to CNN and CNBC. Thank you Thank you to the kind driver who took my husband home Wednesday morning after he fell in the street. I'm sorry I didn't get your name or thank you properly, b ...

    5/4/2012 8:42 PM   

Hot weather To the family making their leashed dog trot alongside their golf cart on Club Drive in 90-degree temperatures, you should be cited for cruelty to animals. Shame on you. Barking dogs TalkBack says, where are the barking dogs? They are bark ...

    5/3/2012 9:51 PM   

Roundabout What would it take to redesign Morgan Circle in downtown Aiken to be a true roundabout? Owing Why is it that the IRS swoops down on hardworking taxpayers that owe a couple thousand dollars, yet they don't do anything to the Rev. Al Shar ...

    5/2/2012 9:16 PM   

Evenhanded I think the Aiken Standard has an evenhanded approach to presenting different sides of political issues. If all you want is right-wing propaganda, listen to Rush Limbaugh and Fox News. Good old boys You have got to love the good old boy s ...