There has been well-documented, overwhelming citizen opposition to the S.C. Department of Transportation’s plan to transform Hitchcock Parkway from a two-lane, tree-lined boulevard that abuts Hitchcock Woods (the “crown jewel”...
State budgets are back. The Census Bureau reports that, after what felt like an eternity of plunging revenues and deep spending cuts, states collected a record $795 billion in 2012, marking the first time revenue had exceeded the previous high of...
In 1998 when President Clinton signed the bipartisan Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibited state and local taxation of internet access and internet-only services, the purpose was to promote the commercial potential of the internet, especially...
According to a recent Gallup Poll, only 15 percent of the people approve of the way Congress is handling its job. A Public Policy poll showed that people even rate members of Congress below cockroaches and colonoscopies.
Sixty years ago this December, President Dwight D. Eisenhower turned a dangerous situation around. In an address to the U.N. General Assembly at the height of the Cold War, he made a commitment to the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
WASHINGTON — You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama’s fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the...
Every time there’s a horrendous story about kidnapping or child molestation America, loses another ounce of freedom. The Cleveland situation where three young girls were held in sexual slavery for 10 years, is a perfect example of my...
There is a really interesting principle in physics called “critical mass.” The original scientific definition is about the smallest mass of a fissionable material that will sustain a nuclear chain reaction, but the commonly used...
“Mainstream media” are alarmed by reports that billionaires Charles and David Koch are considering the purchase of Tribune Company’s eight daily newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times.
By BARBARA ZIA and ASHLEY LANDESSSpecial to the Aiken Standard
Monday, May 6, 2013 9:37 p.m.
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Less than two weeks ago, we joined with other South Carolina groups to expose an effort by House leaders to sabotage ethics reform and evade disclosure and independent scrutiny. House leaders’ plan to decriminalize ethics violations and force...
