The Bradley Foundation, a private, independent grant-making organization based in Milwaukee, recently handed out its annual Bradley Prize to four men who have, in the words of the organization’s mission statement, “(preserved and...
Who doesn’t admire former Republican Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole? Wounded World War II veteran, part-time comedian (Dole once described a meeting of former presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon as “see no evil, hear no evil –...
So there I am, coaching third base for my 9-year-old son’s little league team. Man on second, one out. The batter hits a ground ball to third, and the fielder promptly boots it, so I send the runner in to home plate. He’s ahead of the...
Women’s reproductive rights have enjoyed a half-century or so of well-defined proponents and opponents, but the recently flourishing fertility industry, from egg harvesting to surrogacy, has produced fresh and surprising alliances among...
“Horrible customer service.” That’s what the newly fired Internal Revenue Service commissioner averred was the agency’s only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment.
By JANE PAGE THOMPSONSpecial to the Aiken Standard
Friday, May 24, 2013 8:08 a.m.
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The blessings of liberty, equality and justice are the bedrock principles that the United States of America joined together to defend and uphold in our Constitution. In the past year, violations of those blessings have come to light...
It was the pictures and riveting testimony that convinced a Philadelphia jury that abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was guilty of murdering three infants born alive following botched late-term abortions and also guilty of the involuntary manslaughter...
Sen. Lindsey Graham and his colleagues from Georgia went to bat for the imperiled MOX plant at the Savannah River Site last week, persuasively citing its importance to nuclear non-proliferation and global security.
