by The Standard | Jan 7, 2022 | Michael Reed
Life is for living! “Don’t live with regrets” says book author Bonnie Ware. Photo courtesy exumguides. A short book written by Australian Bonnie Ware in 2012, has been translated into 27 languages, and reminds us of our own mortality and what...
by The Standard | Jan 7, 2022 | Bill Connor
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Photo courtesy The Guardian. On March 4, 1933, incoming President Franklin Roosevelt delivered one of the most famous inaugural addresses in history. The nation had plunged into what became known as the great depression,...
by The Standard | Jan 7, 2022 | Michael Reed
As much as newspapers, magazines and various publications seek to bring accuracy and the truth to the public, at times that jewel escapes the fact checkers. An error was reported in an article written by Freddy Hill published January 5, 2022, in The Standard...
by The Standard | Jan 6, 2022 | Lisa Rudisill
The monument in Charlottesville, Virginia commemorating Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson and his service to the citizens and Commonwealth of Virginia. Photo courtesy of Cvillepedia. The Charlottesville, Virginia, City Council has voted to sell the...
by The Standard | Jan 2, 2022 | Michael Reed
The latest statistical data and estimates from the United Nations shows that as of January 1, 2022, the United States has a current population of 334,805,269. According to the same UN data that number is up from 331,002,651 on January 1, 2020. The U.S....