As we approach the 23nd anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, my thoughts return to that fateful day and what came before and after it. With the distance of time to better appreciate what surrounded those attacks, I have come to a better...
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving...
Independence Day flags adorn the front yard of a patriotic family in Virginia from 2007. Photo courtesy Caleb Reed. Today is Flag Day, commemorating June 14, 1777, when the Continental Congress passed a resolution “that the flag of the thirteen United...
President Ronald and Nancy Reagan at the D-Day Memorial Cemetery at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, June 6, 1984. President Reagan died 20 years after his well known D-Day speech on June 5th, 2004. That was 20 years ago. Photo courtesy Ronald Reagan Presidential...
Most poll clerks, managers, watchers and others involved in the election process get involved because they are concerned about the integrity of elections. I first got involved in the election process over ten years ago for that very reason. It is my opinion...
Photo President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt courtesy Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. Former President Theodore Roosevelt once gave a speech of which the following quote and this headline originated. In it, he made an observation that most today can see...
King Robert I: ‘But from these countless evils we have been set free… by our most tireless Prince, King and Lord, the Lord Robert’. Declaration of Arbroath: Scottish Declaration of Independence To the most Holy Father and...
My Dad, the publisher of The Standard, has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer which has metastasized throughout his body and he is fighting for his life. To compound the cancer he also recently had double kidney failure and had to...
Original caption: Pearl Harbor, HI. Thick smoke rolls out of a burning ship during the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. December 7, 1941. Photo courtesy National Archive. “I am one of those who believe there are some principles worth fighting for...
Candidate for Lexington Town Council Greg Brewer. Photo by Michael Reed. “Forget government,” Greg Brewer said. “How do we help each other?” This was the general attitude at a recent candidate forum held at Wings and Ale at Outlet Pointe: Less...
Lexington Town Council candidate Will Allen speaks to a crowd of supporters at Momma Rabbits Restaurant in Lexington. Photo Michael Reed. A General Election for the Town of Lexington is rounding the corner on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Incumbents Todd Lyle,...
Retired General and Clinton administration appointee Barry McCaffery compared conservative Americans supporting President Donald Trump to pre-war 1930’s NAZIs. Photo courtesy US Department of Defense. During a September 27 interview with Chris Hayes on...
An explosion after Hezbollah shells and missiles were fired at the State of Israel over the weekend. Photo courtesy The Sudan Times. On Sunday morning, I woke up to learn of the Hamas terror attacks against Israeli military and civilian targets. I saw the...
Victims of human trafficking come in all races, sizes, shapes and ages. Society has an obligation to protect those most vulnerable from predators. Photo courtesy Freepik. According to the Post and Courier, 132 victims of sex trafficking were reported in South...
The Arlington Peace Memorial details the separation and hardship of families during the war and the reconciliation that took place in peace between the nation. Photo courtesy William Rogers/Pixels.com. Wednesday night the full House of Representatives approved...
A son departing for the war depicted on the Arlington Peace Memorial. Photo courtesy William Rogers/Pixels.com. Why should Americans demand reversal of the decision by the now disbanded “Congressional Naming Commission” to remove the Moses Ezekiel...
Photo courtesy Lexington County School District 2. “Imagine a rainbow. Now imagine a rainbow without just seven colors, but hundreds of colors, lights and darks of every shade, neon colors, in-between colors, colors you’re not sure what to call. Now...
In the book and movie both entitled “1984” by George Orwell, an all seeing government always knew what the citizens were doing. Well the Myrtle Beach city council has decided to join the list of leftist cities to become a Smart City. We will...
Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States on September 17, 1787, depicted in a 1940 portrait by Howard Chandler Christy Public Domain/Wikipedia. On September 17, 1787, our founding fathers signed the Constitution of the United States...
The Pilgrims landed on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in 1620 and set up the first self government in America. That self government led to sovereignty of the individual and Liberty. Image courtesy Crosswalk.com. SEPTEMBER 16, 1620, according to the Gregorian...
Entrepreneur, book author and candidate for West Columbia Mayor, Melissa Sprouse Browne is pictured sitting with the late Bobby E. Horton former West Columbia Mayor (2004-2011, 2015-2019). Photo courtesy Melissa Sprouse Brown. Local real estate entrepreneur and...
Hawaii in August this year saw over 2,000 children who have been reported missing in the fires in Maui alone! By the way Hawaii is a known pedophile trading center. Other news outlets report similar headlines here and here. But Maui is not the only...
Former FBI Special Agent Ted Gunderson said he was been accused of being a conspiracy theorist, but he countered that he was “I’m a conspiracy realist.” Photo screenshot from the Granada Forum. What do Pearl Harbor, the John F. Kennedy...
With each day, Americans are becoming more aware of a burgeoning and seemingly insurmountable political divide. In previous generations, Americans generally disagreed over what would now seem to be minor issues like tax rates, level of spending, and...
Why is this steel beam as thin as tissue paper and curled like a tortilla chip? Photo courtesy Dr. Judy Wood. Building 7 of the World Trade Center complex fell from what was reported as a “fire”. If true, it was the only building in history made of...
The World Trade Center towers in New York City prior to 2001. Photo courtesy “Where Did The Towers Go?” page 38, by Dr. Judy Wood. Today is the 22nd anniversary of the destruction of the NYC twin World Trade Center (WTC) Towers which stood 110...
First Act Of Congress, A Call For Prayer The very first act of the Continental Congress, September 6, 1774, was a call for prayer. They had just received news that the British troops had attacked Boston. Reverend Duche was asked to open the very...
Hungarian Parliament building, Budapest. Photo courtesy Unsplash/Lachlan Gowen. While mainstream news coverage has focused almost exclusively on Donald Trump, with the ubiquitous gratuitous glee over tag teaming indictments announced every time Joe Biden faces...
General Douglas MacArthur speaks to a small assembly aboard the battleship USS Missouri September 2, 1945. Those assembled included members of the Allied Armies and the surrendering hierarchy of the Imperial Japanese Army. Personal photo courtesy of Attorney Billy...
Lexington District Two School Board meeting. Photo Michael Reed. In his book “When Nations Die: Ten Warning Signs of a Culture in Crisis” (1994), author Jim Nelson Black, noted parallels that are responsible for a nation’s moral decline. Among those...
One of 32 different figures on Arlington National Cemetery’s Confederate Monument. (Creative Commons User Tim1965) America is being removed on a daily basis by those who want us to forget our history. Piece by piece little bits and pieces that make up the...
Stamped is one of the books accepted in Lexington School dDistrict 2 by the School Board there. The highly controversial book promotes Critical Race Theory and Black Lives Matter along with its founders as heroes. Lexington District One was sued over CRT curriculum....
Statue of Karl Marx outside a store front in Penza, Russia. Photo courtesy of Unsplash/Pavel Neznanov. Though many on the political left still feign denial when labelled “Marxist”, a recent episode illuminates why the label has been earned. Emily Drabinski was...
Looking north on Myrtle Beach. Photo courtesy Youtube. One of The Standard’s own writers has decided to jump in the Myrtle Beach City Council race. Stuart Behar said he has had enough and that he can’t sit on the sidelines anymore. That is one of...
David the shepherd approached Goliath and declared what he was going to do to him. And he did exactly as he said. Action should follow our words, but do they? Image “David Slays Goliath” by Gustave Dore. Too often, and in too many encounters, it...
Young men are struggling more today than ever partly due to feminism and discrimination. Photo courtesy Freepik. For the sake of our young all the hate directed at males must stop! A recent poll conducted by the University of Michigan “Monitoring the Future”...
VC Summer Power Station. Photo courtesy Dominion Energy. The Dorchester County Republican Party Executive Committee will be asked to vote on a Party resolution this Thursday. The resolution is ultimately directed at the Governor of South Carolina, the State...
These border wall materials pictured above just outside McAllen, Texas are quietly being sold off preventing the Southern wall being built. Photo Michael Reed. Biden Quietly Sells Off Border Wall Material So The Project Can Not Begin Again Many Texans...
The communist based WEF plans to ban various food products, including all meat and steak, by 2030. Photo courtesy of Pexels/Skitterphoto. Fourteen major American cities are part of a globalist climate organization known as the “C40 Cities Climate Leadership...
Censoring on behalf of government discovered in Congress. Photo courtesy Unsplash/William Hook. After years of refusing to release the files or answer questions on its work with the government over the censorship of its users, Facebook yielded after Congress...
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