by The Standard | Feb 13, 2022 | Zoe Warren
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord. — Leviticus 19:18 This is how I see the Second Amendment, so that you can get an idea of why I am passionate...
by Lisa Rudisill | Feb 13, 2022 | The Standard
Some parents attending the Tuesday January 25th, Richland 2 School Board Meeting were tossed out of the public event and charged with ‘Trespass’ while at the meeting. A series of events left some parents wondering whether their rights to attend and...
by The Standard | Feb 10, 2022 | Michael Reed
Truckers from across Canada have converged on Ottawa to urge Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stop the onslaught against freedom against Canadians and repeal the mask and vaccine mandates. Photo courtesy The Daily Hive. It is estimated that over 50,000 trucks...
by Preston Baines | Feb 9, 2022 | The Standard
President Donald Trump has made a splash in the two hotly-contested Republican primaries for US congress. Trump issued endorsements for former State Representative Katie Arrington (R-Summerville) and Chief Majority Whip of the SC State House Russell Fry...
by Zoe Warren | Feb 9, 2022 | Zoe Warren
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” — John Adams, Architect of American government You don’t have to believe in God to participate in the American...
by The Standard | Feb 3, 2022 | Michael Reed
Truckers in Canada are protesting new laws mandating an experimental gene therapy being promoted as a Covid-19 vaccine. Photo courtesy Right Edition. Dangerous developments are taking place in major retail “big box” stores. Our neighbor to the north...
by The Standard | Feb 2, 2022 | Michael Reed
Pastor says Church Will Burn Books of Demonism and Sorcery at Wednesday Evening Service In his regular Sunday sermon pastor Greg Locke of Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville, said “we will be having a...
by The Standard | Feb 2, 2022 | Joanna R. Martin
Convention of States proponents are lining up their ‘ducks’ and plan to impose limits on use of firearms. Most Americans are unaware of new Constitutions being planned with an Article V convention. Our Framers understood that a free State cannot...
by The Standard | Feb 2, 2022 | Michael Reed
Did you take a pay cut and not even know it? Photo courtesy Business2Community.com. Thanks to the policies and bungles of the Joe Biden Administration, Americans just took a huge pay cut! Yes, a pay cut! Everywhere you go the prices are climbing steadily,...
by Dakota Fitzgerald | Jan 29, 2022 | Dakota Fitzgerald
PART THREE – A CURRENT STATE of AFFAIRS If you or someone you know needs assistance, call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 or text “BeFree” to 233733. You are not alone. As you are reading this introduction, it is vitally...
by The Standard | Jan 28, 2022 | Michael Reed
Are S.C. State Legislators playing with fire when considering a Constitutional Convention? They just may be. Would an Article 5 Constitutional Convention (COS) create a Constitutional Crisis? That is a very likely scenario based on the lack of knowledge of...
by Barbara Bush | Jan 28, 2022 | The Standard
Photo of a “Judas Goat” leading herd of sheep. “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” — Matthew 7:15 A Judas goat is a trained goat used in animal herding....
by Lisa Rudisill | Jan 26, 2022 | The Standard
Is Attorney General bowing to political correctness by not defending the S.C. Heritage Act? Photo courtesy of Live5News Charleston. South Carolina state legislators have banded together to demand state Attorney General Alan Wilson “as Chief Law...
by The Standard | Jan 26, 2022 | Michael Reed
Yes, you may have heard some of this already, but read it anyway. The overall U.S. inflation rate in the U.S. rose 7% in 2021, marking the highest rate of inflation in 40 years! Inflation in 1982 was incredibly high, with credit card interest over 20%, it all...
by The Standard | Jan 26, 2022 | Lisa Rudisill
The John C. Calhoun statue may have new life breathed into it staying in Charleston, but it’s a breath and a prayer. A Charleston-based organization is asking for the support of the general public in raising funds to save the John C. Calhoun monument of...
by The Standard | Jan 25, 2022 | Tommy Coleman
Two Democratic senators, Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema, have bravely and thoughtfully stepped forward to save the Constitutional Republic by opposing removing the filibuster rule voting with all 50 Republican senators in a critical vote. Joe Biden, Nancy...
by The Standard | Jan 21, 2022 | Bill Connor
A Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Telephonic poll conducted January 13, 2022, has given a shock to many Republicans about the views of average Democrats regarding basic rights. The survey showed that around half of Democrat voters (48%) believe government...
by The Standard | Jan 21, 2022 | Michael Reed
Radio newsman and commentator Paul Harvey gave warning to America in 1965 in one of his most memorable broadcasts. In April 1965, radio personality Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009), known on the radio as Paul Harvey, broadcast a radio...
by Lisa Rudisill | Jan 19, 2022 | The Standard
General’s Lee & Jackson are annually commemorated throughout the Southern states in memory of the most famous of Southern Generals. The U.S. Post Office commemorated the birthdays of the Generals known as Lee—Jackson Day with a stamp bearing their...
by The Standard | Jan 18, 2022 | Jennifer Van Laar
Dr. Anthony Fauci accused Sen. Rand Paul during a Senate hearing on the coronavirus that ‘You are not listening,’ Military documents from DARPA indicate that Dr. Fauci was lying when he said that there was no gain of function conspiracy between the...
by Dakota Fitzgerald | Jan 18, 2022 | The Standard
The Fight to End Human Trafficking, Part 2: A Glimpse into Mainstream Media’s Coverage of Human Trafficking (or the Lack thereof) If you or someone you know needs assistance, call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 or text...
by The Standard | Jan 17, 2022 | Don Boys
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Historically, when despots take control of a free people, they always take guns from everyone and rewrite history. They try to make oppressors into national saviors and turn sincere patriots into thugs. This rewriting of history is...
by The Standard | Jan 15, 2022 | Ryan Foley
Pastor Artur Pawlowski. A Canadian pastor who had gone viral for forcefully criticizing the country’s coronavirus worship restrictions has been arrested again, this time for protesting outside the home of a government official. Artur Pawlowski, the pastor of...
by The Standard | Jan 15, 2022 | Preston Baines
Twelve of thirteen candidates running for the Congressional District 7 seat are Republicans vying for the Republican held seat. Congressman Tom Rice (R-Myrtle Beach) cast a vote to impeach the 45th President, Donald J. Trump, over the events of January...
by Lisa Rudisill | Jan 14, 2022 | The StandardSC
The John C. Calhoun monument perched atop Marion Square in the City of Charleston prior to its removal in June 2020. Attorneys have filed papers to keep the John C. Calhoun monument that was removed in Charleston from being shipped to a radical left group on...
by The Standard | Jan 14, 2022 | Walter E. Williams
Confederate soldier Robert E. Lee on his horse Traveler. We call the war of 1861 the Civil War. But is that right? A civil war is a struggle between two or more entities trying to take over the central government. Confederate President Jefferson Davis no more...
by The Standard | Jan 13, 2022 | Lisa Rudisill
The John C. Calhoun statue as it rested on Marion Square in the City of Charleston for over 120 years prior to the current Charleston City Council voting to remove it and shipping it to California. On November 17, 2021, Live News 5 WSCS TV reported that a...
by The Standard | Jan 12, 2022 | Lisa Rudisill
A statue of Christopher Columbus sculpted by Estelle Hampton Frierson and Stavros Alexander Chrysostomides was ordered removed by former mayor Steven Benjamin. During the process the statue was damaged and dismembered. Photo courtesy Wikipedia. In 1786,...
by Dakota Fitzgerald | Jan 11, 2022 | The Standard
It happens every single day. Unfortunately, it may be taking place in your community. Human trafficking is now a nationwide problem that may be affecting people you have come into contact with. Photo courtesy ChiroHours. An Introduction to a Humanitarian Crisis...
by The Standard | Jan 11, 2022 | Michael Reed
First Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe addressed the Greenville County GOP about corruption in the statehouse. Most of his attention was directed at Republicans who have crossed the line. Photo Michael Reed. It has been said that truth is stranger than fiction....
by The Standard | Jan 11, 2022 | Jeffrey Zell
Man’s fallen nature is a universal truth. Federalist Papers: No. 51 describes the Founder’s desire and understanding of governments and how if certain provisions aren’t made known, protective measures not codified that inevitably the usurpation of individual’s...
by The Standard | Jan 10, 2022 | Bill Connor
A 19th century illustration titled The Hottentot Venus in the Salon of the Duchess of Berry, by Sebastien Coeure. The Venus was an enslaved woman named Sara Baartman who was displayed in exhibitions in England and France. Sabrina Strings explains in her book The Black...
by The Standard | Jan 8, 2022 | Lisa Rudisill
NC Lt. Governor Mark Robinson. Photo courtesy Christian Headlines. North Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson drew national media attention recently when he made comments concerning the teaching of transgenderism and homosexuality to America’s school...
by The Standard | Jan 8, 2022 | Dave Ramsey
Budgeting for car repair costs Dear Dave, I am following your plan, and recently became debt-free, but I have a question. When doing a monthly budget, should I figure in a specific category for car repairs and maintenance, or just use my emergency...
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....
by The Standard | Dec 14, 2021 | Bill Connor
Leftists in America insist there is “white privilege” among all white people when that is clearly not the case. The accusations are merely another tactic in the battle for control of society using critical race theory communist tactics. With the...