OPINION The question was asked if there was a division in the vote for state Chairman among the ranks of Republicans who gathered for the SC Republican State Convention this past Saturday? The only division was the one caused by SC State Republican Party...
The Declaration of Independence is 247 years old this year, and it seems to reflect more graphically today what our forefathers experienced than ever before. It is a given that the men who signed the Declaration were literally putting their lives...
View from up high behind Trump platform in Pickens. Photo courtesy of unspecified Facebook post. Please advise if this photo belongs to you. It was announced that 75,000 people came out of their air conditioned comfort zone to sit outside in sweltering heat of...
China, according to “fragmentary” U.S. intelligence reports, is about to establish a “joint military training facility” with Cuba on that island. Photo courtesy Flicker. Chinese military personnel are already listening in on American communications from...
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,’ declares Yahweh.” — Isaiah 55:8 The New International Version of the Bible, and other versions, translate the Hebrew tetragrammaton YHWH as LORD. This revealed...
These days, one South Carolina Republican Leader says the SC GOP is acting like the Biden Political Camp—using “down and dirty politics” to eliminate rivals, in this case, even those within its own party. This sort of illegal maneuvering should be...
In a recent Lexington County school incident a teacher was accused of teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT). CRT has been described as a “radical school of academic thought that centers on an individual’s ethnic background.” Critical Race...
Don’t be so naive to think that tyranny could not happen in the USA. Bad guys live in every century and in every culture, and they are waiting for the moment they can take advantage of people who cannot stop or defend themselves against them. In 1929,...
On Monday evening, the West Columbia Planning Commission held a public hearing on the request to rezone a 6.34 acre parcel near the Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden for a higher density neighborhood. The property is located at 1820 Sunset Boulevard...
“Town of Lexington Residents” are sending a message to the Town Mayor and Town Council: they say “No” to the no longer “secret” proposed 93 acre dam project. Photo Michael Reed. A citizens group calling themselves “Town...
Lexington at Crossroads Our Lexington community stands at the most critical point since being formed as the township of Saxe Gotha in 1735. The township was established to encourage settlement and as a strategic buffer between the upper crust of Charleston’s...
It’s safe to say that America as a whole, and California in particular, has heading the wrong direction for quite a long time. Photo courtesy Pexels/Benjamin Farren. California is at it again in pushing the bounds of progressive radicalism with minor...
The new billboard erected by Lexington residents to bring attention to the $30 million dollar project of town council. Photo Michael Reed Our Lexington community stands at the precipice of change, a critical moment of decision not faced since being formed as...
The black and white—and innocent—days of Disney are long gone. Walt Disney died in 1966, 57 years ago this December. The above is an opening scene of a typical Walt Disney presents program. Photo courtesy Internet Archive video still. I grew up...
January 6 “Kangaroo Court” of Biden-Pelosi team discussing Trump. Photo courtesy Slate.com. With the targeted destruction of “All Things Trump,” leftists, Biden Democrats and radical liberals in America have been determined to...
The graphic pictured above was featured in The Washington Times concerning the Google and their Communist connection. The Times headline and sub-head read: “How Google is Communist China’s collaborator, The company is a participant in ventures it must know...
Freedom Caucus members Reps Jordan Pace, Vice Chair RJ May, and Chair Adam Morgan speaking before the East Cooper River Republican Women in Charleston. Photo courtesy Freedom Caucus Facebook page. This article originally ran in The Standard print edition but has been...
US Supreme Court. The news today that Hunter Biden and his attorneys had brokered a plea deal with Federal prosecutors over Hunter’s alleged misconduct was appalling to at least half the country who represent conservative views based on the Declaration of...
Democrat Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was censored by YouTube. The social media giant is owned by Google a subsidiary of Alphabet. Photo courtesy FotoJet. The following article has some excerpts from Fox News. It seems in today’s world...
The Second Amendment is under fire across the country. Most Americans are unaware their rights secured by the Constitution are being whittled away by left leaning Democrats and RINO Republicans in the State legislature. The “2A Shall Not Be Infringed Tour”...
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) makes a show of force and conduct military drills designed to encroach on Taiwan. Above the type 052A destroyer Qingdao in Pearl Harbor. Photo courtesy Whitefleet.net. This article originally appeared in The Standard print April...
Contending for the faith is fighting for your belief and value system. One system will win. Photo courtesy Trend loops. We have been silent for way too long! To many people have allowed, participated in and perpetuated a lie in our state and country to not only...
Trustee Elizabeth Barnhardt has come under attack from leftists after standing up for Lexington-Richland District 5 parents and students in an incident at Chapin High School. Photo courtesy SW Lexington Ledger. Anyone who opens their remarks, including a...
Primary schools are a place where children learn the basics of education: reading, writing, and arithmetic developing fundamental skills for life. Unfortunately, in too many schools and in too many places there are predators lurking to teach inappropriate subjects and...
Op-Ed While in local and national headlines you may hear that “white supremacy” is the biggest threat to our nation, it is my opinion that ANY and ALL forms of supremacy—no matter the race, ethnicity or creed—are unacceptable. I denounce and do not...
Inflation rates have increased dramatically in the past three years, inconsistent with the past 60+ years. Graphic image courtesy Thomas Reuters. The Rate of inflation has slowed this year but that doesn’t mean it is low or lower. Inflation rates are...
Grocery inflation is outpacing the family budgets of many Americans. Photo courtesy Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the latest inflation data published June 13, 2023, the average price of food in the United States increased 6.7% in the 12 months ending...
At 808 the Magna Charta remains a major document representing liberties demanded by the people. Image courtesy Texas Tech Remnant Trust. Though the Magna Charta has been with us for a long time, there is something better than Magna Charta! Read along with...
Democrats appear to be grasping at straws as they look foolish trying to indict Trump on every thing they are being found guilty of. Photo courtesy of Wilcow! video. The “Democrats and Donald Trump” reminds me of a bad horror movie, where the...
The Town of Lexington has asked for $10M in the State Budget this year for a proposed Conference Center that is not in the Town limits. The request is sponsored by Reps. Calhoon and Wooten. Photo Michael Reed. The Town of Lexington has requested $10 million...
Number 45 President Donald Trump faces political indictment much like the political prisoners of January 6, 2021, have faced since they were arrested by political witch-hunt type tactics. Photo courtesy ROF video. Learning about former President Donald Trump’s...
Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna appeared with Fox News reporter Maria Bartilomo to discuss expulsion of former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff for lying and leaking classified intelligence. Photo screenshot of interview on Fox. In case...
Secretariat wins the 1973 Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths in an amazing and historic performance. Photo courtesy Americas Best Racing/Bob Coglianese/Secretariat.com. Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him...
Remembrances of the old Methodist church under the Cattle Creek Camp site shed. Photo Lisa Rudisill The United Methodist Church has officially split. 113 South Carolina Methodist churches officially left the ranks of Methodism and declared themselves...
China is preparing to set up a spy and intelligence gathering operation in Cuba right on the doorstep of the United States. But, could that spy base include bio or nuclear weapons? Regardless, it is in violation of a 200 year old US policy of the Monroe Doctrine....
Amsterdam parking garage. In Europe bicycles are the only way many people can get around. The UN and World Economic Forum want to impose those standards on the US, and they will unless citizens speak up. Photo courtesy Alice/Unsplash. The 15 Minute city is an...
The D-Day invasion of Normandy was the greatest assembly of men and machine ever to wage war in history. A calculated gamble with utmost secrecy ultimately paid off, but with a tremendous cost for victory. Image courtesy Stars and Stripes. Known as the Greatest...
Lexington County Republican Party 3rd Vice-Chair John Allen brought a controversial Town of Lexington development before the Party Executive Committee Monday evening. It appears “no one was asked” whether they wanted the project. Photo Michael Reed. ...
‘They were mostly 18, 19, and 20 year old’s who had come to liberate Europe from tyranny. Thousands died on the beaches, but they kept coming knowing that some would get through. Most never had opportunity to marry or feel the joy of a newborn baby in...
First Vice-Chair Mark Weber addressing the LCRP Monday evening. Photo Michael Reed. The Lexington County Republican Party (LCRP) censured District 23 Sen. Katrina Shealy during their normally scheduled monthly executive committee meeting Monday, June 5th....
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