by The Observer Staff | Oct 12, 2022 | Letter to the Editor, Opinions
OPINION — Experts participating in a Facebook Live webcast sponsored by the Medical Association of the state of Alabama are alerting the public to the grave risk the synthetic opioid fentanyl poses to millions of Americans. While physicians sometimes medically...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 12, 2022 | Letter to the Editor, Opinions
OPINION — The news therapist will see you now …. Given my background in journalism, it may seem blasphemous for me, of all people, to advise folks to limit their news intake for mental health’s sake. Yet, as a professional news junkie, I am alarmed by the...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 12, 2022 | Letter to the Editor, Opinions
OPINION — On Nov. 8, the citizens of Alabama will have the opportunity to ratify a new Constitution for Alabama — the Alabama Constitution of 2022. Our current constitution of 1901 is an abhorrent, dysfunctional and unusable document. It is the world’s...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 12, 2022 | Column, Greg Markley
OPINION — President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s main goals in office were to contain the spread of communism, reduce federal deficits and gradually promote integration. In 1962, a year or so into his retirement, a reporter asked the former president, “What is different now...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 12, 2022 | Community
Lee County’s Relay For Life Volunteers to Meet Oct. 20 CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER BY JANET MCCOY Photo By Robert Noles LEE COUNTY — Relay For Life of Lee County, a local volunteer-run event, will meet Thursday, Oct. 20, to start planning the 2023 event. ...