Inside the StatehouseWe Now Have a Very Youthful Federal Judiciary in Alabama By Steve Flowers Our senior senator, Richard Shelby, has left an...
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AU’s Black Enrollment Dips, While Race Issues Rise In Nation
By GREG MARKLEY While teaching undergrad history at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 2014, I wanted to find out how many fort buildings the soldiers’ were...
The Hands of God
By WALTER ALBRITTON Anyone with a dime’s worth of common sense knows that God is a spirit who has no hands like the appendages that hang from a...
The Heavy Heart of Hate
By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika While we might be challenged in several ways to understand and appreciate...
Friends
By SEAN DIETRICH It’s late night. She’s driving on an empty highway. The radio is playing something lively. She’s heading toward South Carolina. A...
Second-Grade Uprising — PART II
By WENDY HODGE When last we met, it was early December 1974. Mrs. Taylor’s second-grade class was the victim of an unknown vandal. Our teacher...
Dear Farmer,
By BRADLEY ROBERTSON Letters, also known as snail mail. Have you written one lately? I know it’s hard. I know to sit still and contemplate the good...
Welcome Fall With Relaxing Suppers on the Porch or Patio
By Ann Cipperly As fall arrives, cooler temperatures in the evening are pleasurable for enjoying an easy supper on the porch or patio. Relax with a...
Making the Grade: Shelia C’s Burger Barn
By Stacey Patton Wallace Now, I know I am a fried chicken freak; sometimes, however, I crave a delicious, mouthwatering hamburger. My love of...