by The Observer Staff | Oct 26, 2016 | Column
After years in the Regular Army, followed by a few years in Shreveport, Louisiana, I moved back to Opelika in August 2009. A bad case of shingles and four months later, I had to hug my dog Chyna goodbye for the third time as I headed back to the land of sand. In 2010,...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 19, 2016 | Column
With brilliantly hued foliage and cooler temperatures, autumn is a favorite time of the year. After a long, hot summer and serving lighter meals, it is joy to get into the kitchen to prepare meals using the abundant fall crops, with apple dishes being a favorite. We...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 19, 2016 | Column
By Hardy Jackson Over the last few weeks I’ve been doing a little “reflecting” myself. On politics.Alabama politics. Kyle Whitmire’s Al.com piece on “Roy Moore, Robert Bentley, Mike Hubbard, and the Alabamafication of America” brought to mind an exchange from one of...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 19, 2016 | Column
By Bob Sanders Finally. The third part of the puzzle. Yes, yes. Everybody here knows of my infatuation with the movie “State Fair.” We’ve talked about it many times. Actually. we’ve talked about the second movie version. I never had seen the first one until just a...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 19, 2016 | Column, Politics
By Steve Flowers Ole Bill Baxley has been in the news a lot this year. He was the lead defense counsel for former Speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics conviction trial over in Opelika. Baxley practices law in Birmingham and is one of the state’s premier and most expensive...
